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With regal melancholy and superb craftsmanship, Tennyson's poems evoke Past and Present-the Isle of the Lotos-eaters, Camelot, and his own twilit English gardens-seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. He juxtaposes opposites-not only Past and Present, but also Beauty and Squalor, High Class and Low-and then entwines them. The closeness of these opposites lets Tennyson's poems "transcend their own achievements...
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King Arthur was the gallant king who fought to save England, the noble leader who inspired the Knights of the Round Table, the ruler of Camelot. But his most fascinating persona was his most human one--the vulnerable lover who was ultimately undone by his devotion to Guinevere.
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King Cymbeline's evil second queen forces the king to banish his daughter Imogen's husband, Posthumus. While the queen tries to force Imogen to marry her own son, Posthumus flees to Rome. There he is tricked into believing Imogen has been unfaithful. Imogen disguises herself as a boy and flees the court.
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King Lear of Britain has decided to divide his kingdom into three parts, and to hand over the responsibilities of ruling to his three daughters. The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter their father insincerely, and are rewarded. Cordelia, the youngest, sincerely loves her father, but she cannot match her sisters' skill at false adulation. The king takes away her portion of the kingdom, despite the pleadings of some of his most loyal nobles....
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"An exploration of the questions and mysteries that have puzzled scholars and experts about the legends of King Arthur, the Roundtable, and his knights. Features include a map, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on Arthurian legend, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--
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Avalon series volume 6
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Eilan, a British princess known to the Romans as Helena, banished from Avalon for indulging in a forbidden love, grows to be a wise woman who finds herself in the unique position, as mother of the Emperor Constantine, of having to find a way to bridge the gap between the pagan world of the Goddess and the new Christian empire her son created.
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In this modern adaptation of the story of King Arthur, the author resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot. The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory endures as the most moving and richly inventive. In...
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Camulod chronicles volume 5
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Young Arthur trains with a wooden sword in preparation for the day when with the help of the magic sword, Excalibur, he will rule over a united Britain. The trainer is his uncle, Merlyn Britannicus, and he also teaches him justice, honor and the responsibility of leadership.
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Camulod chronicles volume 3
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"In a colony known as Camulod, populated with the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for Celt and Roman after the Roman legions departed Britain, Cauis Merlyn Britannicus and his cousin Uther Pendragon, confront a vicious crimethat threatens to separate them"--NoveList.
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"Artur stara się bronić Brytanii przed wrogami w imieniu swojego przyrodniego brata Mordreda. Stawia czoła religijnej histerii, najazdom saksońskich wodzów, Cerdyka i Aella, i nielojalności w sercu Królestwa. Jego niezachwiana wiara w honor i chęć dotrzymania ślubów, by strzec tronu, izoluje go nawet od jego najbliższych przyjaciół. Lancelot zatraca się w swojej nienasyconej ambicji, a Ginewra oddaje się kultowi Izydy... Jedynym, który...
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