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Malory The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler
Le Morte D'Arthur The Winchester Manuscript
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tristan With the Surviving Fragments of the 'Tristan of Thomas'
But, by Myrddin's ragged beard, I'll go for anything else that folks fancy.

What about the The Dark is Rising series? It's 5 books but being YA it would be a quick read and might be new to a lot of people.
Or what about Canning's The Crimson Chalice, or Nikolai Tolstoy's Merlin series (starts with The Coming of the King) ?
These are all great suggestions as far as I am concerned.
I might add the Mabinogion, mainly because I want to know more about the history of it, shall I say?
Michele, your suggestion interested me because I was not aware that the Tolstoy was a series. I have looked at the book before but haven't read any of it (The Coming).
Should I put a voting poll up by end of the week? Anyone want to add some more suggestions?
I might add the Mabinogion, mainly because I want to know more about the history of it, shall I say?
Michele, your suggestion interested me because I was not aware that the Tolstoy was a series. I have looked at the book before but haven't read any of it (The Coming).
Should I put a voting poll up by end of the week? Anyone want to add some more suggestions?

But I'll go with the flow.


Aye, enjoyed The Quest for Merlin. Touched on the wildman/shaman called Sweeney/Suibhne as well. Think it puts Merlin in Dumfries and Galloway as a conclusion...might be wrong, was a wee while ago I read this.

There was an interview with Simon Armitage some time ago, about writing the translation and he said they didn't like the look at him and gave him a hard time when he wanted to see the manuscript.
The BBC can be sticklers for location. A colleague and I had to trek to the top of Dundee Law for a radio show!

Look forward to the BBC doc, and also the Michael Wood Beowulf thing (didn't know about it until you mentioned it).

I don't have a major pick right now, my mind has been scattered to different projects even during the Malory read. I am still open to anything either modern or early classic -- it's all good stuff.
Anna,
Same with me about the busy summer and projects limiting my reading time. It is a nice one to savor and not rush through, if we can set a discussion date a few weeks out.
Same with me about the busy summer and projects limiting my reading time. It is a nice one to savor and not rush through, if we can set a discussion date a few weeks out.

Anna,
I'm in too.
Do you want to choose a date to begin discussion and I will post it on the top of the group page?
I'm in too.
Do you want to choose a date to begin discussion and I will post it on the top of the group page?


Anyone reading anything next?
Medieval or more modern...sorry, the medieval stuff will seem modern to me after Nennius, Aneirin, and pals.

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There havent been many Arthurians participating in the Cornwell discussions, so I thought we should also start nominating titles for an upcoming read. The plan is to start a group read at the end of May/beginning of June. The reason for the timeframe, several of us are finishing up a semester or working on writing projects and need time to get past that. So start making nominations for this read and I will set up a voting poll in a week or so.
In the mean time, if anyone would like to start some other reading discussions on particular books, in addition to Cornwell of course, I will post folders for those if you like.