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1) King Lear
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English
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Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer in the English language- but his language and settings can seem remote and forbidding. Welcome to Black Dog' s Graphic Shakespeare Library, where each play comes to life in a new way, panel after illustrated panel. "King Lear" is a story of kingship, honor, and bloody revenge. Graphic Shakespeare brings all of the action to vivid life while retaining every word of the original play. "King Lear" is illustrated...
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Warlord chronicles volume 2
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English
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In this follow-up to The Winter King, Arthur has secured a tenuous peace with the Saxons and must now deal with new, perhaps more powerful enemies, who can be harder to find because they pose as friends. With the Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord.
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Once and future king volume 1
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English
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A retelling of the Arthurian legend.
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English
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The New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's plays provides accurate texts in modern spelling and punctuation, as well as scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, many pictures clarifying Shakespeare's language, and notes recording all significant departures from the early printed versions. The play is prefaced by a brief introduction, by a guide to reading Shakespeare's language, and by accounts of his life and theater, followed...
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Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
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...
6) Fool
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Series
Fool novels volume 1
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English
Description
In 1288, as King Lear watches his kingdom descend into chaos, the king's fool, Pocket, and Pocket's apprentice, Drool, take it upon themselves to restore order amidst the mayhem, and in the process make a surprising discovery about their own heritage.
7) King Arthur and the knights of the round table: stories of Camelot and the quest for the Holy Grail
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Publisher
Amber Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"King Arthur most probably never existed and if he did we know precious little about him, and yet he is one of the most famous Britons, while Excalibur and Camelot are perhaps the world's best known sword and castle, and Hollywood doesn't tire of returning to the world of Arthurian romance--another major movie is to be released in 2016. So, what's the truth behind King Arthur? How did the legends take hold? And why have they endured for so long? ...
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Series
Avalon series volume 7
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English
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With more than 1 million copies in print and winner of the 1984 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, "The Mists of Avalon" is by far Marion Zimmer BradleyUs most successful novel. Putting a new twist on the Arthurian legends, this beloved book tells the epic story of the women behind the rise and fall of King Arthur.
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English
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"The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold for centuries. As the king who united a nation, his is the story of England itself. But what if Arthur wasn't English at all? As writer and activist Adam Ardrey discovered, the reason historians have had little success identifying the historical Arthur may be incredibly simple: He wasn't an Englishman at all. He was from Scotland. Finding Arthur chronicles Ardrey's unlikely quest to uncover the secret...
11) King Lear
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Series
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's tragedy of a royal father and his daughters is presented scene by scene in comic book format.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. T.H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as the sword Excalibur and city of Camelot that are found within its pages. This magical epic takes Arthur from the glorious lyrical phase of his youth, through the...
14) Britannia
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Publisher
Valiant Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On the fringes of civilization, the world's first detective is about to make an unholy discovery....Ruled by the Fates. Manipulated by the Gods. Commanded by Caesar. In the year 65 A.D., one's destiny was not his own. At the height of Nero's reign, a veteran of Rome's imperial war machine has been dispatched to the farthest reaches of the colonies to investigate unnatural happenings... In the remote outpost of Britannia, Antonius Axia - the First...
15) King Lear
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Series
Publisher
ACMRS Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Marcus Gardley's translation of King Lear renews the language of one of Shakespeare's most frequently staged tragedies for a modern audience. Gardley's update allows audiences to hear the play anew while still finding themselves in the tragic midst of Shakespeare's play."--Back cover.
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