The Pendragon Legend

The Pendragon Legend PDF

Author: Antal Szerb

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Published: 2007-08-31

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1906548528

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"An absolute treat, deliciously ludic, to be read with a big smile on your face throughout."—Nicholas Lezard, Guardian AT THE END-OF-LONDON-SEASON soiree, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Batky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Batky receives a mysterious phone-call warning him not to go. But he does, and finds himself in a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways-old libraries and warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains and underground tombs.

The Pendragon Legend

The Pendragon Legend PDF

Author: Antal Szerb

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Published: 2007-08-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1906548528

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While visiting a Welsh castle, a young scholar finds himself at the center of occult rituals and a murder mystery in this “absolute treat” of a gothic detective story (The Guardian) At an end-of-the London season soiree, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Batky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumors. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Batky receives a mysterious phone-call warning him not to go. But go he does, plunging him into a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways-old libraries and warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains and underground tombs. The Pendragon Legend is Antal Szerb's first novel and is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with the murder mystery format to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp. But beneath the surface, the reader becomes aware of a steely intelligence probing moral, psychological, and religious questions.

Arthur

Arthur PDF

Author: Stephen R Lawhead

Publisher: Lion Fiction

Published: 2013-05-24

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1782640398

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“Evocate . . . intriguing . . . enthralling.” Locus In a forgotten age of darkness, a magnificent king arose to light the land. They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther’s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And he had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was ARTHUR—Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty—who would rise to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war; who would usher in a glorious reign of peace and prosperity; and who would fall in a desperate attempt to save the one he loved more than life.

Journey by Moonlight

Journey by Moonlight PDF

Author: Antal Szerb

Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics

Published: 2024-04-30

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1906548501

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An early-twentieth-century classic — the turbulent, dreamlike story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia “No one who has read it has failed to love it.” — Nicholas Lezard Mihály and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mihály has recently joined the respectable family firm in Budapest, but as his gaze passes over the mysterious back-alleys of Venice, memories of his bohemian past reawaken his old desire to wander. When bride and groom become separated at a provincial train station, Mihály embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome, where he must reckon with both his past and his future. In this intoxicating and satirical masterpiece, Szerb takes us deep into the conflicting desires of marriage and shows how adulthood can reverberate endlessly with the ache of youth.

The Quest for Carbonek

The Quest for Carbonek PDF

Author: Suzannah Rowntree

Publisher: Bocfodder Press

Published: 2019-04-14

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13:

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A lost princess. A daredevil knight. A quest like no other. They say that Blanche is King Arthur’s daughter. But only Queen Guinevere knows that for sure—and she’s not telling. To prove herself as the king’s rightful heir, Blanche must travel to the lost castle of Carbonek as the guardian of the mysterious Holy Grail. But Carbonek houses many secrets—some of which could destroy Arthur’s kingdom. Meanwhile, young Sir Perceval returns to his fellow knights at Camelot, eager to join them in the quest for the Holy Grail—and for the damsel who guards it. But even at the height of its power, Camelot seethes with ugly rumours. What is the secret behind Sir Galahad’s birth? And why is the queen meeting Sir Lancelot in secret? As Perceval searches for the elusive Carbonek, Blanche must battle to protect the Holy Grail from enemies who would use it to destroy the kingdom. Could the sacred relic help Arthur’s kingdom stand forever? Or is it already too late for Camelot? For fans of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien! The Quest for Carbonek is Book Two of Pendragon’s Heir, an acclaimed new Arthurian retelling now being re-released in three volumes. Get it now.

Pendragon's Banner

Pendragon's Banner PDF

Author: Helen Hollick

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9780099416197

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The second in the Pendragon's Banner trilogy, a retelling of the story of King Arthur. The newly-crowned king of Britain stands with Gwenhwyfar, his queen, at his side. There are hard times ahead for both of them, not least because Arthur has failed to deal decisively with certain old enemies.

The Last Pendragon (The Last Pendragon Saga Book 1)

The Last Pendragon (The Last Pendragon Saga Book 1) PDF

Author: Sarah Woodbury

Publisher: The Morgan-Stanwood Publishing Group

Published: 2019-05-13

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13:

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Enter a world of myth and magic in dark ages Wales! Rhiann knows that demons walk the night. She has been taught to fear them. But from the moment Cade is dragged before her father's throne, beaten and having lost all of his men to her father's treachery, he stirs something inside her that she has never felt before. When Cade is revealed to be not only Arthur's heir but touched by the sidhe, Rhiann must choose between the life she left behind and the one before her--and how much she is willing to risk to follow her heart. The Last Pendragon is the first book in The Last Pendragon Saga. The Complete Series reading order: The Last Pendragon, The Pendragon's Blade, Song of the Pendragon, The Pendragon's Quest, The Pendragon's Champions, Rise of the Pendragon, The Pendragon's Challenge, Legend of the Pendragon.

Oliver VII

Oliver VII PDF

Author: Antal Szerb

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Published: 2007-07-31

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1906548536

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The restless King Oliver VII of Alturia, an obscure Central European state whose only notable exports are wine and sardines, wants nothing more than an easy life: so, plotting a coup against himself, King Oliver VII escapes to Venice in search of ‘real’ experience. There he falls in with a team of con-men and ends up, to his own surprise, impersonating himself. His journey through successive levels of illusion and reality teaches him much about the world, about his own nature and the paradoxes of the human condition. Szerb offered Oliver VII as a translation from a non-existent English writer, A H Redcliff — typical Szerb humor, or a reflection of the fact that as a ‘rootless cosmopolitan’ his own work was banned by the Nazi regime?

Sword Of Light

Sword Of Light PDF

Author: Katherine Roberts

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1848779348

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Introducing Rhianna Pendragon: unlikely princess and Camelot's last hope. It is the darkest hour of the darkest Age. King Arthur is dead, killed by his wicked nephew, Mordred. Saxon invaders rampage across the land and forces of evil are gathering. The path to the throne lies open to Arthur's only remaining flesh and blood - Mordred. But there is one with a better claim than Mordred - Arthur's secret child, Rhianna. Brought by Merlin to enchanted Avalon as a baby and raised there for protection, the king's heir must take up a vital quest: to search for the four magical Lights with the power to restore Arthur's soul to his body.