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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Mammoth
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472114914

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends by Mike Ashley Pdf

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends brings together many of the traditional stories about King Arthur along with several new interpretations of the legend to provide a complete picture of his birth, adventures, romance and fate. it traces Arthur's exploits to gain the sword Excalibur, the conflict with his half sister Morgan, the birth of his bastard son Mordred, and the shadowy influence and fate of Merlin. The collection also follows the adventures of many of Arthur's knights including Sir Balin, Sir Percival, Sir Gawain, Sir Lanval, Sir Marrock, Sir John, Sir Tristan and of course, Sir Lancelot. This culminates in the mighty Quest for the Holy Grail, the breakup of the Round Table, and finally the usurping of the throne by Mordred and the death of Arthur at Camlann. It even looks beyond the death of Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot to a ghostly finale of love immortal. Stories included are: The Winning of a Sword by Howard Pyle The Treason of Morgan le Fay by George Cox The Knight with Two Swords by John Steinbeck Sir Percival of Wales by Roger Lancelyn Green The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Hillaire Belloc The Quest for the Holy Grail by Andrew Lang Guinevere and Lancelot by Andrew machen The Lady of Belec by Phyllis Anne Karr The Quiet Monk by Jane Yolen

The Mammoth Book of King Arthur

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of King Arthur Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786715669

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The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley Pdf

In this truly mammoth guide, Mike Ashley analyzes and explicates the line between the real Arthurian world and the legends that surround it. Ashley gives us a firm identity not only for King Arthur, but also for Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table—as well as identifying all the major Arthurian sites. He traces the development of each of the legends and shows how they were related to events happening at the time, bringing a new dimension of realism to the magical Arthurian world. Ashley also offers new and little known information on Arthur—including a fascinating link to the present royal family and the likelihood that Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man but at least four. With over 700 pages, this is the most complete single-volume guide to Arthurian legend and history.

The Mammoth Book of Merlin

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Merlin Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849012539

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The Mammoth Book of Merlin by Mike Ashley Pdf

A superb collection of stories of magic and adventure from the golden age of Arthurian legend by bestselling writers. Enter into the darker realms of the age of the Knights of the Round Table, when magic held sway and Merlin vied with Arthur's heroic new world. Included are: Jane Yolen on Merlin's youth and coming of age; Marion Zimmer Bradley on Nimuë, Merlin's lover and doom; Charles de Lint on Merlin's influence through the centuries; Darrell Schweitzer on the legends of Merlin's birth; plus stories by Tanith Lee, Peter Tremayne, Phyllis Ann Karr, Jennifer Roberson, and many others. There is also a detailed introduction by Mike Ashley on the mystery and magic of Merlin and his world.

The Mammoth Book of King Arthur

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of King Arthur Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780333557

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The Mammoth Book of King Arthur by Mike Ashley Pdf

The most complete guide ever to the real Arthurian world and the legends that surround it He defeated the Saxons so decisively at the Battle of Badon that he held the Saxon invasion of Britain at bay for at least a generation. He has inspired more stories, books and films than any other historical or legendary figure. But who was the real King Arthur? Here is the most comprehensive guide to the real Arthurian world and the legends that surround and often obscure it. Sifting fact from fancy, Mike Ashley reveals the originals not only of King Arthur but also of Merlin. Guinevere, Lancelot and the knights of the Round Table - as well as all the major Arthurian sites. He traces each of the legends as they developed and brilliantly shows how they were later used to inspire major works of art, poetry, fiction and film. There is clear evidence that. The Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man, but at least three originating in Wales, Scotland and Brittany The true historical Arthur really existed and is distantly related to the present royal family The real Arthur and the real Merlin never knew each other The real Lancelot was not British but was closer to a sixth-century asylum-seeker The Holy Grail legend probably grew out of a cosmic catastrophe that could have destroyed most of civilization

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends

Michael Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Michael Ashley
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786705329

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends by Michael Ashley Pdf

Gathers stories about King Arthur, Merlyn, and the knights of the round table by Howard Pyle, John Steinbeck, Rosemary Sutcliff, Roger Lancelyn Green, Hilaire Belloc, and Jane Yolen

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends

Michael Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends Book PDF

Author : Michael Ashley
Publisher : Constable
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : 1854875337

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends by Michael Ashley Pdf

The enduring myths surrounding Camelot -- the Grail Quest, the Fisher King, the sorcerer Merlin, the sword Excalibur -- inspired tales by Jane Yolen, Hillaire Belloc, Peter Tremayne, and P. G. Wodehouse, all collected here by Arthurian expert Mike Ashley. Featuring Galahad, Lancelot, Gawain, and other favorite characters from the Age of Chivalry, this Mammoth collection of forty stories includes tales of heroism and wizardry by John Steinbeck, Brian Stableford, Phyllis Ann Karr, Tanith Lee, and many more.

The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes

Roger Wilkes
The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes Book PDF

Author : Roger Wilkes
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781780333731

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The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes by Roger Wilkes Pdf

The biggest and best collection of unsolved murder and mystery cases - updated and expanded. This compelling volume presents thirty-five of the most intriguing crime cases that still defy solution, as reported by leading authors and journalists in the field of crime writing. Expanded and updated, this new edition includes the mystery of 'Jack the Stripper' who preyed on prostitutes in Hammersmith in the 1960s, the death of Starr Faithful whose young body was found on Long Island, the vicious murder of Oxford nurse Janet Brown in her own home in 1995, and the case of Lizzie Borden who, according to the rhyme, 'took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks'. Other cases include: Colin Wilson and the 'Zodiac' killer of California; Russell Miller and the obsession with the Black Dahlia; Rebecca West on the killing of Stanley Setty, and the man who contracted out of humanity; Brian Masters on the killing of Rachel Nickell; Kenneth Alsop on who shot 'Jake' Lingle, and his connection with Al Capone; Philip Sugden on that most famous Victorian enigma, Jack the Ripper; Sydney Horley on the woman who was cleared of killing her husband, and went on to become a Broadway star. Nearly all the cases involve one or more acts of murder, and all are left with a question mark hanging over them with real-life whodunits that offer a continuing challenge to all who find fascination in the criminal mind.

The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends

Peter Berresford Ellis
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends Book PDF

Author : Peter Berresford Ellis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780333632

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The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis Pdf

Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Breton - Peter Berresford Ellishas included popular myths and legends, as well as bringing to light exciting new tales which have been lying in manuscript form, untranslated and unknown to the modern general reader. The author brings not only his extensive knowledge of source material but also his acclaimed skills of storytelling to produce an original, enthralling and definitive collection of Celtic myths and legends - tales of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, magical weapons, fabulous beasts, and entities from the ancient Celtic world.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12

Stephen Jones
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Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337128

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12 by Stephen Jones Pdf

The World Fantasy Award-winning anthology series reaches its twelfth spectacular volume. Collecting around a quarter of a million words by some of the biggest names and rising stars of the genre, this latest annual showcase of all things dark and deadly includes stories and novellas by Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Terry Lamsley, Tim Lebbon, Paul J. McAuley, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith and Hollywood director Mick Garris. Also featuring the most comprehensive overview of the year, a fascinating necrology and a list of useful contacts, this is the one book that all lovers of the supematural and psychological terror will want on their shelves.

The Mammoth Book of Journalism

Jon E. Lewis
The Mammoth Book of Journalism Book PDF

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780332734

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The Mammoth Book of Journalism by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

The newspaper has recorded and influenced modern history like nothing else on earth. From The Washington Post's exposure of Watergate, Tom Wolfe's 1960's social documentary in The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test to Robert Fisk uncovering the slaugher at Chatila, all the articles included here are reportage from the frontline of life. These are the editorials that have changed our thinking and the criticisms that have penetrated most deeply into contemporary culture. Most of all, they offer a snapshot of these modern times.

The New Mammoth Book Of Pulp Fiction

Maxim Jakubowski
The New Mammoth Book Of Pulp Fiction Book PDF

Author : Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472111807

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The New Mammoth Book Of Pulp Fiction by Maxim Jakubowski Pdf

Pulp fiction has been looked down on as a guilty pleasure, but it offers the perfect form of entertainment: the very best storytelling filled with action, surprises, sound and fury. In short, all the exhiliration of a roller-coaster ride. The 1920s in America saw the proliferation of hundreds of dubiously named but thrillingly entertaining pulp magazines in America – Black Mask, Amazing, Astounding, Spicy Stories, Ace-High, Detective Magazine, Dare-Devil Aces. It was in these luridly-coloured publications, printed on the cheapest pulp paper, that the first gems began to appear. The one golden rule for writers of pulp fiction was to adhere to the art of storytelling. Each story had to have a beginning, an end, economically-etched characters, but plenty going on, both in terms of action and emotions. Pulp magazines were the TV of their day, plucking readers from drab lives and planting them firmly in thrilling make-believe, successors to the Victorian penny dreadfuls of writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens. These stories exemplify the best of crime and mystery pulp fiction – its zest, speed, rhythm, verve and commitment to straightforward storytelling – spanning seven decades of popular writing.

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits

Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780333601

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The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits by Mike Ashley Pdf

Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s. The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy. It was also a decade that saw wonderful detective fiction from the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and others. Contributions range from Cornell Woolrich's story of murder at a jazz party set aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, to Grenville Robbins's impossible homicide committed on the radio, live on air, and Mat Coward's tale of death at a house party hosting the inaugural meeting of the British Communist Party.

The Mammoth Book of Westerns

Jon E. Lewis
The Mammoth Book of Westerns Book PDF

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780339160

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The Mammoth Book of Westerns by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths: one populist - what Time magazine famously billed 'the American Morality Play' - capable of taking many points of view, from red to redneck, but always populist, with a sentimental attachment to the misfit; the other literary - eschewing heroism, debunking with unsettling candour many of the myths of the West. It can sometimes be difficult to draw a sure line between the two forms, but both are represented in this outstanding collection which includes stories by Rick Bass, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Larry McMurtry, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, and Mark Twain, among many others.

A Brief History of King Arthur

Mike Ashley
A Brief History of King Arthur Book PDF

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472107657

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A Brief History of King Arthur by Mike Ashley Pdf

Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple? It is just a chivalric fantasy? The story of Arthur has been handed down to us by Medieval poets and legends - but what if he actually existed and was in fact a great king in the early years of Britain's story. Mike Ashley visits the source material and uncovers unexpected new insights into the legend: there is clear evidence that the Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man, but at least three originating in Wales, Scotland and Brittany. The true historical Arthur really existed and is distantly related to the present royal family.

The Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards

Robin Barratt
The Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards Book PDF

Author : Robin Barratt
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781849017596

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The Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards by Robin Barratt Pdf

They know who they are and what they're capable of - cross them at your peril. No real hard bastard needs to brag or bully; most are modest, thoughtful and quiet. They have nothing to prove, as opposed to wannabe tough guys, who may pump themselves full of steroids or devote themselves to the study of a martial art, but can they handle themselves during an aggressive confrontation? It is the real hard bastard's absolute willingness to fight literally anyone, his ability to be uncompromisingly violent, his complete lack of fear, and unwillingness to admit defeat that makes him stand out in a crowd. A real hard bastard exudes an unmistakable air of confidence and authority. The full list of Hard Men is: Geoff Thompson (Former British nightclub bouncer and world-famous martial artist. Now a BAFTA-award-winning writer); Thomas Silverstein (America's most dangerous prisoner); Arthur White (Once one of London's most notorious debt collectors. Now reformed and a Christian); Tom Taylor (A former US Presidential bodyguard); Don Murfet (Minder to the rock band Led Zeppelin); Charlie Bronson (Britain's most violent prisoner - also an artist and writer); Gary Alexander (Full-contact fighting champion of North America); Roy Shaw (British bare-knuckle fighting champion; Ali vs Tyson; Hard Bastards: what exactly are they?; Noel 'Razor' Smith (Former British gangster serving multiple life sentences); Street Kings & Bare-Knuckle Fighters (the toughest of them all); Mike Tyson (Boxer); The Krays (Britain's most infamous gangsters); Dave 'Boy' Green (British boxer); Luciano Leggio (Sicilian gangster); Bob Honiball (Martial arts expert currently training Eastern European special forces); Peter Rollack aka 'Pistol Pete' (New York City gang member); Gregory Peter John Smith (Australian bandit); John Brawn (Ireland's hardest man, martial artist and bouncer); William Coss (Just a regular US citizen put in an extreme situation); Mickey Francis (Manchester's most notorious football thug and gangster, now a professional wrestler); Jake LaMotta (Boxer); Vladimir Bogomolov (Soviet bodyguard); Big Joe Egan (Probably the hardest white man on the planet); Dennis Martin (Doorman, bodyguard and Liverpool's hardest man).