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    Gentlemen of the RoadNovel

    Michael Chabon · standalone novel · 2007

    About friendship and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

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    Sir Hugh of TarantoSeries

    series · 6 books · 1926

    completed

    Historical fiction and adventure, adventurous in tone, about war, set in middle east and medieval.

    “The tale of two Crusaders, Sir Hugh of Taranto and the Celt Donn Dera, who recover Durandal, the fabled sword of Roland, knight of Charlemagne, from the near-impregnable fortress of the Seljuk Turk sultan Kai Kosru.”

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    Start with Durandal →

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  • Cover of The Brethren
    The BrethrenNovel

    H. Rider Haggard · standalone novel · 1904

    About faith and religion.

    “Of Christian knights and ladies also, and their loves and sufferings in England and the East; of the fearful lord of the Assassins whom the Franks called Old Man of the Mountain, and his fortress city, Masyaf.”

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    Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

    universe · 163 books · 1923

    Set in secondary world.

    “Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

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    includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth, The History of the Lord of the Rings

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    The Grail Quest (Bernard Cornwell)Series

    series · 3 books · 2000

    Tense in tone, set in europe.

    “Young Thomas of Hookton, the only survivor of a brutal pillaging of his village in 1343, joins the army of King Edward III as they're about to embark on an invasion into France - the beginning of the great Hundred Years War.”

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    Start with Harlequin →

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  • Cover of The Celtic Crusades
    The Celtic CrusadesSeries

    series · 3 books · 1998

    About faith and religion, set in europe.

    “A Scottish boy travels to Jerusalem to try to regain his family's stolen lands, and ends up saving the relic Iron Lance that pierced Christ's side.”

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    Start with The Iron Lance →

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