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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before AchillesNovel
Padraic Columstandalone novel1921
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and gods, set in ancient world and mediterranean.
“A somewhat fictionalized account of ancient Greek heroes.”
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The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of TroyNovel
Padraic Columstandalone novel1918
Fantasy, set in mythological world.
Earth GiantNovel
Edison Marshallstandalone novel1960
Historical fantasy.
“At the age of five, Heracles crushed in his chubby fists the spade-shaped heads of two messengers of death that had invaded his bed of sheepskins.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, 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.”
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includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of Middle Earth
The World's DesireNovel
H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Langstandalone novel1890
Fantasy, about forbidden love.
Gods and WarriorsSeries
series5 books2012
Tense in tone.
Start with Gods and Warriors →