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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 World's DesireNovel
H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Langstandalone novel1890
About forbidden love.
The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of TroyNovel
Padraic Columstandalone novel1918
Adventure, about war, set in mythological world.
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
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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Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
TheseusSeries
series2 books1958
completed
Historical fiction.
“Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”
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Start with The King Must Die →
Singer to the Sea GodNovel
Vivien Alcockstandalone novel1992
About slavery.
“Phaidon, slave in the court where his uncle Pelops is cook, is a horrified observer when Perseus turns up with Medusa's head and turns the king and his fellows to stone.”
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