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Traces the life of first-century Greek philosopher Posidonius, chronicling his adventures throughout the Celtic lands of ancient Gaul while explaining how he informed Rome about such aspects of Celtic culture as the druids, astrology, and human…

In this book, Ronald Hutton brings his wealth of unusual knowledge on Paganism, myth, and ritual to the reader. Hutton is known for having a deep and sympathetic understanding of past and present beliefs that are often dismissed, and an ability to…

"Leaving the secluded castle of his queen mother, a kingdom of splendor and innocence, Parsival meets the world in a series of extraordinary adventures and mysterious encounters of the sword and of the soul."--Flyleaf.

"Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chretien de Troyes, who in the twelfth century first imagined the famous scene in which a mysterious golden vessel adorned with jewels was paraded before the eyes of…

For Richard Wagner and Steven Spielberg, the Holy Grail is a cup; for those at the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., it was a book written by Jesus; for early European Christians, it was a reliquary containing the forearms of the Virgin Mary and Mary…

Relates how Arthur, son of Uther-Pendragon, became king of Britain, won a queen, and came to establish the Round Table.