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Dominic mentions reading these as a child, describing them as his 'very first historical enthusiasm' about King Arthur

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Dominic mentions reading this book about the Knights of the Round Table as a child, before reading about 'real kings'

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Discussed as the influential 12th century work that popularized Arthur as a historical figure, establishing the narrative from Brutus the Trojan through to Arthur and Merlin

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Referenced multiple times as the definitive medieval summing up of the Arthurian romances, written in the 15th century against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses. Tom reads a passage from it about Sir Ector's eulogy for Lancelot

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Mentioned as a scholarly book that influenced T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland, which cast the Fisher King story as a pagan metaphor that was Christianized

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Tom's favorite historical retelling of the Arthurian story, discussed including the unpublished 'Book of Merlin' which White wrote in 1940 as a pacifist work

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Mentioned as a brilliant version of the Arthur story, previously discussed on the podcast

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Dominic describes this trilogy about King Arthur as 'by far the best thing he's ever written,' praising how Cornwell brings out the Welshness of the story and handles the magic elements