The Once and Future Duck, and More Historical Titles in the Same Vein

Meet the Duck. His name is MacDhui, which rhymes with the "gooey" in geoduck, thus his christening as MacDhui Duck, or MacDhui the Duck, a Cat. Those of you who know there is a MacDhui in my first novel, An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England, it's a long story, so if you simply must know, drop me a note.

What is not as well known about The Duck is that he has inspired an incredible number of historical novels and movies. To wit:

The Once and Future Duck, T.H. White

Duck in Winter -- movie

When Christ And His Ducks Slept, Sharon Kay Penman

Here Be Ducks, Sharon Kay Penman

Ducke In Splendour, Sharon Kay Penman

Duckheart,  Sharon Kay Penman

Bravceduck, by Randall Walace

The Boleyn Duck (published as The Tudor Duck in the UK), Brandy/Emily PUrdy

Duck in Frankincense, Dorothy Dunnett

Robin Hood: Prince of Ducks -- movie

Robin Hood: Ducks In Tights - movie

Tristan + Duck -- movie

A Dead Duck in Deppford, Anthony Burgess

An Involuntary Duck, Nan Hawthorne

The Greatest Duck, Elizabeth Chaadwick

A Tale Of Two Ducks, Charles Dickens

Anne Of A Thousand Ducks -- movie

Lord of the Ducks (LOTD),  J.R.R. Tolkien

The Traitor's Duck,  Susan Higginbotham

Shield of Three Ducks, Pamela Kaufman

The Thirteenth Duck -- movie

Duck In The Iron Mask, Alexandre Dumas

MacDuck (The Scottish Play), William Shakespeare

The Return of Martin Canard - movie

Sharpe's Duck, Bernard Cornwell

The Agony And The Duck - movie

Merry Ducks Of Windsor, William Shakespeare

Ducks Of The Narrow Seas, series by M. Kei

What a Duck Wants, Carrie Lofty

A Sanctuary Duck, Ellis Peters

Duck Without End, Ken Follettt

The Sea Duck, series by Helen Hollick

Duck of Ireland, Morgan llywelyn

A Duck For All Seasons - movie

Duck Of Arabia -- movie

The Ducks Of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Connecticut Duck In King Arthur's Court, mark Twain

Monty Python And The Holy Duck - movie

The Taming Of The Duck, William Shakespeare

The Afflicted Ducks, Suzy Witten

The City Of Lovely Ducks, Anel Viz

Check back... I keep thinking of more. Certainly you can remember more than I have?