The ninth book: #9 Amadis of Gaul
Another knightly romance, Amadis of Gaul just didn't work for me. From the same era that Arthur's stories appeared in, this, too, is about an English knight (though no round table is involved) and there's some thematic similarities. It's a knight who's send out by his king and his wife, the princess, to get purity. He's the perfect knight, defeating those less good.
It's a chore to read. The characters didn't seem that interesting and the language is tortuous enough that I struggled trying to stay focused on the work. These romances don't seem to work for me.