An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Pamela Marcantel
Paperback - 592 pages
Publisher - St. Martin’s Griffin; St Martin’s Griffin Ed edition (March 15, 1998)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Extensively researched, Marcantel’s earnest retelling of the story of Joan of Arc traces the saint’s life from […]
Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on April 29th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Allure
1) Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 225)
2) The patch along the top of a castle or town wall, providing access to any part of the wall circuit behind the cover of the parapet.
(Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 246)
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Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland by Jeff Janoda
Paperback - 360 pages
Publisher - Academy Chicago Publishers (May 2008)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
Editorial Review from Booklist:
This detail-rich novel is a retelling of a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga written by an unknown author. The original document arose from the colonization of Iceland […]
Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on April 22nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hoarding
[hawr-ding, hohr-]
Wooden galleries erected on the face of a castle’s battlements to enable the defenders to fire on men attacking the base of the wall. (Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 249)
Filed under: Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on April 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Odinn’s Child: The Heroes of the North Live On (Viking Trilogy) by Tim Severin
Paperback - 400 pages
Publisher - Macmillan UK; New Ed edition (September 1, 2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4.5 stars
Editorial Review from Booklist:
Severin offers the first installment in a projected trilogy. Thorgils, son of Norse chieftain Leif the Lucky and fey Celtic […]
Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on April 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Villein
[vil-uhn]
Middle English vilain, vilein
1) The wealthiest class of peasant. they usually cultivate 20-40 acres of land, often in isolated strips.
(MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)
2) A non-free man, owing heavy labor service to a lord, subject to his manorial court, bound to the land, and subject to certain feudal dues.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, […]
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When I worked in a bookstore, I constantly monitored the bestsellers to get an idea of what was popular among readers. I wanted to know, for my own writing, what readers found interesting and why. It’s the dream of most writers to one day see their name on that list, though for my own part, I don’t see […]
Filed under: Writing Resources, Literary News on April 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Firedrake by Cecelia Holland
Paperback - 180 pages
Publisher - Backinprint.com (March 2001)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4 stars
Description:
Cecelia Holland’s first novel follows the career of an Irish mercenary knight who joins the army of William the Conqueror and fights at the Battle of Hastings.
Excerpt:
In the trees it had been very dark. Here in the […]
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Coif
Pronunciation: [koif]
Middle English coife, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cofea
1) Mail hood covering the head (Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 247)
2) a hoodlike cap worn under a veil by nuns
3) any of various hoodlike caps, varying through the centuries in shape and purpose, worn by men and women
Filed under: Arms and Armor, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on April 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
Since I’m only doing these types of posts once a week, I thought it made sense to change the title. I plan to begin posting more regularly as before; other work related things have kept me from doing so.
Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick
Product Details:
Paperback - 448 pages
Publisher - Sphere (2006)
Average Customer Review on […]
Filed under: Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Fiction on April 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
