David Anthony Durham steps into the world of fantasy with his latest novel Acacia: Book One: The War With the Mein. Most known for his historical fiction novels — Gabriel’s Story, Walk Through Darkness, and Pride of Carthage — Durham seems born for the fantasy genre. His characters are compelling, always changing, complex, and the […]
Set in 14th century medieval England, World Without End by Ken Follett centers around the town of Kingsbridge and follows the lives of the descendants of Jack and Alien from Pillars of the Earth. Twenty years after Follett wrote Pillars of the Earth and after numerous requests from fans to write a sequel, Follett decided […]
Nectar from a Stone by Jane Guill
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Paperback - 464 pages
Publisher - Touchstone (2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4.5 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
It’s Wales in 1351, and across a plague-infested, often brutal landscape, Elise—a spirited young woman prone to visions—and her servant/surrogate mother Annora flee the scene of an unplanned crime: Elise has […]
I’ve been compiling a list of medieval historical fiction novels to read, and I thought I would highlight a new one every week if possible. Many of these I have not even read myself.
The first one is The Whale Road by Robert Low.
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The Whale Road
By Robert Low
Hardcover - 352 pages
Publisher - Thomas Dunne Books (August […]
The year is 877 AD, and the Saxons have just defeated the Danes at Cynuit, though troubles for Alfred and his kingdom of Wessex are far from over. The Danes control three of the four major kingdoms in England — Northumbria, Mercia, and East Anglia — and they are continuing to push farther into Wessex, intent […]