Raven, Blood Eye by Giles Kristian
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Corgi (February 1, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0552157899
Description:
A Viking adventure packed with battles, blood and gore, Raven is historical fiction at its very best, and marks the debut of an outstanding new talent.
When Norsemen from across the sea burn his village, Osric, a carpenter’s apprentice, is taken prisoner by these […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on March 1st, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Sword Song: The Battle for London (Saxon Stories Book #4) by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 23, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061379743
Sword Song is the fourth book in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. This series is becoming one of my favorites of all time. The third book, Lords of the North, was exceptionally good, but […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on February 15th, 2010 | 11 Comments »
No Law in the Land by Michael Jecks
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (September 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0755344189
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Set in the autumn of 1325, Jecks’s 27th Knights Templar mystery (after July 2009’s The King of Thieves) boasts an exciting, twisting plot. England’s Edward II rules a kingdom thick with dishonest men, including his […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on February 4th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 2, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061149047
The year is 878, and Uhtred is returning home to Northumbria at the hands of the Three Spinners. Lords of the North is the third book in the Saxon Chronicles series (following The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman), and we […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on January 11th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Rashi’s Daughters, Book I: Joheved by Maggie Anton
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Plume (July 31, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0452288622
Product Description:
In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world—writing the first Talmud commentary, and teaching it to his daughters. Joheved, her […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on December 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to Anne Gilbert for showing me this site. The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England is a database which aims to cover all of the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including […]
Filed under: Research, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Writing Resources on December 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Mercenaries: The Conquest Trilogy, Book I by Jack Ludlow
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Allison & Busby (October 12, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0749007850
Product Description:
Six brothers, trained since birth to become great warriors, prepare to experience their first taste of battle.
1033, along the Norman/French border. The sons of Tancred de Hauteville are following in their father’s footsteps. As knights, they have […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on November 19th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
With historical fiction, do you prefer to know the actual history before or after you have read the novel? Or does the history matter to you at all? You don’t care as long as it’s a good story?
Filed under: Discussion Topics, Historical Fiction on November 18th, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I started working on my novel again this week. It’s the first time I’ve written something new in months. I’m re-writing the first scene entirely, and this is what I have so far (always subject to change, of course):
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He knows the truth. Cobus held the parchment next to the flame on his desk, the red […]
Filed under: Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novel, Fantasy, Creative Writing on November 12th, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Pendragon’s Banner by Helen Hollick
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN: 1-4022-1889-3
Pendragon’s Banner is the second book in an Arthurian trilogy by Helen Hollick. The first book, The Kingmaking, shows how Arthur as a young teenager grows and comes to power as the High King of Britain. The second book shows how Arthur handles the position once he is there, as […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on October 31st, 2009 | 12 Comments »
