I’ve updated my bookshelf with more fiction titles (mostly medieval historical fiction and fantasy titles though others are included), more medieval non-fiction resources, and more writing resources. Please send me your recommendations as well. I’m always eager to read authors I’ve never read before.
I’ve posted a new short story in the writing section of my site. The Sea-Ghost is historical fiction set in early 13th century medieval England. The story follows a knight and his squire in route to Wales by boat. They are traveling to Wales in order to join their lord, Earl William de Longespée, and King John’s […]
The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; 1st edition (April 8, 2003)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4.5 stars
Editorial Review from Booklist:
With a practiced hand, Chadwick spins an irresistible historical romp that spans two generations. In 1067, William the Conqueror has successfully crushed the English at the Battle of Hastings. Compelling an […]
I was looking over my site and realized I don’t write as many reviews of novels as I would like to. So I thought I’d go back through the list of books I’ve read over the years and write reviews on them. I normally like to review novels immediately after I’ve read them, but there […]
The Mosaic of Shadows by Tom Harper
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur (May 12, 2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4.5 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. British author Harper effortlessly draws the reader into the court intrigues and conspiracies of 11th-century Byzantium in his outstanding debut. Former bounty hunter and bodyguard Demetrios the Apokalyptor (who […]
Sherwood by Parke Godwin
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (August 1995)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Godwin sets his highly satisfying retelling of the Robin Hood legend in the time of William the Conqueror, when the bastard of Normandy was pacifying his unruly new country. After the Saxon thane of Denby is killed […]
Alchemy of Fire by Gillian Bradshaw
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Severn House Publishers; World ed. edition (July 1, 2004)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4 stars
Editorial Review from Booklist:
Bradshaw weaves a story of love, war, treachery, and magic set in seventh-century Constantinople. Anna, former concubine of the emperor’s disgraced brother, Theodosius, has retired to a quiet life as […]
Queen Without A Country by Rachel Bard
Paperback: 356 pages
Publisher: Literary Network; 2nd edition (June 1, 2001)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4 stars
From the Publisher:
In Queen Without A Country, readers journey through Spain, France, the Holy Land and England to trace the life of Berengaria, the Basque princess who married Richard the Lionheart of England. […]
Champion by L. Christian Balling
Hardcover - 309 pages
Publisher - Atlantic Monthly Pr; 1st ed edition (June 1988)
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly
The charismatic figure of William Marshal, an English soldier of fortune, has inspired epics ever since his death in the early 13th century. Balling (The Fourth Shot, Mallory’s Gambit) sketches in Marshal’s young exploits against […]
The Proud Villeins (Bridges Over Time, Book I) by Valerie Anand
Hardcover - 310 pages
Publisher - St Martins Pr; 1st U.S. ed edition (September 1992)
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
A sweeping, often moving tale of English medieval life, this novel depicts historical events–ranging from 1040 to 1215, when the Magna Charta was signed–from the perspective of a […]