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Medieval Reading
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December 2004
Compiled by Karen Keller,
of Brighton (MI) District Library , from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Ali, Tariq Book of Saladin
Valerie Anand Gildenford; King of the Wood; The Norman Pretender
Audouward, Antoine Farewell, My Only One
Joseph Bedier (retold by), translated by Hilaire Belloc The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
Margaret Campbell Barnes Mary of Carisbrooke
Elizabeth Chadwick The Wild Hunt
[Caveat: there are 2 Elizabeth Chadwicks. One is British; the other writes American historicals. This book is by the British one.]
Collin, Evan Deus lo Volt: Chronicle of the Crusades
Bernard Cornwell The Archer's Tale (and it's two sequels)
Thomas B. Costain The Black Rose; Below the Salt
Cross, Donna Woolfolk Pope Joan
Jude Deveraux Knight in Shining Armor & her " velvet series"
Arthur Conan Doyle The White Company
Maurice Druon (most by her)
Alfred Duggan Count Bohemund; The Cunning of the Dove; Knight with Armour; The Lady for Ransom
Dorothy Dunnett's The house of Niccolo series starting with Niccolo Rising
Takes place toward the end of most medieval timelines, but it should qualify.
Eco, Umberto Name of the Rose
Ennis, Michael Duchess of Milan
Margaret Frazer Sister Frevisse mysteries
Julie Garwood Honor's Splendor
Roberta Gellis Bond of Blood; Mortal Bane
Alice Walworth Graham The Vows of the Peacock; Shield of Honor
Alan Gordon mystery series
Noah Gordon The Physician
Kim Headlee Dawnflight
Holland, Cecelia The Witches' Kitchen
Michael Jecks mystery series with Simon Puttock, Bailiff, and Sir Baldwin Furnshill
Ellen Jones Fatal Crown, Beloved Enemy
Lynn Kurland Tapestry; This is All I Ask (first of several medieval novels); If I Had You
Norah Lofts Madselin, Tallboys series and a bionovel about Eleanor of Aquitaine
Edward Marston The Wolves of Savernake (first in a series of "medieval mysteries")
Massie, Allan The Evening of the World
Newman, Sharan (Catherine Le Vendeur mysteries): Death Comes as Ephiphany; Devil's Door; Wandering Arm; Strong as Death; Cursed in the Blood; Difficult Saint; Wear the White Cloak; and Heresy
Godwin Parke Sherwood
Paton Walsh, Jill Knowledge of Angels
Patterson, James and Andrew Gross. The Jester
Sharon Kay Penman (most by her); Here be Dragons
Ellis Peters Brother Cadfael mysteries--beginning with A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters' real name is Edith Pargeter) Edith Pargeter The Brothers of Gwynedd & The Heaven Tree trilogies
Jean Plaidy's English-royalty subseries
Mary Jo Putney Uncommon Vows
Robb, Candace (Owen Archer mysteries). Lady Chapel; Apothecary Rose; Nun's Tale; KIing's Bishop; Riddle of St. Leonard's; Gift of Sanctuary; Spy for the Redeemer; Cross-Legged Knight.
Riley, Judith Merkle Vision of Light and In Pursuit of the Green Lion
Rutherfurd, Edward The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga
Anya Seton Katherine
Graham Shelby The Kings of Vain Iintent; The Knights of Dark Renown; The Oath and the Sword
Rosemary Sutcliff's The Sword at Sunset are all excellent.
Judith Tarr Rite of Conquest
Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma mysteries
Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy: The Wreath (or The Bridal Wreath), The Wife, and The Cross (translation by Tiina Nunnally)
F. Van Wyck Mason Silver Leopard
T.H. White The Once and Future King
Connie Willis Doomsday Book
Kathleen Woodiwiss T The Wolf and the Dove
CLASSICS:
Abelard, Peter L Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Comnena, Anna Alexiad
Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe
NONFICTION:
Armstrong, Karen Holy War: Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World (a bit off topic but might be of interest).
James Burge Heloise and Abelard: A New Biography of History's Great Lovers
Thomas Cahill How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Costain The Conquering Family, The Magnificent Century, The Three Edwards and The Last Plantagenets
Gies, Frances Life in a Medieval Village; Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Gies, Joseph Life in a Medieval Castle; Life in a Medieval City
(Frances Gies is listed as an added author on the last two mentioned above.)
Amy Kelly Eleanor of Aquitane and the Four Kings
Robert Lacey The Year 1000, What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millenium
William Manchester A World Lit Only By Fire; The Medieval mind and the Renaissance; A World Lit Only by Fire
James Reston Jr. The Last Apocalypse, A History of Europe at the Year 1000
Alison Weir Elenor of Aquitaine
There are a number of libraries who have collected their own lists of medieval fiction:
http://www.lcl.lib.ne.us/depts/ref/medievalfiction.htm
http://www.jervislibrary.org/yaweb/medieval_fiction.html
http://www.noblenet.org/beverly/teenlink/readingzone/medievalbks.shtml
http://www.ci.rio-rancho.nm.us/library/Medieval%20Fiction.htm
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