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Christmas Goodies!

2011-12-20T18:44:00.000-08:00

A Medieval Christmas

Frances Lincoln

Black Adder

Rowan Atkinson

The Queen's Christmas
Karen harper

The Christmas story in medieval and Renaissance
manuscripts from the Spencer Collection
Karl Kup

An Interview With Author Katherine Ashe

2011-10-28T15:51:00.000-07:00

Katherine Ashe

Katherine Ashe is the aauthor of a four volume fictional work about Simon de montfort, the man who initiated the first parliament in England. The volumes are:

Q. So, your book Montfort, in four volumes, is newly out. What is it about?

A.… the life of the man who founded parliament and created modern democracy. … unknown because it was made a hanging crime to speak his name.

Q. Why was that? – do you want to get into this?

A. He was believed to be the Angel of the Apocalypse.

Joachim de Fiore’s 12th century theology of the three Millennia – supported by Franciscan and Dominican teachings
Third millennium: kingdoms and the Church dissolve in a single World Order with a government elected by the common man.
Establishment of Parliament (by Montfort) believed to mark beginning of Third Millennium.

Joachim’s work banned in 1250; Aquinas’ hierarchies supported to counter Joachim’s egalitarian theology.

French Revolution, Napoleon, Karl Marx and Hitler all drew on this 3rd Millennium belief that has remained in Western culture.

Q. Who was Simon de Montfort?

A: Finest military tactician of the mid-13th century. King Henry III’s best friend; married Henry’s sister who was a nun. May have been the Queen’s lover and father of Edward I. (I can give references to support this.)

Henry turned against Montfort, trying him on false charges for treason twice.

Montfort joined English lords in conspiracy to curb Henry’s abuses. In committees at Oxford they created The Provisions of Oxford, which establish the concept of an elected Parliament with power over the Crown.

Simon put the Provisions into effect, making democracy a reality.

Q. You self-published this work. Why?

A. Publishers loved the manuscript – they only required that I change the main character to a woman. I refused to falsify my text. No woman was in a position even to plausibly report at second-hand the story I am telling.

Q. Apart from demands to have the text mangled to be better targeted for the market, do you have other concerns about trade publishing?

A. The 3 year life cycle of a trade published book – from hectic “pub date” to remaindering (as little as a year later.) After remaindering, the balance of the edition is shredded and sent to a land fill. Are authors aware of this? Print on demand is changing this.

The books I, and my husband, have published with trade publishers have had little promotional support, and have not paid royalties or received proper fiscal accountings. My husband, Peter Wynne’s, triple-layer cake cookbook, Sky High, is a gorgeous example of publishing, from Chronicle. Now 3 years out, with no royalty report. The title, text and even the recipes were changed (introducing errors) and Chronicle withheld the contract from May to December, still demanding the manuscript be delivered the following May. All charges: book designer, photographer, food stylist, layout, copyedit, etc., etc., for this elaborate coffee-table book were charged against the authors’ ( my husband wrote it with his niece) advance.

I used to write art books. From Walker, Abrams and Horizon, I never saw a payment beyond the advance, even when editions sold out entirely.

Visit:

www.simon-de-montfort.com
www.katherineashe.com

Follow Katherine Ashe as well on Facebook and Twwitter.

The Cumbria Trilogy, by Kat Duncan

2011-09-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

Cumbria, England, also known as the Lake District, is such a beautiful and remote place, even today. People come from all over the world to hike the fells and enjoy the rugged landscape. In the 12th Century, the land was ruled by the English King Henry II, but it is not recorded whether he ever set foot in this very remote and wild part of his kingdom when he visited the nearby city of Carlisle as a teenager. It had only been 100 years since the fall of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, and Cumbria's nearness to Scotland meant that the lands were an ethnic mixture of Saxons, Normans and Scots, speaking languages as diverse as Anglo-Saxon, French, Gaelic and Lowland Scots. In such a land a young woman of mixed heritage would have difficulty reconciling the cultural differences of her inheritances.

Lady Caille of Tarsuin Leith was living across the border in a little village in Scotland. A few months before the story in Without a Lord begins, she was married and widowed on the same day after a raid of her Scottish village by plundering Normans. When she receives notice that her brother has died and left her an inheritance in England which can be claimed by wedding a Norman lord, she leaves her grief behind and travels to a small abbey in Cumbria where the abbot will assist her in choosing a husband. She is quickly drawn into the bloody squabbles over the rich pasture lands in Cumbria when she marries one of the two wealthiest land barons, Lord Fellswick. Both her husband's secrets, and her attraction for Sir Roger du Bois Guillaume, one of her husband's knights, test her loyalty. When her husband is captured and held for ransom will she succeed in defending Fellswick Castle and beyond that risk all she has gained to buy back a husband she no longer wants?

The story of Fellswick Castle continues in the sequel, A Lady of Worth. The castle has been left in the hands of a castellan, Sir Ian, who is also charged with preparing his squire, Gilbart, a natural son of Henry II, for knighthood. Sir Ian, due to Lady Caille's influence, has recently given up plundering the fells and has a desire to cleanse his soul by vowing to assist women no matter their station. Gilbart rescues a noblewoman about to give birth and brings her to Fellswick where she is safely delivered of a boy child. Ian's attempts to assist Lady Marseline de Lille open a Pandora's box of smuggling, bigamy and abuse that test even Ian's tenets of knightly duty. The lady's husband, Maurice of Flanders, is desperately trying to clear his debt through unlawful trade. He wants his son, but will do anything to rid himself of his spare wife. Ian must break nearly every knightly rule he's trying to teach Gilbart in order to rescue his lady love from slavery and death.

The Cumbria Trilogy will be complete with the upcoming release of Sir Gilbart's story, Into the Pale, which takes place in Ireland during the Norman invasion by Richard Strongbow.

Both novels are available right here on medieval-novels.com .

"Putting the Story Back Into History"

2011-05-11T13:00:00.000-07:00

Heritage History is quite a find! There are novels, biographies, and other books for children you can read right there on the screen for free. Here are just some of these books, those that take place in medieval-novels.com time period.

Our Little Saxon Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
Our Little Crusader Cousin of Long Ago by Evaleen Stein
Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein
Our Little Norman Cousin of Long Ago by Evaleen Stein
Our Little Florentine Cousin of Long Ago by Anna C. Winlow
The Lance of Kanana by Harry French
Our Little Viking Cousin of Long Ago by Charles Johnson
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow by Allen French
Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now by Jane Andrews
Boys of the Ages by Laura Soolsey Lord Scales

You will find them all also linked in "Just Added" and Young Adult as soon as I can get them up there!

Where We Are

2011-04-27T18:38:00.000-07:00

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BELOVED PILGRIM Now on Amazon.com!

2011-04-09T18:22:00.000-07:00

   Coming on Kindle May 2011.

   A woman... fighting as a man... in the doomed Crusade of 1101.

   See reviews, book trailer, and more at http://www.nanhawthorne.com/ .

BELOVED PILGRIM Now In Print

2011-04-05T16:59:00.000-07:00

Nan Hawthorne's ground-breaking novel of a woman living as a man during the doomed Crusade of 1101 is now avialble in print from CreateSpace and will be available in about a wweek from Amazon.com.

OREDER NOW

For a signed bookmark, send a self addressed stamped envelope to:

Nan Hawthorne
P O Box 12454
Mill Creek WA 98082 USA

Book Trailer for "Beloved Pilgrim"

2011-03-30T20:32:00.000-07:00

Beloved Pilgrim by Nan Hawthorne is currently avbailable as an ebook here on medieval-novels.com and Smashwords.com or in print as a preorder at the uthor's website, nanhawthorne.com .

Before You Add a Book!

2011-03-16T18:59:00.000-07:00

Before you add a book to this catalog, please make sure it is not already there! Most of the recent submissions by authors have been for books already listed. just use the search form on the catalog itself or look your book up in the appropriate category.

We Just Hit 1,500!

2011-03-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

With the multi-author mystery, The Tainted Relic (Medieval Murderers Group 1) we just reached 1,500 books and movies.

St. Patrick Was A Gentleman - Books and Music for Irish Week

2011-03-14T11:01:00.000-07:00

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a book.. and music!

You will find a lot more than Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma novels or the medieval subset of Morgan Llywelyn's novels about Ireland in our Ireland section on medieval-novels. You can even find St. Patrick himself in Edward Rutherfurd's The Princes of Ireland!

And while you are reading the fictional account of Irish history, listen to "The History of Ireland in Music" all week at Radio Dé Danann, a 24/7 Internet radio station.

For a Song: Free Ebooks from Open Library - Henry and Eleanor

2011-03-11T20:45:00.000-08:00

Recently added to medieval-novels.com.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, E. L. Konigsburg
The Lion in Winter, James Goldman
Fair Rosamond, Thomas Delaney
Queen In Waiting, Norah Lofts
To Be Queen, Christy English
Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot
Henry the Second, or The Fall of Rosamund, Thomas Hall
A Murderous Procession, Ariana Franklin

You will also find pretty much all of Jean Plaidy and most if not all of Sharon kay Penman there.

Read an eBook Week, March 6 - 12

2011-03-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

To encourage folks to try somethign new, or just to gorge out on an existing habit, Smashwords is participating in "Read an eBook Week" from march 6 to 12. A lot of authors are offering their books for "deep discounts or even free! Just visit the specials page and start downloading! Even if you don't have your Kindle or other reader yet, stock up now for that happy occasion.

Read an eBook Week, March 6-12 Specials

And did you know there are tons of freebies there everyday?

Milestone for medieval-novels.com

2011-03-02T19:10:00.000-08:00

medieval-novels.com is about to exceed 1,500 books and movies set in the period between 400 and 1600 AD!

Much of this jump in numbers is thanks to Laake, my good friend from junior high, who is scouring Smashwords and other sources for more books in the era we all love.

Thanks Laake!

How Do I Read Books from Smashwords

2011-02-23T19:21:00.000-08:00

Books listed as being "on Smashwords" can be read on a number of devices. When you preview books or purchase them, you are given a choice of formats. Not all books come on all of them, but most do. So when it says a book is available "on Smashwords" they are usually on Kindle too. Here are the formats available for books on Smashwords:

Online Reading (HTML)
Online Reading (JavaScript)
Kindle (.mobi)
Epub (open industry format, good for Stanza reader, others)
PDF (good for highly formatted books, or for home printing)
RTF (readable on most word processors)
LRF (for Sony Reader)
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)
Plain Text

Learn more on http://www.smashwords.com/ .

Hallelujah! It's Raining Books!

2011-02-17T15:05:00.000-08:00

From passged.com

And I bet these are not all. Given that I originally set up medieval-novels.com to find all the books in my favorite genre so I could compare the list to what was available to me from the National LIbrary Services for Blind (US)and discovered quickly how many were not, this is a revelation! With only a few exceptions (unfortunately that includes my favorite sleuth, Owen Archer) all these books are text-to-speech enabled, so I can listen to them on my Kindle 3. Let the spending spree begin!

medieval-novels books on Kindle

See the category linked to the left.

Anand Valerie House of Lanyon
Angell Jeannette The Crown and the Kingdom
Anton Maggie Rashi's Daughters Book III: Rachel
Anton Maggie Rashi's Daughters Book I: Joheved
Anton Maggie Rashi's Daughters Book II: Miriam
Armstrong Alan Raleigh 's Page
Ash Maureen Death of a Squire
Ash Maureen The Alehouse Murders
Ball Margaret Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor
Ball David Ironfire
Banning Lynna Templar knight Forbidden Wife
Barbara J. Pond Pond Barbara J. Falcons of Ormond: A Novel of Medieval England
Bard Rachel Isabella: Queen Without a Conscience
Barrett Tracy Anna of Byzantium
Belli Gioconda The Scroll of Seduction: A Novel of Power Madness and Royalty
Bengtsson Frans G. The Long Ships
Bennett Vanora Figures in Silk: A Novel
Berkman Pamela Rafael Her Infinite Variety: Stories of Shakespeare and the Women He Loved
Buckley Fiona Queen 's Ransom
Buckley Fiona Queen Of Ambition
Burgess Anthony A Dead Man in Deptford
Canham Marsha In the Shadow of Midnight
Carpanillo Cheryl Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend
Carrell Jennifer Lee Interred with Their Bones
Chabon Michael Gentlemen of the Road
Chevalier Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring
Coddington Katgleen Mistress of Deception
Cohen Mara A Shout in the Sunshine
Cooper-petty Tracy Heart of Vengeance
Cornwell Bernard Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles Book 4)
Cornwell Bernard Lords of the North (The Saxon Chronicles Series #3)
Cornwell Bernard Heretic
Cornwell Bernard The Archer 's Tale
Cornwell Bernard Agincourt
Coventry Susan Queen 's Daughter
Cushman Karen Catherine Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)
Dalia Albert A Dream of the Dragon Pool
David Rose Godiva (Viking Sagas)
Davidson Sandra Rosefire
Delaney Frank Ireland
Denning Richard The Amber Treasure
DiPastena Joyce Loyalty 's Web
Doherty P.C. A Haunt Of Murder
Dunant Sarah In the Company of the Courtesan
Dunnett Dorothy Spting of the Ram
Dunnett Dorothy Scales of Gold
Dunnett Dorothy Race of Scorpions
Dunnett Dorothy Pawn in Frankincense
Dunnett Dorothy The Disorderly Knight
Dunnett Dorothy To Lie with Lions
Dunnett Dorothy Nicolo Rising
Dunnett Dorothy The Unicorn Hunt
Dunnett Dorothy King Hereafter
Dunnett Dorothy Checkmate
Dunnett Dorothy The Game of Kings
Dunnett Dorothy Queen 's Play
Dunnett Dorothy Gemini
Dunnett Dorothy Caprice and Rondo
Early Candace Bowen A Knight of Silence
Eco Umberto Baudolino
Falcones Ildefonso Cathedral of the Sea
Faunce John Lucrezia Brogia
Feather Jane Kissed by Shadows (Get Connected Romances)
Franklin Ariana Mistress Of The Art Of Death
Franklin Ariana Grave Goods
Fraser King Dusan Lady MacBeth
Frazer Margaret The Apostate 's Tale
Fullman Joseph The Virgin King
Galland Nicole Crossed
Galland Nicole Revenge of the Rose
Gardner John Grendel
Garrett Ginger In The Shadow Of Lions
Gertsch Steve A Templar 's Vow
Glover Douglas Elle
Golman Sheri A Stolen Tongue
Gordon Alan Jester Leaps In
Greer Germaine Shakespeare 's Wife
Gregory Susanna A Deadly Brew
Gregory Susanna An Order For Death
Gregory Susanna A Summer Of Discontent
Guler Kathleen Cunningham A Land Beyond Ravens
Guler Kathleen Cunningham The Anvil Stone
Guler Kathleen Cunningham Into the Path of Gods
Hamilton Feona After Evesham
Hamilton Feona Belaset 's Daughter
Harper Tom Siege of Heaven
Harris Joanne Holy Fools
Hawke Simon Much Ado About Murder
Hawthorne Nan An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England
Heath Liam Across the Nightingale Floor
Henley Virginia Insatiable
Henley Virginia Infamous
Henley Virginia A Year and a Day
Henty G. A. Both Sides the Border
Henty G A In Freedom 's Cause
Herring Peg MacBeth 's Nieve
Higginbotham Susan Hugh and Bess
Higginbotham Susan The Traitor 's Wife
Hollick Helen Shadow of the King
Hollick Helen I am the Chosen KIng
Hollick Helen Harold the King
Howard Pyle Pyle Howard Men of Iron (Timeless Classics)
Hurni Deborah Ghosts of Hattin
Iggulden Conn Khan: Empire of Silver
Iggulden Conn Genghis: Lords of the Bow
Jean Plaidy aka Eleanor Hibbert Hibbert Jean Plaidy aka Eleanor Murder Most Royal: The Story of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
Jones Nerys Godiva
Jones Sherry Jewel of Medina
Judith Merkle Riley Riley Judith Merkle A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Judith Tarr Tarr Judith King 's Blood
K. M. Grant Grant K. M. Green Jasper (The De Granville Trilogy)
K. M. Grant Grant K. M. Blaze of Silver (de Granville Trilogy)
Kalogirdis Jeanne I Mona Lisa
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Woodiwiss Kathleen E. Everlasting
Kay Susan Legacy
King Susan Queen Hereafter
Kingston Katherine Ruling Passion
Laury Rosemary Kiss Me Forever Love Me Forever (The Vampire Series Books 1 & 2)
Lawhead Stephen R. Hood
Lawhead Stephen R. Scarlet
Lee Julianne Knight Tenebrae
Lee Julianne Knight 's Blood
Llywelyn Morgan Grania: She King of the Irish Sea
Llywelyn Morgan Finn MacCool
Lofts Norah Here Was a Man: A Novel of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth I
Lortz Rosanne E I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince
Loupas Elizabeth The Second Duchess
Maguire Gregory Mirror Mirror
Maxwell Robin Mademoiselle Boleyn
McCarty Monica Highlander Untamed
McCarty Monica Highlander Unmasked
McKengan Sarah Lady Danger
McKenzie Nancy Grail Prince
McKenzie Nancy Guinevere 's Gift
McVarty Monica Highlander Unchained
Miles Rosalind I Elizabeth: A Novel
Moore Joyce Jeanne of Clairmonde
Morgan Kathleen As High as the Heavens
Morgan Kathleen A Fire Within
Moses Kate Labyrinth
Nancy McKenzie McKenzie Nancy Prince of Dreams: A Tale of Tristan and Essylte
Nancy McKenzie McKenzie Nancy Queen of Camelot
Pamela Kaufman Kaufman Pamela Shield of Three Lions: A Novel
Pargeter Edith A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
Pasha Kamran Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam
Penman Sharon kay Here Be Dragons
Penman Sharon Kay The Reckoning
Penman Sharon Kay The Queen 's Man
Penman Sharon Kay Cruel As The Grave
Penman Sharon Kay Dragon 's Lair
Penman Sharon Kay Prince Of Darkness
Plaidy Jean In the Shadow of the Crown: The Tudor Queens
Plaidy Jean Mary Queen of France: The Tudor Princesses
Plaidy Jean Light on Lucrezia
Plaidy Juan Madonna of the Seven Hills
Qillis Connie Doomsday Book
Ramsay William Me abd King John: Medieval and Modern History Ransacked as an Evil King Shakes His Family Tree to Improve His Karma
Randle Ivor The Middle Prince
Reed Mary Four for a Boy
Reed Mary Five for Silver
Riley Judith Merkle In Pursuit of the Green Lion: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Robb Candace A Vigil Of Spies
Rosalind Miles Miles Rosalind Isolde Queen of the Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde Novels Book 1)
Rosalind Miles Miles Rosalind Guenevere Queen of the Summer Country (Guenevere Novels)
Rowland Laura Joh Fire Kimono
Rowland Laura Joh Red Chrysanthemim
Rowlnad Laura Joh The Assassin 's Touch
Royal Priscilla Wine of Violence
Royal Priscilla Tyrant of the Mind
Royal Priscilla Sorrow without End
Royal Priscilla Justice for the Damned
Royal Priscilla Forsaken Soul
Royal Priscilla Chambers of Death
Royal Priscilla Valley of Dry Bones
Ryan David Stuart Lost Journal of Robyn Hood Outlaw
Sansom Christopher J. Dissolution
Sansom Christopher J. Dark Fire
Sansom Christopher J. Sovereign
Sansom C.J. Revelation
Sanson C J Heartstone
Schtazing Frank Death and the Devil
Sharon Kay Penman Penman Sharon Kay The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III
Sharon Kay Penman Penman Sharon Kay Falls the Shadow: A Novel
Sharon Kay Penman Penman Sharon Kay Time and Chance: A Novel (Ballantine Reader 's Circle)
Sharon Kay Penman Penman Sharon Kay Devil 's Brood
Sharon Kay Penman Penman Sharon Kay When Christ and His Saints Slept: A Novel
Slatton Traci L Immortal
Small Bernice Love Wild and Fair
Smith Sam The Secret Report of Friar Otto
Suderain Leigh A Song for Eloise
Tingle Rebecca Far Traveler
Townsend Lindsay A Knight 's Vow
Townsend Lindsay A Knight 's Captive
Townsend Lindsay A Knight 's Enchantment
Tremayne Peter Hemlock At Vespers
Tremayne Peter Badger 's Moon
Tremayne Peter A Prayer For The Dammned
Tremayne Peter Dancing With Demons
Tremayne Peter An Ensuing Evil And Others
Turtledove Harry Ruled Britannia
Undset Sigurd The Master of Hestviken
Undset Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatta
Vance Marguerite Elizabeth Tudor Sovereign Lady
Vicki Grove Grove Vicki Rhiannon
von Kleist Heinrich Michael Kohlhaas. A Tale from an Old Chronicle (German Classics)
Vosika Laura Blue Bells of Scotland
Wainwright Brian The Adventures of Alianore Audley
Watson Elsa Maid Marian
Weir Alison The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel
Weir Alison Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
Welfonder Sue-Ellen Bride for a knight
Welsh Louise Tamburlaine Must Die
Westerson Jeri Serpent in the Thorns
Whiteside Diane Bond of Blood
Whyte Jack Standard of Honor
Whyte Jack Knights of the Black and White
Worth Sandra Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses
Wu Shana Empress
Young Robyn Crusade
Young Robyn Fall of the Templars

Contest! Win a Mint Copy of Beloved Pilgrim by Nan Hawthorne

2011-02-11T21:45:00.000-08:00

Beloved Pilgrim is a novel of the Crusade of 1101 and follows the adventures of a young Bavarian noblewoman who chooses to don her late twin brother's armor and fight as a man. It will be published by midsummer at the latest, and you can win a mint copy, autographed by author Nan Hawthorne.

How? Just go to our catalog and look for books that do not have summaries. Write as many --- just a couple or three sentences -- as you can. The person who sends in the most summaries will win the book. Just send them by email to hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com with the subject line "Summaries Contest".

Deadline is April 15th -- plenty of time. No restrictions on your location, we will ship anywhere. Winner will be the person who submits the most summaries. In a tie, more than one winner will be chosen.

Questions? Just drop us a note.

New Feature! "Available on Kindle"

2011-01-19T12:07:00.000-08:00

We have added a way to know if a particular novel is available for download to the Kindle. Just check one of two places in the catalog:

In the list of books, look at its assigned categories for "Available on Kindle", or
In the list of categories on the left, click on "Available on Kindle".

We are just today starting to add books to this category, so please be patient, and do let us know if we have missed any books!

2011-01-14T15:59:00.000-08:00

New: I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince

2011-01-14T15:57:00.000-08:00

I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince
By Rosanne E. Lortz

Paperback and Kindle editions.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Hundred Years' War, I Serve chronicles the story of Sir John Potenhale. A young Englishman of lowly birth, Potenhale wins his way to knighthood on the fields of France. He enters the service of Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, and immerses himself in a stormy world of war, politics, and romantic intrigue.

While campaigning in France, Potenhale develops an interest in Margery, a spirited lady-in-waiting with a close-kept secret. He soon learns that Sir Thomas Holland, a crass and calculating baron, holds the key to unlock Margery's mystery and possesses the power to overturn all of his hopes.

When the Black Death strikes Europe, however, Potenhale realizes that the fiercest enemy does not always appear in human form. Seeing the pestilence as a punishment for the sins of his generation, he questions his calling as a knight and considers entering the cloister. Margery or the monastery? Torn between losing his soul and losing the love of his life, he finds friendship with a French knight who might--just possibly--help him save both.

From Amazon.com.

2011-01-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

Even More New Realeases

2011-01-07T20:22:00.000-08:00

With these titles -- which admittedly include a few duplicates, we just toppped 1,300 books and movies in this catalog. Here's a simpler list of our new releases to date. Our sources so far are Amazon itself and the Historical Novel Society. You can click on these links or visit medieval-novels.com New Releases to view summaries. Some "new" releases, by the way, are only new on Kindle.

A Knight of Silence

Early, Candace Bowen

Normans, Henry I, New Releases

A Lion of Cairo
Oden, Scott
Middle East, Egypt, New Releases

Anna of Byzantium

Barrett , Tracy

Middle East, Byzantium, New Releases

Brendan
Llywelyn, Morgan
Ireland, World Travelers, New Releases

Chambers of Death
Royal, Priscilla
Henry III, Edward I, New Releases

Conquest
Binn, Stewart
Anglo Saxon, Normans, William the Conqueror, New Releases

Crusade of Tears: A Novel of the Children's Crusade , Vol. 1
Baker, C. D
Germany, Middle East, Holy Land, New Releases

Heartstone
Sanson, C J
Mystery, Tudors, Six Wives , New Releases

Khan: Empire of Silver
Iggulden, Conn
Eastern Europe, Russia, East Asia, Central Asia, New Releases

Michael Kohlhaas. A Tale from an Old Chronicle (German Classics)
von Kleist , Heinrich Frances H King and John S. Nollen
Germany, New Releases

Orphan of Destiny: Book 3
Spradlin, Michael P.
Henry II, Richard I Lionheart, New Releases, Eleanor of Aquitaine

Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance
Poole, Sara
New Releases, Italy/Sicily

Queen Hereafter
King, Susan
Scotland, New Releases

The Cloud Pavilion
Rowland, Laura Joh
Mystery, Japan, New Releases

The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Gortner, C.W.
France & Brittany, General 16th century, New Releases

The Crown and the Kingdom
Angell , Jeannette
France & Brittany, New Releases

The Desert of Souls
Jones, Howard
Mystery, Middle East, New Releases

The Fallen Blade
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay
Alt Hist & Time Travel, New Releases, Italy/Sicily

The Forever Queen
Hollick, Helen
Anglo Saxon, New Releases

The Ground Is Burning (UK Only)
Black, Samuel
New Releases, Italy/Sicily

The Long Ships
Bengtsson, Frans G.
Scandinavia, New Releases

The Raven Queen
Watson, Jules
Ireland, New Releases

The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance
Kalogridis , Jeanne
New Releases, Italy/Sicily

The Secret Report of Friar Otto
Smith, Sam
Anglo Saxon, England, New Releases

The Tudor Secret
Gortner, C.W.
Tudors, General 16th century, New Releases, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Edward VI, Elizabethan Notables

The Tudor Throne
Purdy, Brandy
Tudors, Six Wives , Henry VIII, New Releases, Elizabeth I, Mary I

The Viking's Captive
Hill, Sandra
Scandinavia, New Releases

To Serve a King
Morin, Donna Russo
France & Brittany, New Releases

Please! Correct any omissions, etc.

Vampires Aren't Just for Today's Teens!

2011-01-05T14:13:00.000-08:00

A Later Era Vampire.

Imagine... Spanish knights, Czar Ivan's courtiers, and Christopher Marlowe, all vampires. And that's not even mentioning all the werewolves and other shapeshifters...

Darker Jewels
Chelsea Quin Yarbro
Russia, Alt Hist & Time Travel

Vampires in the time of Czar Ivan IV

Kiss Me Forever/Love Me Forever
(The Vampire Series, Books 1 & 2)
Rosemary Laurey
Tudors, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Notables

Christopher Marlowe as a vampire.

It won't take much more searching to find medieval versions of Dracula in movies and books, including the historical Vlad the Impaler and Countess Elisabeth Bathory!

Vlad the Impaler
Sid Jacobson
Countess Dracula / The Vampire Lovers
With Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing (DVD)

The Blood Countess
Andrei Codrescu

Grand Re-opening!

2011-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Nan Hawthorne

No, not under new management... it is the same old folks here. But we decided this site and you deserved a searchable database, as well as a way to input books and movies yourself. So we relaunched on January 1, 2011, a much more useful tool, whether for buying books or just finding out about all the novels, movies, and television shows that take place in a slightly expanded period of 400 to 1600 AD.

As you know, this is an Amazon Associates site, which means all the links, or most of them, are to books on Amazon.com. For this we receive a single digit percentage referral fee. We do not ourselves sell the books. If you have trouble with a purchase, contact Amazon.

We want to add Amazon.co.uk products too, but for now you can find a book here then use the UK search tool on the Catalog Home.

We are also adding ebooks as a Smashwords.com affiliate. These are not purchased from Amazon.com, so contact Smashwords with purchase issues.

We welcome... oh gosh, lots of things! Add books, movies and television shows... see instructions at the tab above. We also welcome corrections and suggestions. Just email us at hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com .

Why we set this up - not for the money, I can tell you. We don't make what we spend. I wanted an exhaustive list of medieval and Renaissance novels so I could check which were available in a format I could access. (I cannot read print.) It turned out that a small fraction were available through the NLS for the Blind, but thanks to the Kindle 3 reading machine with text to speech, there are lots m ore available to me now. Once I got started, with help from a number of people I just couldn't stop.. and now medieval-novels.com in its easier to use format is fast on its way to becoming a universally useful resource!

Verily, a feast for the mind and heart, and may you have joy of it!

Kindle 3 Reading Device

This site is owned and operated by Nan Hawthorne of Bothell, Washington State. Hawthorne is the author of An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England and the owner of several blogs on historical fiction and history. See her web site at http://www.nanhawthorne.com/ .

And the Winner Is...

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Terry Martini! Thanks, Terry, tthanks to all of you who added movies to our collection. No rpizes now, but don't let that stop you from entering any books or movies you don't already see on the cataloh!

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Movies and Television - Enter to Win!

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Wow, there are a lot more movies about our period than I thought! So here's a chance for you to win a gift certificate to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk!

Just click on the link at the left for Movies/TV and see if your favorites are missing! PLEASE check this. Duplications don't count towards the drawing.

Follow the instructions in the tab for "Add a Book" and add the movie instead. Do please put your name in the "Submitted by" field.

On January 1 we will draw one name to win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk . And our undying gratitude. Duplicates won't count towards the drawing, so make sure you enter a movie or TV show not already on the medieval-novels.com catalog!

Latest New Releases

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Available December 31
Brendan
Morgan Llywelyn

Publisher: Forge
Copyright Year: 2010
ISBN: 0312860994

Summary: St. Brendan the Sailor, who may have actually been the first European in North America.

The Forever Queen
Helen Hollick
Publisher: US Sourcebooks
Copyright Year: 2010
ISBN: 978-1402240683

Summary: UK title: A HOLLOW CROWN published by Arrow Books (Random House)

Future Home Page

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This is the future home page of medieval-novels.com .

Above you will soon see links to all the books and DVDs with medieval themes we have found on Amazon.com . There will be a searchable list of books on topics related to all parts of the world between approximately 500 and 1600 AD.

In this space we will feature recently released books etc.

If you have come upon this page before January 1, 2011 you can find the old site, which still works, at www.medieval-novels.com