Fiction Archive
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The Peace Weaver: Wealhthrow in Beowulf
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsMy goal in writing this fictional novella is twofold: to make Beowulf more accessible to modern readers and to expound upon the less articulated female point of view in the poem. -
A Response to Anglo-Saxon Heroism and Fourteenth Century Chivalry: Ideals for the Warrior in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsWhile the chivalric ideal has continued to appear in British literature, Anglo-Saxon heroism with its bond between lord and thane has largely dropped away. The writings of J.R.R. Tolkien provide the striking exception to this. -
The Knight and the Serpent: A Legend of Medieval Normandy
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsJohn R. Gabourel writes about the universal tale of choices and where they can lead us in his novel The Knight and the Serpent: A Legend of Medieval Normandy -
Cluny Cross: A Mad Medieval Tale
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsCluny Cross – A Mad Medieval Tale, a novel placed in the 11th century, follows a Benedictine monk’s frantic adventure through the Byzantine and Turk Empires before it races on to Jerusalem and the embattled Holy Land. -
France’s Jehanne: The 15th Century Heroine in Truth and Fiction
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsJehanne bends her legs and arms, holding them close to her chest like a small child, trying hopelessly to find warmth on the cold, damp floor of her prison cell. Sitting only feet away from her body, outside the bars of her tiny cage, two guards argue over whose task it is to watch over her throughout the night. Their loud shouts echo against the tower’s stone walls and follow the stairs to the wet, deserted ground. She extends her arms around her head in an effort to drown out their foul noise from her head and hopefully alleviate her nose from the rank odor of putrefied air. -
Book Review: Pope Joan, by Lawrence Durrell
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsOnce I got past all the unnecessary narrative, this book read like a script from a 'Carry On' movie: a titillating tale of lusty desires and ambition set against a religious backdrop, and heavily cloaked in the guarded innuendo of the time. -
Njáls saga as a novel: four aspects of rewriting
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsInspired by Njáls saga and Laxdæla saga, the novel Fire in the Ice by American novelist Dorothy James Roberts is one of numerous modern rewritings of classical and medieval literature. -
Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan, by Conn Iggulden
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsAn epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world’s inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever. -
Interview with Sharon Kay Penman
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsBest-selling author Sharon Kay Penman has published her twelfth novel, Lionheart, which focuses on King Richard I and his crusade to the Holy Land in the late-twelfth century. We had... -
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsLionheart By Sharon Kay Penman Penguin Books, 2011 ISBN: 978039915785 Publisher’s Description: From the New York Times-bestselling novelist, a stunning story of a great medieval warrior-king, the accomplished and controversial... -
Dance of the Dandelion, by Dina Sleiman
Posted on September 29, 2011 | No CommentsDance of the Dandelion By Dina Sleiman WhiteFire Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 978-0983455608 Price $14.99 for a print copy, under $4 for an electronic edition Love’s quest leads her the world... -
Interview with Jayden Woods, author of Godric the Kingslayer
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsIn 2010 we interviewed author Jayden Woods about her novel Eadric the Grasper: Sons of Mercia Volume I. Jayden has now published the sequel – Godric the Kingslayer, and we... -
Almodis: The Peaceweaver
Posted on September 22, 2011 | No CommentsTracey Warr of the University of Wales – Trinity St.David has published her first novel. Almodis: The Peaceweaver is a story of love, adventure and scandal, based on the real... -
Mystery in the Minster
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No CommentsMystery in the Minster: The Seventeenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew By Susanna Gregory Sphere Books, 2011 ISBN: 9781847442970 Publisher’s Synopsis: In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is... -
A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, released
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe long-awaited fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, entitled A Dance with Dragons, was released this week. The work, written by George R.R. Martin, has...
