Medievalists.net » Fiction http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Last Kingdom: An Interview with Bernard Cornwell http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/15/the-last-kingdom-an-interview-with-bernard-cornwell/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/15/the-last-kingdom-an-interview-with-bernard-cornwell/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61775 What I find most compelling is the struggle to create a country which became England, a struggle that must have seemed hopeless at times and which roiled Britain in constant fighting. We think of England (especially) as a peaceful landscape, but in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries it was horribly brutal and merciless.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/15/the-last-kingdom-an-interview-with-bernard-cornwell/feed/ 0 The Archer’s Loss: England’s War, Fate’s Arrows http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/the-archers-loss-englands-war-fates-arrows/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/the-archers-loss-englands-war-fates-arrows/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:49:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60576 As England crumbles, so does Thomas as he rails against the world which has snatched life and love away from him so savagely. The end of the 116 year struggle between old foes shall be the making and breaking of a boy yet to develop into a man....

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/16/book-review-the-iron-king-by-maurice-druon/feed/ 0 What’s New in Medieval Historical Fiction http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/03/whats-new-in-medieval-historical-fiction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/03/whats-new-in-medieval-historical-fiction/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:56:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58666 Learn more about these books: See the Sister Fidelma mysteries Wikipedia entry Visit Gear-Gear.com, website for the authors Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear The Buried Giant review – Kazuo Ishiguro ventures into Tolkien territory – review by Tom Holland in The Guardian ‘The Invention of Fire’ is a thrillingly written 14th-century murder mystery […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/12/mystery-secrets-and-magic/feed/ 0 The Oblate’s Confession, by William Peak http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/the-oblates-confession-by-william-peak/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/the-oblates-confession-by-william-peak/#comments Wed, 06 May 2015 23:43:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58110 Read an except from William Peak's debut novel, which won the Best New Voice award for Fiction at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/caliburn-merlins-tale/feed/ 0 Review: The Holy Lance, by Andrew Latham http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/24/review-the-holy-lance-by-andrew-latham/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/24/review-the-holy-lance-by-andrew-latham/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:13:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57104 Inside, what I came across was a solid tale based during the Third Crusade, in the aftermath of the dreadful battle at the Horns of Hattin.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/24/review-the-holy-lance-by-andrew-latham/feed/ 0 The Beginning of Medieval Historical Fiction: Ten Novels from the 19th century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/04/beginning-medieval-historical-fiction-ten-novels-19th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/04/beginning-medieval-historical-fiction-ten-novels-19th-century/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 19:11:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56607 Historical fiction was just beginning as literary genre in the 19th century, but soon authors found success in writing about stories set in the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/04/beginning-medieval-historical-fiction-ten-novels-19th-century/feed/ 0 Historical Lives in Fiction, Characters in Fiction: Are they the same people? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/historical-lives-fiction-characters-fiction-people/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/historical-lives-fiction-characters-fiction-people/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:03:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55777 There is a strong relationship between history and fiction. The characters created by writers, either in historical novels and literary fiction, reflect that relationship. Many of the characteristics of fictional characters can also be ascribed to characters depicted in historical fiction and biographical writing.

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