Fiction Archive
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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... -
Morgen of Avalon: Dreamspell
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No CommentsMorgen of Avalon: Dreamspell By Carol Weakland CreateSpace, 2011 ISBN: 978-1456347581 Carol Weakland portrays King Arthur’s rise to power in Morgen of Avalon, the first title in the author’s series... -
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Thone
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsOf Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Thone By Evan Ostryzniuk Knox Robinson Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9567901-5-6 Publisher’s Synopsis: Of Faith and Fidelity is the... -
New book examines the influence of medieval Welsh on Tolkien
Posted on May 25, 2011 | No CommentsJ.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: “I love Wales…and especially the Welsh language”. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales’ influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts... -
Guy Gavriel Kay to do online Q&A on May 3rd
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay will be taking questions online at a special web Q&A on Tuesday, May 3rd. The event will promote the release of Under Heaven in... -
Game of Thrones
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsDebuting April 17th on HBO in North America, Game of Thrones is based on the bestselling fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin. Game... -
Parke Godwin and the Lessons of History
Posted on January 29, 2011 | No CommentsParke Godwin and the Lessons of History Davidson, Roberta Arthuriana 20.4 (2010) Abstract Authors of historical fiction claim that their work restores a narrative of meaning to the past, and... -
The Forest Laird, by Jack Whyte
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe Forest Laird By Jack Whyte Penguin Books ISBN: 9780670068463 Publisher’s Synopsis: In the pre-dawn hours of August 24, 1305 a.d., in London’s Smithfield Prison, the outlaw William Wallace, who... -
Betrayed: The Legend of Oak Island
Posted on December 17, 2010 | No CommentsBetrayed: The Legend of Oak Island Dinsdale, Christopher Publisher:Napoleon & Company ISBN: 9781894917919 Summary The fate of the known world is settled on the shores of Canada… Christopher Dinsdale’s third... -
Heartstone
Posted on December 17, 2010 | No CommentsHeartstone By C. J. Sansom Publisher:Random House of Canada, September 28, 2010 ISBN:9780307356192 Summary Shardlake goes to war… Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII”s invasion of France has gone... -
Lords of the Bow
Posted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsLords of the Bow By Conn Iggulden Publisher: Harpercollins (uk) | July 16, 2010 ISBN:978-0440243922 Summary The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming... -
King Arthur’s Bones
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsKing Arthur’s Bones By The The Medieval Murderers Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, October 19, 2010 ISBN:9781847393654 Summary During excavation work at Glastonbury Abbey in the year 1191, an ancient... -
Daughter of York: A Novel
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsDaughter of York: A Novel By Ann Easter Smith Publisher: Simon & Schuster, February 12, 2008 ISBN:9780743277310 Summary History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York... -
Heroes of the Valley
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsHeroes of the Valley By Jonathan Stroud Publisher:Hyperion Books for Children, Nov 22, 2010 ISBN:978-1423109662 Summary Halli Sveinsson has grown up in the House of Svein, listening to the legends... -
The People’s Queen
Posted on December 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe People’s Queen By Vanora Bennett Published by: Harpercollins (uk) August 23, 2010 ISBN:9780007311217 Summary The country is in turmoil, The King is in debt to the City, and the... -
The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsThe Sorcerer of Sainte Felice Ann Finnin Publisher:Llewellyn Worldwide, June 1, 2010 ISBN:9780738720708 Summary “I was only an apprentice. I swear it. By all the angels in Heaven.” Condemned to...
