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The Normans
William the Conqueror - 12th century
- William Rufus -
Henry I -
Stephen and/or Maud
William I the Conqueror
1066–1087
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The
Winter Mantle
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
A novel set during the time of
William the Conqueror.
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The
Conquest
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
A womanizing Norman saves the
life of a Saxon woman.
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Wife
to the Bastard
Author: Hilda Lewis Buy New:
$10.00
A novel of Matilda, wife of
William the Conqueror.
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The
Conqueror
Author: Brenda Joyce Buy
New: $7.99
A romance set during the
time of William the Conqueror.
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Golden
Warrior
Author: H. Muntz
Powerful, unsentimental
account of the Norman
Conquest.
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Cold
Heart, Cruel Hand
Author: Laurence J.
Brown
A Novel of Hereward
the Wake and the Fen
Rebellion of 1070-1071
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Rite
of Conquest
Author: Judith Tarr
If you can accept
William as the
reincarnation of
King Arthur and the
returned Messiah of
the true Britain and
Harold as a
Christian enemy of
magic, you're in
luck. Terrific
book. Wait
until you see what
she does with King
John in a later
book! NH
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Madselin
Author: Norah Lofts
A young woman's life is turned upside down by the Norman
Conquest.
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12th Century and a little before
William (II) Rufus 1087–1100
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King
of the Wood
Author: Valerie
Anand
Sensitive
portrayal of a man
who becomes the
King's lover and
is also
the stand-in for
the god in pagan
rituals the king
knows nothing
about. NH
(Brandy loved it
too.)
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Death
of the Red King
Author: Pamela Bennetts
A novel of the unsolved mystery surroundign the death of
William Rufus. |
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Flambard's
Confession
Author: Marilyn Durham
The reign of William Rufus as told by his chief
advisor Ranulf Flambard. |
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Henry I 1100–1135
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Thornapple
Author: Chris
Hunt
A renegade
monk a scheming
lady of the
manor a
mysterious old
woman
and a beautiful
boy guarding
magical
secrets--these
are just some of
the
intriguing
characters a
young pedlar
encounters as he
journeys through
the east of
England in 1204.
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Stephen 1135–1154 and/or Maud (or Matilda)
7 April–1 November 1141
Just Added
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Everlasting
Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Buy New: $16.47
A historical fantasy in which women enjoy equal rights with men and
cannot be married against their will
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A
Place Beyond Courage
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
Prequel to The Greatest Knight, the story of William Marshal's father.
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The
Love Knot
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
A novel set int he time of Stephen's and Maud's battle for
the throne of England.
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A
Knight's Vow
Author: Lindsay Townsend Buy New: $3.99
A historical romance set in England in 1138 (the age of Stephen and
Matilda).
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The
Fatal
Crown
Author:
Ellen
Jones
Novel
that
suggests
Matilda
had a love
affair
with her
rival King
Stephen.
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The
Forgotten
Queen
Author:
Haley
Elizabeth
Garwood
Buy New:
$19.95
Novel
about
Empress
Matilda
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The
Pillars
of the
Earth
Author:
Ken
Follett
Buy
New:
$12.00
The
building
of a
great
church
during
the
wars
of
Stephen
and
Maude.
Highly
derivative
but
the
introduction
to
novels
about
the
Middle
Ages
for
many
of the
uninitiated.
Worth
a
read.
NH
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Shadows
and
Strongholds
Author:
Elizabeth
Chadwick
A
novel
set
during
the
time
of
Prince
Henry
and
King
Stephen's
battle
for
the
English
Crown.
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Brother Cadfael Mysteries
Author: Ellis Peters
Former crusader knight turned Benedictine monk uses his
herbalist knowledge
to help solve crimes during the Stephen vs Maud period. |
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