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0446529818 Night Blooming
Author: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Gynethe Mehaut is spied upon with hatred and horror as she tends a
convent's night-blooming gardens. On the way to Rome for a Papal
Inquisition, she meets Count Saint-Germaine. 

080279694X Blue Flame
Author: K. M. Grant; Buy New: $11.55

The first book in a trilogy about the Cathars.

0345417623 Timeline
Author: Michael Crichton; Buy New: $7.99

Time traveling archaeologists (my favorite kind) find danger, adventure and romance in medieval France.  There's also a pretty nifty  movie.  NH

1601640102 The Last Troubadour
Author: Derek Armstrong; Buy New: $19.46

A complex action adventure set at the time of teh Cathars.

0140296530 The Master of all Desires
Author: Judith Merkle Riley

Fantasy and intrigue at the court ot Henri II and his jealous wife
Catherine de Medici.


The Knight on the Bridge
Author: Watson William

Surreal tale about  a mad lord's crumbling manor and the changes visitors make to it.

0806510080 The Rain Maiden
Author: Jill M. Phillips;

A novel of France's first queen, Isabel of Hainault, wife of Philippe
II.

0312104693 The Glittering Strand
Author: Judith Lennox;

North African women are abducted for the silk industry in 16th century France.

The Accursed Kings of France Series

0712608761 The Iron King
Author: Maurice Druon, H. Hare

Philip the Fair (Philippe le Beau) and the extermination of the Knights
Templars.

 B000GRGSXK The Strangled Queen
Author: Maurice Druon

Novel of the wife of Louis X who was convicted of adultery.

999751159X The Poisoned Crown
Author: Maurice Druon

The last months of the life of Louis X,

B000SDHMEG The Royal Succession
Author: Maurice Druon

The struggle for succession after the death of Louis X.

0330233297 The She-Wolf of France
Author: Maurice Druon

Isabella, wife of Edward II of England..

999751162X The Lily and the Lion
Author: Maurice Druon

In England, Edward III shows his power by executing his mother's lover,
Roger Mortimer, while in France Philip VI is on the throne.

0399153446 Labyrinth
Author: Kate Mosse Buy New: $17.13

The stories of two women, one 14th century, one modern, are tied
together by a mysterious ring discovered during an archeological dig.

0060000805 The Treasure of Montsegur
Author: Sophy Burnham Buy New: $10.17

A novvel of the Cathars.

075153899X Daughters of the Grail
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

In 13th century France at the time of the Church's persecution of the Cathars, a descendant of Mary Magdalene finds that her ability to heal is both a blessing and a curse.

0395488281 The Lords of Vaumartin
Author: Cecelia Holland

Dispossessed by a wicked uncle, a Breton lad finds a new life as a student and scholar n Paris.

039912604X The Battle of the Queens
Author: Jean Plaidy

Rivalry of the dowager queens, Isabella of England and Blance of France.

0451176375 Children of Destiny
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

A tale of the Cathars in Medieval France.

0765303779 The Outcast Dove
Author: Sharan Newman

The relationship between Christians and Jews in 11th Century France.

The Grail Quest

These books have sequences in England but mostly take place in France.  Just love that Thomas of Hookton.  NH

0060935766 The Archer's Tale
Author: Bernard Cornwell Buy New: $11.16

Also called Harlequin.  Begins Thomas of Hookton's tale, son of a mad priest, archer in King Edward III's armies in France, caught up in a search for the Grail by a mysterious relative.

0060935782 Vagabond
Author: Bernard Cornwell Buy New: $11.16

Thomas finds himself at the fall of Calais, and suddenly interesting to the Inquisition.

0060748281 Heretic
Author: Bernard Cornwell Buy New: $11.16

Thomas gets mixed up with a heretic woman who was sentenced to burn at the stake and finds his family's castle in ruins.

085449006X The Dark Pageant
Author: Edward Lucie Smith

A novel of Gilles de Rais, whose dark voices led him to the scaffold and
hundreds of little victims to a ghastly death.

0452285453 The Lady and the Unicorn
Author: Tracy Chevalier Buy New: $11.20

Novel of the making of the Unicorn Tapestries.

0618152865 Farewell, My Only One
Author: Antoine Audouard, Euan Cameron Buy New: $24.00

The love story of Heloise and Abelard.

0854490663 Mignon
Author: Chris Hunt

The court of Henri III of France offers a young man the chance to make his fortune as a mignon--one of the King's pet boys. The second half of the story
takes place in Elizabethan London and involves poet and playwright
Christopher Marlowe and the underworld of spies, crime, and political
intrigue.

Dark Queen series by Susan Carroll

This series by Susan Carroll is a historical romantic fantasy about three sisters, The Ladies of the Faire Isle, who clash with the sinister and ruthless Catherine de Medici.

0345437969 The Dark Queen
Author: Susan Carroll Buy New: $11.16
0345437977 The Courtesan
Author: Susan Carroll Buy New: $11.16
0345482514 The Silver Rose
Author: Susan Carroll Buy New: $11.16
0345490614 The Huntress
Author: Susan Carroll Buy New: $11.16
1569470111 Stealing Heaven
Author: Marion Meade Buy New: $12.48

A novel about the famous lovers Heloise and Abelard.

1573229733 The Good Men
Author: Charmaine Craig

A novel spanning three generations, about people who are caught up in the Cathar movement and the Inquisition's persecution of "The Good Men."  Chilling account based on the "confession" of a real woman.

1400051746 Courtesan
Author: Diane Haeger Buy New: $10.40

A novel of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henri II of France.

089733356X In a Dark Wood Wandering/a Novel of the Middle Ages
Author: Hella S. Haasse Buy New: $16.46

France under Charles the Mad. Beautifully written. Translated from the Dutch.

B000BARD2C The Jester
Author: James Patterson, Andrew Gross

A romantic tale of revolution in medieval France. Some great jokes too.

0595432263 Loyalty's Web
Author: Joyce DiPastena Buy New: $17.06

Mystery, suspense, and romance unite as the Earl of Gunthar and a 
beautiful noblewoman work to uncover the truth behind the treason afoot in 
the French realms of King Henry II of England.  The Midwest Book Review calls Loyalty's Web "an historical tale of intrigue with multiple twists and turns, arranged marriages and true romance. It is a fast-paced, well-written, well-edited, fascinating 
read.

dagger, signifying a mystery series

Katherine LeVendeur Mystery Series
Author: Sharan Newman

Early 12th century Paris. Engaging characters, gripping mysteries against the backdrop of the Jewish community in Paris makes for great entertainment.

0152055886 Duchessina

A historical novel for young adults about Catherine de Medici. Part of
the "Young Royals" series.

The King's Women
Author: Dinah Lampitt

A wonderful novel about the women in the life of King Charles VII of
France: his mother, wife, mistresses, and Joan of Arc.

 

 

 

Theophilos the Jester

0312354266 The Lark's Lament
Author: Alan Gordon Buy New: $18.21

Theophilos and his wife, Claudia, investigate the murder of a Cistercian monk. The fate of the Fools' Guild may hinge upon
the outcome, but their only clue is a fragment of a lost song.

0312371098 The Moneylender of Toulouse
Author: Alan Gordon Buy New: $16.47

Theophilos and Claudia have been sent by the Fools'
Guild to depose a corrupt bishop, but the death of a local moneylender
draws them into a larger intrigue -- one that could mean war.

Jeanne d'Arc

031215030X An Army of Angels
Author: Pamela Marcantel

Jeanne d'Arc from early childhood until.. well, you know.

0006128807 Joan of the Lilies
Author: Maureen Peters

 

0312051549 The Serpent Amongst the Lilies
Author: P. C. Doherty

An investigation into the mysterious woman known as The Maid, Jeanne
d'Arc (Joan or Arc), by a loyal servant to the English throne, Matthew
Jankyn. 

 François Villon

The Vagabond King.

0750921773 Danse Macabre
Author: Aubrey Burl

François Villon.

B000OGH6MA Vagabond's Way
Author: Doris Leslie

François Villon

0434418226 I Return
Author: Doris Leslie

François Villon. Sequel to Vagabond's Way?

B000NWO44I Rogue's Legacy
Author: Babette Deutsch

François Villon

B000I3I0GU A Fair Trial
Author: Jean Laborde

François Villon.

B000NQ8JVI The Brief Hour of François Villon
Author: John Erskine

 

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