English Historical Fiction Authors

By Kim Rendfeld Queen Cynethryth had an exalted status during her husband’s reign and enjoyed seeing her son succeed his father, a rarity...

By Kim Rendfeld In 781, Alcuin had a choice. Should he accept an offer from Frankish King Charles (Charlemagne) to teach in the brand new ...

By Kim Rendfeld The story of Cynehelm and Cwenthryth has envy, sibling rivalry, lust for power, murder, and divine justice. Too bad it’s j...

By Kim Rendfeld The official reason Saints Gall and Columbanus parted in the early seventh century is that Gall was too ill to accompany...

By Kim Rendfeld The Venerable Bede probably did not realize he would create a controversy for centuries when he wrote about the months of...

By Kim Rendfeld The early medieval warhorse had two jobs. The first was to charge into battle with a fully armed and armored warrior on hi...

By Kim Rendfeld What was it like for Saint Lull in 785, when he got the news Continental Saxon ruler Widukind, responsible for church bur...

by Kim Rendfeld While in his native England around 754, Saint Lebwin apparently resisted the call to be a missionary. His 10th century hagio...

by Kim Rendfeld As the pagan Continental Saxons burned their way through East Francia in 774, the residents of the Abbey of Fritzlar feared ...