English Historical Fiction Authors

by Jeri Westerson We’ve read about some pretty bold women in the Middle Ages; Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth, Kathrine Swynford. They...

By Rosanne E. Lortz It is the prince of palfreys. His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage…. I on...

by Kim Rendfeld In 757, if we are to believe the Royal Frankish Annals, Tassilo, the teenage duke of Bavaria, visited Frankish King Pepin...

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 In 429, Germanus of Auxerre and another bishop got on a ship bound for Britain. Germanus did not speak the local language...

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 The only husband East Anglian Princess Etheldreda ever wanted was Christ, but her family needed her to marry a lord and s...

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 Saint Wilgils probably was born a pagan, but once he converted to Christianity, the faith dictated his life. Wilgils, a...