Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
Explore the best historical fiction books about the House of Plantagenet. Dive into gripping tales of power, betrayal, and intrigue from England's most dramatic dynasty.
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When Christ and His Saints Slept
by Sharon Kay Penman
The acclaimed author of The Sunne in Splendor and Falls the Shadow now begins a new trilogy, set in medieval England, during a time of …
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Time and Chance
by Sharon Kay Penman
In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all the deceit, danger, and drama of Henry II’s ascension to …
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Devil's Brood
by Sharon Kay Penman
The third installment of a trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine traces the collapse of the royal family in the aftermath of Henry's …
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Penmarric
by Susan Howatch
Set against the starkly beautiful landscape of Cornwall, PENMARRIC is the totally enthralling saga of a family divided against itself. At the center of the …
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Greatest Knight, The: The Story of William Marshal
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Based on fact, this is the story of William Marshal, the greatest knight of the Middle Ages, unsurpassed in the tourneys, adeptly manoeuvring through the …
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The Scarlet Lion
by Elizabeth Chadwick
William Marshal's prowess and loyalty as a knight in the English royal household has been rewarded by marriage to Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great …
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Here Be Dragons
by Sharon Kay Penman
Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England's ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce …
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Falls the Shadow
by Sharon Kay Penman
Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom …
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The Reckoning
by Sharon Kay Penman
"Penman's characters are so shrewdly imagined, so full of resonant human feeling that they seem to be on the page....Most compelling is the portrait of …
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The Lute Player
by Norah Lofts
Out of the courts of twelfth-century England strode the legendary figure of Richard of England - leading his knights onto the Saracen battlefields - inspired …
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Roselynde
by Roberta Gellis
The award-winning Roselynde Chronicles returns with introduction of Lady Alinor Devaux, mistress of Roselynde, and Simon, the battle-scarred knight whose passion and wit match her …
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Alinor
by Roberta Gellis
Widowed Lady Alinor is unhappy as mistress of Rosalynde. When Ian de Vipont offers marriage to her as protection from England's ruthless King John, Alinor …
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A Silver Mirror
by Roberta Gellis
The headstrong and beautiful daughter of an English earl, Lady Barbara fights to unite her family, which has been divided by a wicked war, and …
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The Vow on the Heron
by Jean Plaidy
Crowned King of England at age fifteen, after his mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger de Mortimer, have murdered his father, Edward III has …
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Katherine
by Anya Seton
A biographical novel concerning the love affair between Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, in fourteenth-century England.
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Treason
by Meredith Whitford
Treachery in Love and War in the Struggle for the English Crown From the time he sees his parents brutally slain and his home destroyed …
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The Seventh Son
by Reay Tannahill
The Wars of the Roses The greatest prize, and the most deadly - the crown of England Reay Tannahill's enthralling new novel is a family …