In this episode of Decoding the Newberry, Catherine Faris King reads Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and…
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“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Company of Liars Author: Karen Maitland Genre: Historical, Speculative Fiction, Medieval Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication date: January 2008 Paperback: 576 pages In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of…
Title: The Book of the Maidservant Author: Rebecca Barnhouse Genre: Historical, Medieval, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication date: October 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned…
Title: The Wicked and the Just Author: J. Anderson Coats Genre: Historical, Medieval, Young Adult Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: April 17th 2012 Hardcover: 352 pages Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales,…
Title: Doomsday Book Author: Connie Willis Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Bantam Spectra Publication date: 1992 (1st edition) Paperback: 592 pages For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as…
Title: What a Scoundrel Wants Author: Carrie Lofty (God, I hate this cover) Genre: Historical (medieval) romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is another book in the same world in the works. Summary: In Sherwood Forest, outcast…
Title: The Templar’s Seduction Author: Mary Reed McCall Review number: 53 Genre: Romance, Medieval Stand Alone/ Series: It is book three of a series called The Templar Knights. I only read this one and had no problems following the…
Title: By Arrangement Author: Madeline Hunter Review number: 29 Genre: Medieval romance Stand alone/series: stand alone Summary: Outraged by her unwilling betrothal to a common merchant and infatuated with a handsome knight of the royal court, medieval Lady Christiana…
Title: Honor’s Splendour Author: Julie Garwood Review number: 19 Genre: Romance / Medieval Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: In the feuding English court, gentle Lady Madelyne suffered the cruel whims of her ruthless brother, Baron Louddon. Then,…
Title: Wild Author: Jill Barnett Review number: 15 Genre: Romance/Medieval Stand alone or series: Part of a three book series set on Medieval England: Wonderful, Wild and Wicked. Summary: Shunned by superstitious villagers, Teleri of the Woods learned early…