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Historical Fiction - Middle Ages Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Middle Ages genre:

Ivanhoe (1820)

A tale of the Saxons and the Normans in the days of Richard the Lion Heart. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or read for free online by volume: Volume 1 at Internet Archive Volume 2 at HathiTrust Volume 3 at Internet Archive ... View More

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): None

The Tournament, or The Days of Chivalry Revived (1840)

Disappointed in the modernized coronation ceremony for Queen Victoria, the Earl of Eglinton produced a medieval tournament on his estate in Scotland, which is here gently satirized by our artist. Read online at British Museum.... View More

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

The Prince and the Pauper (1882)

Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.... View More

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888)

An historical romance set during the Wars of the Roses. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)

The scholarly son of a robber baron is recalled to his father’s castle. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

Men of Iron (1892)

A tale of Henry IV of England and his court. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

William Tell Told Again (1904)

The classic story of how the Swiss won their freedom from Austria. Pictures by Dadd, verses by Houghton and narrative by Wodehouse. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): J. W. Houghton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Philip Dadd

The Luck of Chervil (1907)

A tale of the Wars of the Roses.

Author(s): H. Elrington
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Henry IV, Part II (1908)

In this comic masterpiece by Shakespeare (or is it the Earl of Oxford?) Prince Hal comes to reject Falstaff the companion of his youth. Frontis by Rackham is included in the one volume Kingsway Shakespeare.

 

Author(s): William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Feats on the Fjord and Merdhin (1910)

Two novels of adventure: the first set in Norway; the second dealing with King Canute. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Harriet Martineau
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood (1912)

Legends of Robin Hood retold by Henry Gilbert with sixteen color plates.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Ivanhoe (1913)

A tale of the Saxons and the Normans in the days of Richard the Lion Heart. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Beltane the Smith (1915)

Growing up isolated among hermits, young Beltane has a lot to learn about the world. His education begins when a stranger comes to the woods offering sword and horse lessons to the young man. Still, will he be ready when Lady Helen of Mortain rides t... View More

Author(s): Jeffery Farnol
Illustrator(s): Arthur E. Becher

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1916)

An historical romance set during the Wars of the Roses. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Konungens kapare: historisk sjoroman fran Karl XII’s tid (1916)

An historical novel of the days of Karl XII of Sweden.

Stories of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1920)

The legends of Robin Hood told by Henry Gilbert. This is an abridged edition of the 1912 publication with only eight color plates.

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Scottish Chiefs (1921)

A historical novel about William Wallace and the Scots revolt against the English beginning in 1297. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Jane Porter
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Ivanhoe (1922)

A story of the contest between the Normans and the old Saxon nobility of England. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

The White Company (1922)

Alleyne Edricson joins The White Company of English mercenaries and serves as squire to Sir Nigel Loring during their campaigns in France and Spain under the Black Prince. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Maid Marian and Other Stories Selected from Robin Hood (1923)

Stories from the Robin Hood legends.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton
Rowland Wheelwright

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