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Historical Fiction - Middle Ages Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Middle Ages genre:
Robin Hood (1928)
A retelling of the adventures of Robin Hood based on the history and real life of the people of his time, including their Catholic faith.
Author(s):
Edith Heal
Illustrator(s):
Dan Content
The White Company (1928)
A group of English men at arms follow Sir Nigel during the hundred years war to France and Spain.
Author(s):
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Story of Roland (1930)
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd
Behind the Battlements (1931)
Three stories set in fortified cities of France, along with short historical essays on life in the old days.
Author(s):
Gertrude Linnell
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Sir Nigel (1931)
Tells of the youth and young manhood of the commander of The White Company.
Author(s):
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Story of Siegfried (1931)
A retelling of the Norse and German myths of the hero warrior Siegfried.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd
The Cloister and the Hearth (1932)
The story of a medieval scribe from Holland who travels to Italy and becomes a famous Dominican preacher.
Author(s):
Charles Reade
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
How They Carried the Goods: From the Creaking Sleds of Pharaoh to the Swift Airplane of Today (1932)
A series of short vignettes describing how goods were carried in historical times.
Author(s):
Charles G. Muller
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
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. This is the Children's Bookshelf edition.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Swords and Statues (1937)
Author(s):
Clarence Stratton
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Told on the King’s Highway (1943)
In imitation of Chaucer, here are sixteen tales originating in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century.
Author(s):
Eleanore Myers Jewett
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The White Company (1943)
A troop of English mercenaries during the hundred year’s war follow Sir Nigel to Spain.
Author(s):
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Flags of Dawn (1944)
A story of a Welsh priest, a doctor (a Welshwoman), a Frenchman and the doings at Runnymede, despite King John.
Author(s):
Esther Melbourne Knox
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Song of Robin Hood (1947)
Author(s):
Grace Castagnetta
Anne Malcolmson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Robin Hood (1948)
This version of the Robin Hood legends was first published in 1912.
Author(s):
Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Adam of the Road (1949)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Dick Whittington & His Cat (1949)
Robert Lawson has retold and illustrated in color this classic story of Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and his cat.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Door in the Wall (1949)
During the bubonic plague, Robin is challenged with overcoming the loss of use in his legs when he was supposed to be sent off to become a knight.
Author(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
The Chronicles of Robin Hood (1950)
The Robin Hood legends as interpreted by a young Rosemary Sutcliff.
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges