
KEMP; PASSAGE AT ARMS
Written by: Daniel Hall
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: Neil
The adventures of Martin Kemp, a foot soldier and archer during the Hundred Years War. An excellent novel set in the same period as “Harlequin”.
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Written by: Daniel Hall
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: Neil
The adventures of Martin Kemp, a foot soldier and archer during the Hundred Years War. An excellent novel set in the same period as “Harlequin”.
Read More...Written by: Daniel Hall
Published by: Orion
Submitted By: Neil
The adventures of Martin Kemp; foot soldier and archer during the Hundred Years War. An excellent novel set in the same time period as ‘Harlequin’.
Read More...Written by: Stephen Pressfield
Published by: Bantam Books
Submitted By: david dildy
“Gates of Fire” tells the story of the epic stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. The story is told from the viewpoint of Xeones, a gravely-wounded Spartan squire captured by the Persians. Pressfield has not only created…
Read More...Written by: Thomas Sundell
Published by: Crow Woods Publishing
Submitted By: Bernard
This is a privately published historical novel, so it may not be easily available in your local bookshop, but if you like an old-fashioned, seriously written, superbly researched saga then give this one a try. It tells the tale of…
Read More...Written by: Mark Urban
Published by: Faber & Faber
Submitted By: barry
Anyone who was similarly intrigued by the waging of the secret war, and the existence of Mr Scovell in “Sword” would find this book a hive. A factual look at the life of the man himself, told in a narrative…
Read More...Written by: Edward Rutherford
Published by: Ivy Books
Submitted By: Michael Luchinsky
The author traces the history of five families in southern England (Salisbury) from the Ice age to the present in this lengthy book. One of my favorites.
Read More...Written by: Sharon Kay Penman
Published by: Penguin Books
Submitted By: Michael Luchinsky
A novel of Richard III and his brother, Edward IV during 15th century England.
Read More...Written by: Ken Follet
Published by: New American Library
Submitted By: Michael Luchinsky
An epic story of the building of a cathedral in twelfth century England, and the many characters involved in the undertaking.
Read More...Written by: Bruce Alexander
Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Submitted By: Terrijo
Along with the exquisite Sharpe Series, I also stumbled across the Sir John Feilding series just this Winter. As Bernard Cornwell can transport you right into the middle of the action during the Napoleanic Wars, Bruce Alexander sets you right…
Read More...Written by: Marion Bradley
Published by: Ballantine Books
Submitted By: Dougie D
This book first inspired my fascination with the Arthur Legends
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