Research Guides: Historical Fiction: Dark Ages

Dark Ages

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Call Number: Ka180L

Military leaders Rodrigo Belmonte and Ammar ibn Khairan, both exiled from their countries, form a bond that is tested by opposing political forces and the female physician, Jehane, who loves them both.
The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
Call Number: Be436l

Resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean.
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
Call Number: St49l

Arthurian romance.
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Call Number: Wh5855o

Arthurian romance.
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
Call Number: Su83s

Arthurian romance.
The Book of Saladin by Tariq Ali
Call Number: AL41b

A novel on the crusades from the Muslim point of view. The hero is the desert warrior, Saladin, who becomes sultan of Egypt and retakes Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187.
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Call Number: St34a

Arthurian romance.
Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell
Call Number: Br722s

Tells the story of Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, 1052.
Rude Tales and Glorious by Nicholas Seare
Call Number: Se17r

Arthurian romance.
Two Ravens by Cecelia Holland
Call Number: Ho719t

An Icelander of the old faith flees his violent father and his attractive stepmother to travel around Britain, but ultimately must return home to meet and deal with his fate.
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Call Number: Cr8842p

The ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter.
Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley
Call Number: Wo8856q

Publication Date: 2011

Follows Guinevere's growth into full queenhood as she sets out to help her husband gain control of the Dark Age Client kings of Britain.