Fiction Set in the Middle Ages

The Clerkenwell Tales, Peter Ackroyd
England’s Richard II, 1377-1399

Farewell, My Only One, Antoine Audouard
Abelard and Héloise, 12th century France

Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor, Margaret Ball
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)

Coiners’ Quarrel,* Simon Beaufort
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135

The Plague Tales, Ann Benson
14th century Europe

The Wolf Hunt, Gillian Bradshaw
Medieval France

Shadows and Strongholds, Elizabeth Chadwick
King Henry II of England

Gloria: The Merlin and the Saint,* Ann Chamberlin
Joan of Arc, early 14th century France

Heretic,* Bernard Cornwell
King Edward III of England

Timeline, Michael Crichton
Medieval France, time travel

The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent, Gordon R. Dickson
King Edward III of England

The Corpse Candle,* P.C. Doherty
King Edward I of England, turn of the 14th century

The Hangman’s Hymn: The Carpenter’s Tale of Mystery and Murder as He Goes on a Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury,* P.C. Doherty
England, mid-14th century

Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II, P.C. Doherty
King Edward II of England

The Wounded Hawk,* Sara Douglass
A fantasy, set in 14th century England

Baudolino, Umberto Eco
The Fourth Crusade, 1202-1204

A Floating Life: The Adventures of Li Po: A Historical Novel, Simon Elegant
8th century China during the Tang Dynasty

The Sempster’s Tale,* Margaret Frazer
King Henry VI of England, mid-15th century, at the close of the Middle Ages

Chains of Folly: A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery,* Roberta Gellis
England’s King Stephen, mid-12th century

An Antic Disposition,* Alan Gordon
Middle Ages and the Crusades

A Maze of Murders,* C.L. Grace
early 15th century England

The Mark of a Murderer,* Susanna Gregory
King Edward III of England

The Canterbury Papers, Judith Koll Healey
Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II of England

The Marriage Prize, Virginia Henley
England’s King Henry III

The Abbot’s Gibbet: A Knights Templar Mystery,* Michael Jecks
14th century England

The Prince of Poison,* Pamela Kaufman
Eleanor of Aquitaine and sons John and Richard I

Return to Alastair, L.A. Kelly
Middle Ages

The Thrall’s Tale, Judith Lindbergh
Viking Greenland, A.D. 895

The Prisoner of My Desire, Johanna Lindsey
King Stephen of England, 1135-1154

The Merchant’s Mark,* Pat McIntosh
15th century Scotland

Chaucer and the House of Fame, Philippa Morgan
14th century

The Witch in the Well,* Sharan Newman
12th century France

The Jester, James Patterson
Medieval France

Prince of Darkness: A Medieval Mystery,* Sharon Kay Penman
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Time and Chance, Sharon Kay Penman
England’s King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Leper of St. Giles,* Ellis Peters
King Stephen of England, 1135-1154

A Booke of Days: A Novel of the Crusades, Stephen J. Rivele
1st crusade, France

The Cross-Legged Knight: An Owen Archer Mystery,* Candace M. Robb
King Edward III of England

Consolation for an Exile,* Caroline Roe
14th century Spain

Sorrow Without End,* Priscilla Royal
13th century England

Ivanhoe: A Romance, Walter Scott
12th century England

The Talisman, Walter Scott
3rd Crusade

The Prodigal Son,* Kate Sedley
Edward IV of England, mid-15th century

King’s Blood, Judith Tarr
A fantasy featuring Red William and Henry I (sons of William the Conqueror)

House of War,* Judith Tarr
King Richard I of England

Courting Favor, Nigel G. Tranter
Medieval Scotland

The Leper’s Bell,* Peter Tremayne
7th century Ireland

Maid Marian, Elsa Watson
King Richard I of England

The Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
The Black Death

The Poisoned Serpent,* Joan Wolf
King Stephen of England, 1135-1154

The Dangerous Magic, Jayel Wylie
King Henry II, 12th century England

*One novel in a series. Many of the series set in the Middle Ages are
mystery novels. These features characters as monks or nuns, sheriffs,
ladies in waiting, court officials, or spies.

This is a list of fiction set during the years 450 to 1450 A.D., the Middle Ages.
There are many, many historical novels written about different lands, times, and characters.
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