When Christ and His Saints Slept: A Novel83 reviews Sharon Kay Penman Ballantine Books, 1996 Stephen v. Maude + Simply delightful! + An engaging and vivid account of the struggle between King Stephen and the Empress Maude. + A step into English history             The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel35 reviews Alison Weir Ballantine Books, 2008 refreshing biographical fiction + The New Philippa Gregory? + Great read "The King's Daughter". Elizabeth Tudor is not quite three years old when her father King Henry beheads her mother his second wife Anne Boleyn. Thus with one stroke of the ax the child is demoted from Princess to lady. From that day until her sire dies, her life is in jeopardy. "The King's ...             The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III144 reviews Sharon Kay Penman St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 Bravo! + Great story of Edward IV and Richard III + Impressive + A Wonderful Read + The Sunne in Splendour             The King's Pleasure7 reviews Norah Lofts Tempus, 2007 Top-Notch Work of Historical Fiction + Katherine of Aragon Still The Best Wife + Sympathy for the Queen + A Book for Katharine of Aragon Fans...             Falls the Shadow55 reviews Sharon Kay Penman Henry Holt, 1988 Simon de Montfort's story... + more great reading + Best in the Trilogy + Sharon Kay Penman Historical Novels             LORDS OF THE WHITE CASTLE ELIZABETH CHADWICK SPHERE, 2006             Legacy24 reviews Susan Kay Avon Books (Mm), 1987 There are no words... + Best Historical Novel + The Gold Standard + Historical fiction done well! + Amazing             The Reckoning37 reviews Sharon Kay Penman Ballantine Books, 1992 Masterful Depiction of the Conquest of Wales + Appreciating a sequel in trilogy, "The Reckoning" by Penman + Moving, indelible, haunting. Historical fiction at it's best + Stunning finale to the Here Be Dragons trilogy + Divided we fall....             My Enemy the Queen18 reviews Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, ... Doubleday Books, 1978 Spectacular Book! + Love this book! + A Love Triangle in History + The court of Elizabeth I from another viewpoint + Two is company, three is a crowd, but when one is the virgin queen? Oh boy.             The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club)1300 reviews Ken Follett NAL Trade, 2007 Great choice by Oprah + A must read + Simply Brilliant + A page-turner about cathedral construction? YES!             Shadows and Strongholds: A Novel14 reviews Elizabeth Chadwick St. Martin's Press, 2005 Just as Good as the Rest + A smashing good tale of medieval England that's based in fact. + Superb! Every bit as good as LORDS OF THE WHITE CASTLE, and possibly better ... + SHADOWS AND STRONGHOLDS IS SUPERB!             A Rose for the Crown: A Novel44 reviews Anne Easter Smith Touchstone, 2006 a rose for the crown + not your father's Richard III Excellent well researched historical fiction. I found it hard to put down and was sorry when it was finished.             The Goldsmith's Wife2 reviews Jean Plaidy who is also Victoria Holt Fawcett, 1976 WOW! + Engaging and passionate What a marvellous story. From the cradle to the grave, we follow a woman who has the (mis)fortune to win the heart of the King. And Plaidy, true to form, plops the story right into the middle of history-in-the-making, where Jane Shore is driven by her passion to love first Edward IV and then ...             Katherine257 reviews Anya Seton Chicago Review Press, 2004 Katherine is a multi-read through the years + Interesting but sometimes annoying + one of the first, and still one of the best! Read it first in high school English (1968) and still re-read it. Excellent Historical Fiction which will probably snag you on Anya Seton's writing. I recommend The Winthrop Woman as well. And Theodesia.             Martha Washington: An American Life19 reviews Patricia Brady Viking Adult, 2005 Informative and Entertaining + Very Readable + The best First Lady of them all + Wonderful book that creates a "real woman" out of a historical icon.             A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury9 reviews Edith Pargeter Headline Book Publishing, 1989 Good History, Great "Fiction" + Beautiful Little Gem + a bloody and brutal tale, beautifully told + Also known as . . .             The Captain's Wife25 reviews Douglas Kelley Plume, 2002 A young Hemingway and the Sea! + Real life and uncommon courage + Great read The Captain's Wife, by Douglas Kelly ISBN 0-525-94619-5 (HC) ISBN 0-452-28355.8 (pbc) Copyright by Douglas Kelley 2001 Published by the Penguin Group (Plume) First Plume Printing Sept 2002 BOOK REVIEW BY CAROLYN BRANCH LEONARD The Captain's Wife is a wonderful historical novel of the ...             The Heaven Tree Trilogy29 reviews Edith Pargeter Warner Books, 1993 The Heaven Tree Trilogy is heavenly to read + Perfection achieved + Great Story + I loved it + An arduous climb but the view from the top is worth it.             Here Be Dragons153 reviews Sharon Kay Penman St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 Welsh storytelling at its most beautiful + what can i say? + WOW! What a Book! + Sharron does it again + Great Reading, history comes to life             Death in the Garden17 reviews Elizabeth Ironside Felony & Mayhem, 2005 Excellent structure, beautiful language + A doozy of a story! + Beautifully written + Good Read