Timeless Tales of Chivalry: 50 Outstanding Medieval Historical Novels
Fifty Medieval Romances of Grail Quests, Crusades, Castle Intrigue, and Sacred VowsBy Felix Dahn, Mary Shelley, Walter Scott, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Howard Pyle, George Gissing, William Morris, Grace Aguilar, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Cao Xueqin, James Hogg, Georg Ebers, Robert Williams Buchanan, Lew Wallace, G. P. R. James, Pearl Poet, C. R. Macauley, Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío, John Fox Jr., G. A. Henty, William John Ferrar, Quatrelles, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Arthur W. Marchmont, Robert E. Howard, F. Marion Crawford, Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué, Sylvanus Cobb, Robert B. Brough, Jean Bernard Lafon, Thomas Malory, Tobias Smollett, Florence L. Barclay, Emma Orczy, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Love Peacock, John Bunyan, Maurice Hewlett, Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Emily Sarah Holt
Length658h 38m
About this audiobook
Timeless Tales of Chivalry gathers fifty works that imagine, inherit, and interrogate the medieval past through romance, adventure, chronicle, gothic fantasy, quest narrative, and historical fiction. Ranging from Arthurian legend and crusading ideals to courtly love, dynastic conflict, religious struggle, and outlawry, the volume places canonical medieval voices beside later reinventions of chivalric culture. Its selection foregrounds the enduring literary power of tournaments, castles, pilgrimage, warfare, and moral ordeal, while allowing heroic aspiration to coexist with irony, melancholy, and social critique. The contributors span medieval Europe and the modern transnational revival of historical romance, including writers associated with Romantic medievalism, Victorian popular fiction, Gothic and adventure traditions, and the historical novel's development. Their varied cultural locations—from English and Scottish traditions to German, French, Spanish, Polish, and Chinese literary worlds—broaden "chivalry" beyond a single national myth. Collectively, these texts reveal how successive eras have used the Middle Ages to consider honor, gender, faith, sovereignty, class, and the tensions between legend and history. This anthology is recommended for readers seeking both pleasure and critical perspective in a capacious literary archive. It offers an exceptional opportunity to compare narrative forms, national imaginaries, and changing ideals of heroism within one volume. Students and general readers alike will find it a valuable guide to the afterlives of medieval culture and to the rich dialogue among romance, history, and fantasy.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length658 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Timeless Tales of Chivalry: 50 Outstanding Medieval Historical Novels
2The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 1)
3The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 2)
4The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 3)
5The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 4)
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6King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 1)
7King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 2)
8King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 3)
9King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 4)
10King Arthur and His Knights (pt. 5)
11A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 1)
12A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 2)
13A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 3)
14A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 4)
15A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 5)
16A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 6)
17A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes (pt. 7)
18A Knight of the Cumberland
19Men of Iron (pt. 1)
20Men of Iron (pt. 2)
21Men of Iron (pt. 3)
22Ivanhoe (pt. 1)
23Ivanhoe (pt. 2)
24Ivanhoe (pt. 3)
25Ivanhoe (pt. 4)
26Ivanhoe (pt. 5)
27Ivanhoe (pt. 6)
28Ivanhoe (pt. 7)
29Ivanhoe (pt. 8)
30Ivanhoe (pt. 9)
31The Days of Chivalry; Or, The Legend of Croquemitaine (pt. 1)
32The Days of Chivalry; Or, The Legend of Croquemitaine (pt. 2)
33The Days of Chivalry; Or, The Legend of Croquemitaine (pt. 3)
34Morien (pt. 1)
35Morien (pt. 2)
36The Knight Of Leon (pt. 1)
37The Knight Of Leon (pt. 2)
38The Knight Of Leon (pt. 3)
39Aslauga's Knight
40The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 1)
41The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 2)
42The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 3)
43The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 4)
44The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 5)
45The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 6)
46The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 7)
47The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 8)
48The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 9)
49The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 10)
50The Wolfe of Badenoch (pt. 11)
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