A Coalition of Lions

Queen of Someday

Sherry D. Ficklin · 262 pages

Queen of the Summer Stars

Persia Woolley · 415 pages

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.

The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette

Carolyn Meyer · 414 pages

In eighteenth-century France, Marie-Antoinette rails against the rules of etiquette that govern her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling despite her family's warnings and the whispers of courtiers.

Anna of Byzantium

Tracy Barrett · 209 pages

In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright, the throne to the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her by her younger brother John because he is a boy

Sword of the Rightful King

Jane Yolen · 368 pages

"The newly crowned King Arthur has yet to win the support of the people. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or--worst of all--gets married..."

Dark Triumph

Robin LaFevers

I lean forward, pushing my body out past the battlements. The wind plucks at my cloak, buffets against me, as if it would carry me off in flight, just like the birds or the knight's soul. Let go, it cries, I will take you far, far away. I want to laugh at the exhilarating feeling, I will catch you, it whistles seductively. The convent has returned Sybella to a life that nearly drove her mad. Her

Cleopatra's Moon

Vicky Alvear Shecter

Cleopatra Selene, the only surviving daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, recalls her life of pomp and splendor in Egypt and, after her parents' deaths, capitivity and treachery in Rome.

The Ring and the Crown

Melissa de la Cruz · 372 pages

In an alternative past where the Franco-British Empire controls the world's only source of magic, Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the throne, and Aelwyn Myrddyn, a bastard mage, rekindle their childhood friendship as they plot to save Marie from a loveless, political marriage.

Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow

Juliet Grey · 427 pages

The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell · 435 pages

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed rom

The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart · 487 pages

WHO WAS MERLIN? Was the famed magician of Camelot and King Arthur's court really a sinister, all-powerful being from another world? Was he truly a Prince of Darkness? Or was he a man with the passions of other mortals? A man with unique intelligence and unusual gifts? Why was he so feared? How did he come by his occult powers? Why was the crystal cave so important to him? Fifth century Brita

The Eagles' Brood

Jack Whyte · 416 pages

At the Crossing Places

Kevin Crossley-Holland · 394 pages

In late twelfth-century England, the thirteen-year-old Arthur goes to begin his new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where crusaders ready themselves.

Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle

Rosalind Miles · 359 pages

In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the sea one of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right. Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Ireland s great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. La Belle Isolde, like her mother, is famed for her beauty, but she is a healer instead of a warrior, of all sur

The Lost Queen

Signe Pike · 527 pages

Here Lies Arthur

Philip Reeve · 304 pages

Song of the Nile

Stephanie Dray · 398 pages

The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 876 pages

When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.

Violet Made of Thorns

Gina Chen · 364 pages

I Am Morgan le Fay

Nancy Springer · 240 pages

Queen of This Realm

Jean Plaidy · 570 pages

Prisoners in the Palace

Michaela MacColl · 362 pages

Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.

The Forbidden Queen

Anne O'Brien · 400 pages

An innocent pawn A kingdom without a King A new dynasty will reign... 1415. The jewel in the French crown, Katherine de Valois, is waiting under lock and key for King Henry V. While he's been slaughtering her kinsmen in Agincourt, Katherine has been praying for marriage to save her from her misery. But the brutal King wants her crown, not her innocent love. For Katherine, England is a lion's den o

Three Sisters, Three Queens

Philippa Gregory · 556 pages

United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France immediately recognize each other as both allies and rivals in the treacherous world of court and national politics. Their bonds extend beyond natural and expeditious loyalties, as romance, scandal, war, and religion inextricably unite these three for be