Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages

The list Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages includes Ken Follett, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Scott, William Golding and Robert E. Howard. The list consists of 171 members and 1 sublist.

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Middle Ages

Period of European history from the 5th to the late 15th-century

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Ray Bradbury

American speculative fiction writer

Overview: Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1920

Date of death: 5 June 2012

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Screenwriters from Illinois 340T
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Umberto Eco

Writer and philosopher

Overview: Umberto Eco OMRI (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist. In English, he is best known ...

Date of birth: 5 January 1932

Date of death: 19 February 2016

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Partner: Kara Vallow (Married)

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Writers from Turin 79T

Deaths from cancer in Lombardy 48T

21st-century Italian male writers 108T
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Ken Follett

British novelist

Overview: Kenneth Martin Follett, CBE, FRSL (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Partner: Barbara Follett (Married)

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Ken Follett 2T

21st-century British male writers 720T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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Arthur Conan Doyle

Scottish author of Sherlock Holmes

Overview: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1859

Date of death: 7 July 1930

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Doyle family 8T

Scottish spiritualists 12T

Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy) 68T
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James A. Michener

American writer

Overview: James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American author. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were lengthy, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many gen ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1907

Date of death: 16 October 1997

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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20th-century American memoirists 453T

20th-century memoirists 836T

Philosophers of war 59T
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Alycen Rowse and Brian Wheat

Brian Wheat is rumored to have hooked up with Alycen Rowse.

Overview: Christine Marion Fraser (24 March 1938 – 22 November 2002) was a Scottish author of popular fiction.

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20th-century British women writers 1,321T

Women historical novelists 334T

Women romantic fiction writers 529T
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G A Henty

British novelist (1832 – 1902)

Overview: George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1832

Date of death: 16 November 1902

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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People from Trumpington 11T

19th-century English novelists 331T

People educated at Westminster School, London 1,115T
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Andrzej Sapkowski

Novelist

Overview: Andrzej Sapkowski (born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his book series, The Witcher. His books have been translated into over 20 languages.

Date of birth: 21 June 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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Andrzej Sapkowski 5T

21st-century Polish male writers 30T

20th-century Polish male writers 132T
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Walter Scott

Novelist

Overview: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA Scot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright, and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English- ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1771

Date of death: 21 September 1832

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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19th-century Scottish judges 67T

19th-century diarists 166T

18th-century diarists 69T
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William Golding

British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993)

Overview: Sir William Gerald Golding, CBE FRSL (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he would go on to publish ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1911

Date of death: 19 June 1993

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Educator

Gender: Male

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Writers from Cornwall 78T

Schoolteachers from Wiltshire 10T

20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 435T
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Robert E. Howard

American author (1906–1936)

Overview: Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is r ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1906

Date of death: 11 June 1936

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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1936 suicides 28T

American male writers who committed suicide 108T

Novelists from Texas 259T
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Anya Seton

American writer

Overview: Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, "biographical novels".

Date of birth: 23 January 1906

Date of death: 8 November 1990

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T

People from Cos Cob, Connecticut 14T

20th-century American women writers 5,363T
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Rhoda Power

British broadcaster

Overview: Rhoda Dolores Le Poer Power (29 May 1890 in Altrincham, Cheshire – 9 March 1957 in London), was a pioneer English broadcaster and children's writer. The highly regarded set of historical stories that make ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1890

Date of death: 9 March 1957

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Female

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Women radio presenters 622T

British women historians 481T

People educated at Oxford High School (Oxford) 41T
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T.H. White

Author

Overview: Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his Arthurian novels, published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his most memorable ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1906

Date of death: 17 January 1964

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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20th-century British short story writers 272T

Burials at the First Cemetery of Athens 75T

English male novelists 1,096T
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H. Rider Haggard

English adventure novelist (1856–1925)

Overview: Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1856

Date of death: 14 May 1925

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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19th-century British short story writers 74T

People from Ditchingham 13T

English male novelists 1,096T
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Ronald Welch

British children's writer

Overview: Ronald Welch (14 December 1909 – 5 February 1982) was the pseudonym of Welsh writer Ronald Oliver Felton TD, who wrote in English. He is best known for children's historical fiction. He won the 1956 C ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1909

Date of death: 5 February 1982

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Educator

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Schoolteachers from Devon 31T

20th-century British novelists 1,004T

Officers' Training Corps officers 20T
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Jan Guillou

French-Swedish author and journalist

Overview: Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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People convicted of spying 38T

Writers from Södermanland 10T

Swedish autobiographers 29T
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George Eliot

Novelist

Overview: Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading ...

Date of birth: 22 November 1819

Date of death: 22 December 1880

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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19th-century British translators 187T

19th-century English women writers 351T

Translators of Baruch Spinoza 6T
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Bernard Cornwell

British writer

Overview: Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is a British author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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People with acquired American citizenship 943T

21st-century English novelists 580T

20th-century English novelists 1,317T
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David Williamson

Australian dramatist and playwright

Overview: David Keith Williamson AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays.

Date of birth: 24 February 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)

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Australian male screenwriters 13T

Australian male non-fiction writers 26T

20th-century Australian screenwriters 56T