All Things Medieval discussion

Looking for recommendations on historical fiction on the magna carta?? ideas are appreciated. Thanks everyone!

Hmmm. It's a bit more than historical fiction but there's Costain's Below the Salt. IIRC Elizabeth Chadwick's To Defy a King focuses on events leading up to it.

Yes, To Defy A King is about the events leading up to it and some of the baronial involvement in it, but it's seen from the close perspective of two of the families involved, the Bigods and the Marshals. It's not soley about the MC.

I have read and enjoyed To Defy A King. Thanks! I will check out Below the Salt!

You can read this play online:
The Magna Carta: A Paper Tiger That Had Yet To Roar - http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2886143...

very short and very tongue in cheek.