Historical Fiction Romance Novels - Quick Chronological List
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| Period | Year | Series | Title | Author | Monarch |
| 500 - 1154 | 500 | Guenevere | Rosalind Miles | Arthur | |
| 500 - 1154 | 871 | Saxon Stories | The Last Kingdom | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great |
| 500 - 1154 | 871 | Saxon Stories | The Pale Horsemen | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great |
| 500 - 1154 | 871 | Saxon Stories | The Lords of the North | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great |
| 500 - 1154 | 899 | Saxon Stories | Sword Song | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great |
| 500 - 1154 | 899 | Saxon Stories | The Burning Land | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great |
| 500 - 1154 | 1066 | The Conquest | Elizabeth Chadwick | Harold II/William I | |
| 500 - 1154 | 1120 | Falcons of Montabard | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry I | |
| 500 - 1154 | 1130 | Marshals | A Place Beyond Courage | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry I |
| 500 - 1154 | 1135 | Pillars | Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follet | Stephen/Henry II |
| 500 - 1154 | 1135 | Plantagenets |
When Christ and his Saints Slept |
Sharon Kay Penman | Stephen/Maude |
| 500 - 1154 | 1148 | Fulke Fitwarin | Shadows and Strongholds | Elizabeth Chadwick | Stephen/Henry II |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1156 | Plantagenets | Time and Chance | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry II/Eleanor |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1167 | William Marshal | The Greatest Knight | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry II |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1172 | Plantagenets | Devil's Brood | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry II/Eleanor |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1183 | Welsh | Here Be Dragons | Sharon Kay Penman | John/Llewelyn |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1184 | Fulke Fitwarin | Lords of the White Castle | Elizabeth Chadwick | John |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1197 | William Marshal | The Scarlett Lion | Elizabeth Chadwick | Richard I/John |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1231 | Welsh | Falls the Shadow | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry III/Davydd |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1269 | A Song of Awakening | Roby James | Edward I/Llewelyn | |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1271 | Welsh | The Reckoning | Sharon Kay Penman | Edward I/Llewelyn |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1327 | Pillars | World without End | Ken Follet | Edward III |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1342 | Grail Quest | Harlequin/The Archer's Tale | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1347 | Grail Quest | Vagabond | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| 1154 - 1399 | 1350 | Grail Quest | Heretic | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| 1399 - 1485 | 1459 | The Sunne in Splendour | Sharon Kay Penman | Edward IV/Richard III | |
| 1399 - 1485 | 1464 | The White Queen | Phillipa Gregory | Edward IV | |
| 1399 - 1485 | 1465 | Edward IV | The Innocent | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| 1399 - 1485 | 1468 | Edward IV | The Exiled | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| 1399 - 1485 | 1470 | Edward IV | The Beloved | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1486 | To Hold the Crown | Jean Plaidy | Henry VII | |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1521 | Tudors | The Other Boleyn Girl | Phillipa Gregory | Henry VIII |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1527 | In The Name of the Courtesan | Sarah Dunant | Charles V - Emperor | |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1539 | Tudors | The Boleyn Inheritance | Phillipa Gregory | Henry VIII |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1543 | The Sixth Wife | Jean Plaidy | Catherine Parr | |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1545 | Queen of this Realm | Jean Plaidy | Elizabeth I | |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1548 | Tudors | The Queen's Fool | Phillipa Gregory | Edward VI/Elizabeth |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1558 | Tudors | The Virgin's Lover | Phillipa Gregory | Elizabeth I |
| 1485 - 1603 | 1560 | Tudors | The Other Queen | Phillipa Gregory | Mary/Elizabeth I |
| 17th Century | 1603 | Charles I | Earthly Joys | Phillipa Gregory | James I |
| 17th Century | 1605 | The Firemaster's Mistress | Christie Dickason | James I and VI | |
| 17th Century | 1638 | Charles I | Virgin Earth | Phillipa Gregory | Charles I |
| 17th Century | 1643 | The Crowning Mercy | Cornwell/Kells | Charles I | |
| 17th Century | 1647 | Fallen Angels | Cornwell/Kells | Charles I | |
| 17th Century | 1660 | Charles II | Forever Amber | Kathryn Winsor | Charles II |
| 17th Century | 1689 | The Vanishing Point | Mary Sharratt | William III | |
| 18th Century | 1743 | Outlander | Outlander | Diana Gabaldon | George II |
| 18th Century | 1744 | Outlander | Dragonfly in Amber | Diana Gabaldon | George II |
| 18th Century | 1746 | Outlander | Voyager | Diana Gabaldon | George II |
| 18th Century | 1748 | Outlander | Drums of Autumn | Diana Gabaldon | George II |
| 18th Century | 1787 | A Respectable Trade | Phillipa Gregory | George III | |
| 19th Century | 1888 | Finnegan Family | The Tea Rose | Jennifer Donnelly | Victoria |
| 20th Century | 1900 | Finnegan Family | The Winter Rose | Jennifer Donnelly | Victoria |
| 20th Century | 1900 | The Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton | Victoria |
| Period | Category | Year | Medium | Series | Title | Author | Monarch |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 500 | Movie | Excalibur | Arthur | |||
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 500 | Book | Rosalind Miles | Arthur | |||
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 871 | Book | Saxon Stories | The Last Kingdom | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 871 | Book | Saxon Stories | The Pale Horsemen | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 871 | Book | Saxon Stories | The Lords of the North | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 899 | Book | Saxon Stories | Sword Song | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | 899 | Book | Saxon Stories | The Burning Land | Bernard Cornwell | Alfred the Great | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Norman Invasion | 1066 | Book | Conquest | Elizabeth Chadwick | Harold II/William I | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Crusades | 1120 | Book | Falcons of Montabard | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry I | |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Nineteen Year Winter | 1130 | Book | Marshals | A Place Beyond Courage | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry I |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Nineteen Year Winter | 1135 | Book | Pillars | Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follet | Stephen/Henry II |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Nineteen Year Winter | 1135 | Book | Plantagenets | When Christ and his Saints Slept | Sharon Kay Penman | Stephen/Maude |
| Medieval 500 - 1154 | Early | 1148 | Book | Fulke Fitwarin | Shadows and Strongholds | Elizabeth Chadwick | Stephen/Henry II |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1156 | Book | Plantagenets | Time and Chance | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry II/Eleanor Aquitaine |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1167 | Book | William Marshal | The Greatest Knight | Elizabeth Chadwick | Henry II |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1172 | Book | Plantagenets | Devil's Brood | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry II/Eleanor Aquitaine |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1183 | Book | Welsh | Here Be Dragons | Sharon Kay Penman | John/Llewelyn ab Iowerth |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1184 | Book | Fulke Fitwarin | Lords of the White Castle | Elizabeth Chadwick | John |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1197 | Book | William Marshal | The Scarlett Lion | Elizabeth Chadwick | Richard I/John |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1231 | Book | Welsh | Falls the Shadow | Sharon Kay Penman | Henry III/Davydd ab Iowerth |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1271 | Book | Welsh | The Reckoning | Sharon Kay Penman | Edward I/Llewelyn ap Gruffudd |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1305 | Movie | Braveheart | Edward I | ||
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1327 | Book | Pillars | World without End | Ken Follet | Edward III |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1342 | Book | Grail Quest | Harlequin/The Archer's Tale | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1347 | Book | Grail Quest | Vagabond | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| Medieval 1154 - 1399 | Plantagenets | 1350 | Book | Grail Quest | Heretic | Bernard Cornwell | Edward III |
| Medieval 1399 - 1485 | Lancaster/York | 1459 | Book | The Sunne in Splendour | Sharon Kay Penman | Edward IV/Richard III | |
| Medieval 1399 - 1485 | Lancaster/York | 1464 | Book | The White Queen | Phillipa Gregory | Edward IV | |
| Medieval 1399 - 1485 | Lancaster/York | 1465 | Book | Edward IV | The Innocent | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| Medieval 1399 - 1485 | Lancaster/York | 1468 | Book | Edward IV | The Exiled | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| Medieval 1399 - 1485 | Lancaster/York | 1470 | Book | Edward IV | The Beloved | Posie Graeme-Evans | Edward IV |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1486 | Book | To Hold the Crown | Jean Plaidy | Henry VII/Elizabeth of York | |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1509 | Series | The Tudors | Henry VIII | ||
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1521 | Book | Tudors | The Other Boleyn Girl | Phillipa Gregory | Henry VIII |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1521 | Movie | The Other Boleyn Girl | Phillipa Gregory | Henry VIII | |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1539 | Book | Tudors | The Boleyn Inheritance | Phillipa Gregory | Henry VIII |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1543 | Book | The Sixth Wife | Jean Plaidy | Catherine Parr | |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1545 | Book | Queen of this Realm | Jean Plaidy | Elizabeth I | |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1548 | Book | Tudors | The Queen's Fool | Phillipa Gregory | Edward VI/Mary/Elizabeth |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1553 | Movie | Elizabeth | Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth I | |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Tudor | 1558 | Book | Tudors | The Virgin's Lover | Phillipa Gregory | Elizabeth I |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Elizabeth | 1560 | Book | Tudors | The Other Queen | Phillipa Gregory | Mary Queen of Scots/Elizabeth I |
| Tudor 1485 - 1603 | Elizabeth | 1588 | Movie | Elizabeth:The Golden Age | Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth I | |
| 17th Century | 1603 | Book | Charles I | Earthly Joys | Phillipa Gregory | James I | |
| 17th Century | 1605 | Book | The Firemaster's Mistress | Christie Dickason | James I and VI | ||
| 17th Century | 1638 | Book | Charles I | Virgin Earth | Phillipa Gregory | Charles I | |
| 17th Century | 1643 | Book | The Crowning Mercy | Bernard Cornwell/Susannah Kells | Charles I | ||
| 17th Century | 1647 | Book | Fallen Angels | Bernard Cornwell/Susannah Kells | Charles I | ||
| 17th Century | 1660 | Book | Charles II | Forever Amber | Kathryn Winsor | Charles II | |
| 17th Century | 1660 | Movie | The Libertine | Johnny Depp | Charles II | ||
| 18th Century | 1743 | Book | Outlander | Cross Stitch | Diana Gabaldon | George II/Bonnie Prince Charles | |
| 18th Century | 1744 | Book | Outlander | Dragonfly in Amber | Diana Gabaldon | George II/Bonnie Prince Charles | |
| 18th Century | 1746 | Book | Outlander | Voyager | Diana Gabaldon | George II/Bonnie Prince Charles | |
| 18th Century | 1748 | Book | Outlander | Drums of Autumn | Diana Gabaldon | George II/Bonnie Prince Charles | |
| 18th Century | 1774 | Movie | The Duchess | Keira Knightley | George III | ||
| 18th Century | 1787 | Book | A Respectable Trade | Phillipa Gregory | George III | ||
| 18th Century | 1795 | Movie | Becoming Jane | Anne Hathaway | Classic | ||
| 18th Century | 1793 | Series | Sense and Sensibility | 2008 BBC Worldwide | Classic | ||
| 19th Century | 1801 | 2 Part Series | Wuthering Heights | Global Entertainment/ABC 2008 | Classic/Regency | ||
| 19th Century | 1811 | Series | Pride and Prejudice | 1995 BBC Worldwide | Classic/Regency | ||
| 19th Century | 1837 | Movie | The Young Victoria | Victoria | |||
| 19th Century | 1847 | Series | Jane Eyre | 2006 BBC Worldwide | Classic/Regency | ||
| 19th Century | 1888 | Book | Finnegan Family | The Tea Rose | Jennifer Donnelly | ||
| 19th Century | 1891 | 4 Part Series | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | 2008 BBC Worldwide | Classic/Regency | ||
| 20th Century | 1900 | Book | Finnegan Family | The Winter Rose | Jennifer Donnelly | ||
| 20th Century | 1900 | Book | The Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton |
