24 must-read historical fiction books like Once a Queen: Lady Elfrida, England's First Queen by M.J. Porter

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Once a Queen: Lady Elfrida, England's First Queen

By: M.J. Porter

4.51

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in The King's Mother trilogy - the story of Lady Elfrida, England's first queen.

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Once a Queen: Lady Elfrida, England's First Queen by M.J. Porter , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

4.29

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England's ruthless, power-hungr… read more

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"If disliking Richard be grounds for accusing a man of conspiracy, I daresay you could implicate half of Christendom in this so-called plot. Richard endears himself easiest to those who've yet to meet…"

-Sharon Kay Penman, Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)

2. The Plantagenet Prelude (Plantagenet Saga, #1)

By: Jean Plaidy

3.86

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his fifteen year-old daughter, Eleanor. But … read more

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3. Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland

By: Susan Fraser King

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

Refugee. Queen. Saint. In eleventh-century Scotland, a young woman strives to fulfill her destiny d… read more

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4. The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3)

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Following early beginnings as a knight in the English royal household and a champion of the tourney… read more

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5. The Marsh King's Daughter

By: Karen Dionne

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

I was born two years into my mother's captivity. She was three weeks shy of seventeen. If I had kno… read more

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6. Warrior and Protector (The Saxon Warrior, #1)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.36

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

989 AD. Alfred the Great’s dream of a united England has been forged by his daughter Aethelfaed … read more

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  • historical fiction
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7. Brothers of the Sword (The Saxon Warrior, #3)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.53

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic battle where heroes fight and die to protect a Kingdom from Viking invasion.. . 991AD King … read more

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  • historical fiction
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8. Storm of War (The Saxon Warrior, #2)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.45

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men… 990AD. King Aethelred II, w… read more

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9. Sword of Vengeance (The Saxon Warrior, #4)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.54

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order the brand new instalment in Peter Gibbons' thrilling Saxon Warrior Series! In the afterma… read more

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10. Axes for Valhalla (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #3)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.45

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

If you like Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, David Gemmell and Simon Scarrow you will love this Vi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Wrath of Ivar (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #2)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.43

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

866 AD. Saxon England burns under attack from the Great Heathen Army . Vicious Viking adventurers l… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Valkyrie Rising (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #5)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.54

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

878 AD, Norway. The fight to secure Harald Fairhair’s throne is over, but one last battle sends a c… read more

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  • historical fiction
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13. King of War (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #4)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.50

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

874 AD, Norway. A brutal place, home of warriors where Odin holds sway. King Harald Fairhair fights… read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. The Saxon Princess (Ladies of Valor, #1)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

1093, ScotlandThe unexpected death of the king, her father, brings chaos to the Kingdom of Scotland… read more

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15. Viking Blood and Blade (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #1)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.37

Format: 487 pages, Kindle Edition

If you like Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, David Gemmell and Giles Kristian, you w… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. Penelope - Tudor Baroness (Elizabethan, #4)

By: Tony Riches

4.42

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A Life of Love and ScandalLady Penelope is one of the most beautiful and sought-after women in Eliz… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. The Lady Ursula (Royal Court #6)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.31

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

The final novel in the Royal Court Series. Ghosts of a glorious past haunt her family. Born into ob… read more

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18. THE GOOD QUEEN: MATILDA OF SCOTLAND, WIFE OF HENRY I (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 11)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Daughter of a Scottish king and an Anglo-Saxon princess, Edith is sent to her Aunt Cristina, the Ab… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. The Raven and the Nine (The Viking Blood and Blade Saga, #6)

By: Peter Gibbons

4.49

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

879 AD, Norway. Halvdan , son of Ragnar Lothbrok and King of Dublin, is locked in a savage war with… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. The Northman (The Bloody Hand Saga #1)

By: David Pilling

3.90

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

“William came over the sea, with bloody hand came he...” 1069 AD. Three years after the Battle o… read more

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21. Loki's Deceit (Charlemagne's Cross #2)

By: Donovan Cook

4.45

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A king, old and frail. A challenger filled with vengeance. A kingdom's fate at stake. Sven the Boar… read more

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22. The Outlaw (The Bloody Hand Saga #2)

By: David Pilling

4.25

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Normans called them wild men..." 1070 The English rebels in the north have sacked Jorvik a… read more

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23. Forest of Foes (The Bernicia Chronicles, #9)

By: Matthew Harffy

4.56

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

In this action-packed new Bernicia Chronicles adventure from Matthew Harffy, Beobrand finds himself… read more

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  • historical fiction
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24. A Night of Flames (A Time for Swords, #2)

By: Matthew Harffy

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A wild land. A lethal fanatic. A violent revolt. Northumbria, AD 794. Those who rule the seas, ru… read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. The King's Jewel

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.39

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth is destroye… read more

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"He needed to feel God in the great sweep of nature unfettered by the cathedral's solid walls, and he wanted to share it with his wife and make her understand his love for Wales."

-Elizabeth Chadwick, The King's Jewel

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26. My Father, My Enemy: Juliane, Daughter of Henry I (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 6)

By: J.P. Reedman

4.26

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Juliane Fitzroy is the illegitimate daughter of Henry I--one of his twenty-two bastards. When her f… read more

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27. Twice Royal Lady

By: Hilary Green

3.99

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A very good read with a lot of historical detail. A very touching story of one person’s stru… read more

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28. Daughter of the Sun: Story of the Young Eleanor of Aquitaine

By: G. Lawrence

4.38

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Countess, Duchess, twice a Queen, ruler of vast lands, crusader, mother and politician, this is the… read more

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29. Nest of the Gyrfalcon: Book Two of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 6)

By: G. Lawrence

4.52

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring 1152.Once she was a Queen, and will become so again...Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her m… read more

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30. Bloodaxe (Erik Haraldsson #1)

By: C.R. May

3.97

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Under the iron rule of Harald Fairhair, Norway has been a land at peace for half a century. Groome… read more

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31. Once a Queen: Lady Elfrida, England's First Queen

By: M.J. Porter

4.51

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in The King's Mother trilogy - the story of Lady Elfrida, England's first queen. read more

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4.53

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4.36

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