
09-03-2008, 11:51 AM
I can offer one that at least touches on one of your obscure subjects:
1. Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters
2. The twenty books of the series span the years 1135-1145
3. Civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda - the Anarchy
4. Mainly, the books are about a Benedictine monk in Shrewsbury who solves mysteries, but the conflict between Stephen and Matilda (or Maud, as this series typically calls her, probably to avoid confusion with Queen Matilda on the few occasions when the latter is mentioned) shows up as well, though seldom very immediately to Stephen or Maud themselves. There are also a few appearances by Prince Owain of Gwynedd. The first book in the series is A Morbid Taste for Bones, which doesn't really touch the monarchy at all; the second book, however, One Corpse Too Many is set around Stephen's siege of Shrewsbury.
Otherwise, most of what I read concerns the Napoleonic Wars, although admittedly more directly than the Cadfael series does the Anarchy.
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