#fair warning though

[incorrect-koh-posts]

Masterlist of KoH-related Novels

Below you'll find a list of every novel I know of that is set in the same period as Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005), covers at least some of the same events and features some or all of the historical figures that also appear in the film. The list will be updated occasionally as I work my way through. Enjoy!

✷ English-language novels & novels available in translation

1879: Lady Sibyl's Choice (Emily Sarah Holt) -> thoughts

1937: The Leper King (Zofia Kossak, originally published in Polish) -> thoughts

1954: Knight Crusader (Ronald Welch)

1965: The Wandering Unicorn (Manuel Mujica Lainez, originally published in Spanish) -> thoughts

1969: The Knights of Dark Renown (Graham Shelby) -> thoughts

1989: Alamut (Judith Tarr)

1991: The Dagger and the Cross (Judith Tarr)

1992: Pagan's Crusade (Catherine Jinks)

1996: Jerusalem (Cecelia Holland) -> thoughts

1998: The Book of Saladin (Tariq Ali)

1998 - 2000: Arn the Knight Templar series (Jan Guillou, originally published in Swedish)

The Road to Jerusalem (1998)

The Knight Templar (1999)

The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2000)

2004: Crusader King (Susan Peek)

2006: Sand Daughter (Sarah Bryant)

2007: The Leper Crown (George Morgan)

2009 - 2021: The Magdalen Cycle series (Scott R. Rezer)

#1: The Leper King (2009)

#2: The Pawns of Sion (2015)

#3: The Gambit Queen (2021)

2011: The King's Witch (Cecelia Holland)

2011 - 2013: Saladin trilogy (Jack Hight)

Eagle (2011)

Kingdom (2012)

Holy War (2013)

2011 - 2023: The Last King of Legends series (Serafia Cross)

#1: The Kingmakers (2011)

#2: In the Face of Trials (2012)

#3: The Sovereign Gambit (2015)

#4: The King's Last Deeds (2023)

2012 - 2017: Outremer Chronicles series (Peter Tolladay)

#1: The Templar's Apprentice (2012)

#2: The Harsh Mistress (2014)

#3: The Thorn in the Crown (2016)

2014 - 2016: Balian d'Ibelin series (Helena P. Schrader) -> thoughts

#1: Knight of Jerusalem (2014)

#2: Defender of Jerusalem (2015)

#3: Envoy of Jerusalem (2016)

2018: Templar Silks (Elizabeth Chadwick)

2018 - 2020: The Brotherhood series (K. M. Ashman)

#1: Templar Steel (2018)

#2: Templar Stone (2019)

#3: Templar Blood (2020)

2018 - 2023: Watchers of Outremer series (Suzannah Rowntree)

#2: The Lady of Kingdoms (2019)

#5: The House of Mourning (2023)

2020: The Leper King (Peter Busby)

2020: The Land Beyond the Sea (Sharon Kay Penman) -> thoughts

✷ Non-English novels not available in translation:

1959: L'Étoile de Pourpre (Serge Dalens & Pierre Joubert, French comic)

1999 - 2017: Die Templerin series (Wolfgang & Rebecca Hohlbein, German)

#3: Die Rückkehr der Templerin (2004)

#4: Das Wasser des Lebens (2008)

#5: Das Testament Gottes (2011)

#6: Das Band des Schicksals (2017)

2002: Thibaut ou la Croix Perdue (Juliette Benzoni, French)

2007: Las Lanzas de Jerusalén (Georges Bordonove, Spanish)

2019: Die Assassinin (Alexandra Cavelius, German)

✷ Tangentially related:

1946: mentions of KoH characters in The World is not Enough (Zoé Oldenbourg)

1997: Queen of Swords (Judith Tarr), about Baldwin's grandmother Melisende

[dearcara]

That said, next chapter has a LIIIITTTLE TINY BIT of sm*t in it. 👀 however, any kind of E-Rated content I write in that story will be hidden under a "hide/show" button in chapters. That way, people who aren't interested or don't feel comfortable with it can just skip it without missing any of the rest of the plot ;)

I hope that, for those of you that DO enjoy reading it, it doesn't ruin "immersion".

[volchitsa-loh]

@rheawritesforfun Hi~

So I remembered some songs I used to have in my playlist and long story short, would you like to hear a love song from the 90s about Leo and Alba reading each other's minds? 👀

[paleimitation-if]

omgggg wait this is such a cool idea. if possible do you allow character asks? and lore asks? i would love to know a couple fun facts about the ROs and the book/palace/anything you want to share.

You can absolutely send character and lore asks. Some brief information about the book (like the jacket description) is going to be released in a bigger post, but a lot of the other details are fair game.

[ford-ye-fiji]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

The Five fic is up!

[placeboaudio]

I was tagged by @realmendontflinchorbleedinpublic to do a 28 songs challenge!! This playlist is not cohesive at all and I was not about to lose my mind trying to make it so. These are all songs I enjoy, and I need to post this now before I overthink it and start changing things around

If you want to do this, feel free and tag me in your post!! I want to hear your music!! I just cannot possibly bother anyone by tagging them lol

[obeekris]

A friend was curious as to how long my hair had gotten, since I haven't had a haircut since about January, and am finally able to get one tomorrow. Does anyboduy else want to see my face/hair?

[loxxxlay]

hmmm im feeling kinda artsyyyy today, so i might... color my drawings today in the 3 hours of time before work.. since i finished all my homework and wont have anything else to do

and depending on school tech, i might stream it if anyone wants to chill with me at around uhhh... 4:30pm eastern time (u.s.)

gonna color my doodles lola and troy from yesterday and my dnd character :