David Pilling Books in Order

England in 1459 is sliding toward civil war as Lancaster and York prepare to fight. Personal wrongs and political rivalries collide, sending characters into a conflict where revenge can be as powerful as loyalty.

A harsh fantasy world of war, ambition, and old dangers brings unlikely people together. As rulers and killers pursue their own goals, survival depends on knowing who can be used, trusted, or feared.

A man survives an ordeal that should have killed him, only to find that life afterward is no simple reprieve. This dark historical tale follows the consequences of violence, memory, and a past that will not stay buried.

As the Wars of the Roses deepen, loyalty becomes a burden as well as a virtue. Men and women must choose among king, family, and survival while every changing alliance threatens to turn them into traitors.

Medieval England is consumed by war, where private grief and public violence feed each other. This standalone historical novel follows people trying to endure a world in which peace seems out of reach.

Coel’s adventures carry him deeper into the struggles of the late Roman world. With enemies closing in and the fate of Caesar’s sword still unsettled, he is drawn toward war on an imperial scale.

In 1224, Robyn Hode defies a royal officer and is forced to flee into the forest. Hunted by Sir Gui de Gisburne, he must survive with help from people who may be even more dangerous.

After Arthur’s death, his grandson Coel flees Britain carrying a feared sword once linked to Julius Caesar. In Constantinople and beyond, the exile must survive slavery, intrigue, and the pull of his lost birthright.

Betrayed by the church and thrown into a dungeon, Robyn Hode escapes with help from Tuck and Matilda. His anger becomes a war against corruption, but vengeance may cost him more than freedom.

Rome has abandoned Britain to Saxon raiders, Pictish attacks, and political treachery. Ambrosius Aurelianus reluctantly becomes leader of Britain’s last army, fighting to preserve a civilization already close to collapse.

Britain’s struggle against the Saxons continues as a new generation comes of age. Artorius must face the demands of war and leadership in a land where every victory seems to create another enemy.

Coel’s journey through the late Roman world reaches another turning point as the legacy of Arthur’s sword continues to draw enemies. To claim his future, he must face an inheritance steeped in blood and legend.

England in 1326 stands close to civil war as Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer prepare to invade. Sir John Swale is caught between royal service, outlaw justice, and a kingdom turning against its king.

After years away in military service, Robyn Hode returns to an England still burdened by oppression. Drawn back toward rebellion, he must choose between a quieter life and the dangerous role of the Hooded Man.

Robyn Hode’s name is spreading across Barnsdale, bringing allies as well as enemies. As his outlaw band faces new threats, Robyn must protect those closest to him without losing himself to the violence around them.

As Britain struggles against invasion and internal division, Gwenhwyfar’s choices carry consequences far beyond her own life. This Arthurian-era story blends war, court politics, and the difficult loyalties of a changing kingdom.

Civil war demands more than battlefield courage. In a country divided by the struggle for the crown, characters must decide what they are willing to lose for family, loyalty, and a future that remains uncertain.

The Wars of the Roses leave no easy place to stand. As old alliances collapse and violence returns, those caught between Lancaster and York must fight not for glory, but simply to keep themselves and their families alive.

Robyn Hode has become a feared outlaw, but a royal pardon offers a possible way back from the forest. Accepting mercy may be harder than fighting, especially when old enemies and old injustices remain.

In the brutal World Apparent, old dangers and new ambitions force a scattered group onto dangerous paths. Dark magic, warfare, and uneasy alliances drive a fantasy adventure where no one escapes untouched.

John Sage leaves England for the uncertain life of a soldier for hire in fifteenth-century Europe. War promises opportunity, but it also forces him to learn how quickly commanders, comrades, and causes can change.

England in 1330 is ruled by the young Edward III, but powerful figures still compete to control the kingdom. Sir John Swale faces new enemies and old obligations as violence and ambition threaten another fragile peace.

Life on the English-Scottish border is ruled by raids, feuds, and hard bargains. A young man is pulled into the dangerous trade of the reivers, where family honor can be as deadly as open war.

Mercenary John Sage is drawn into the Hussite wars, where religious dissent has become a reason for slaughter. Surrounded by armies and competing faiths, he must survive a campaign that offers little mercy to anyone.

England in 1266 is still reeling from the Second Barons’ War. Amid ruined loyalties and unfinished feuds, survivors of the conflict must decide whether to accept the king’s peace or fight for what was lost.

In a Britain of old legends and fragile kingdoms, Medraut must find his place among competing claims and dangerous loyalties. This Arthurian tale follows the human tensions behind a name often remembered as a traitor.

On the lawless English-Scottish border, survival depends on nerve, kinship, and a willingness to strike first. A reiver is drawn deeper into feuds and politics where every promise may carry a hidden blade.

This nonfiction overview follows Edward I’s military conflicts across Wales, Scotland, France, and England. It considers the campaigns, leaders, and political ambitions that made his reign one of almost constant warfare.

With England’s civil war fading but its wounds still open, the call of crusade offers a new purpose. Yet the road to the Holy Land brings fresh violence, rival loyalties, and hard choices for a seasoned fighter.

In 1267, the heirs of Simon de Montfort keep resistance alive after their father’s defeat. England remains divided, and men who hoped for peace are pulled back into rebellion, vengeance, and dangerous political games.

Henry III is dead, but the people left divided by civil war have not forgotten their losses. Under the new king, old rebels and royal servants must navigate a tense peace that could break at any moment.

England prepares for war with Wales as Edward I seeks to impose his will beyond the border. For those already scarred by rebellion, a new campaign brings fresh tests of loyalty, family, and survival.

En Pascal of Valencia, a soldier known as the Champion, enters a world of campaigns and competing crowns. In late thirteenth-century Iberia, skill with a blade is vital, but loyalty may prove even more dangerous.

A nonfiction account of resistance to Henry III after Simon de Montfort’s defeat. The book explores the disinherited rebels, their continuing war, and the difficult settlement that followed the Second Barons’ War.

In 1282, the uneasy peace between England and Wales is about to collapse. As Edward I prepares for war, old loyalties and fresh betrayals push the survivors of earlier conflicts toward another brutal reckoning.

Religious conflict and political ambition tighten around En Pascal of Valencia. The Champion must fight through a divided Hispania while confronting the ways faith, power, and war can be used against the vulnerable.

En Pascal’s military skill draws him deeper into the rivalries of medieval Iberia. Gold, territory, and reputation all have a cost, and every alliance can become a trap when kings and warlords change their plans.

In medieval Milan, a private grievance threatens to become a wider political disaster. Rival families, dangerous alliances, and the desire for revenge pull the people involved toward violence that may consume them all.

A nonfiction study of Edward I’s long relationship with Wales, from his years as prince through his reign. It examines conquest, resistance, Welsh rulers, and the campaigns that transformed the political map of Britain.

This history examines Edward I’s often-overlooked war with France from 1294 to 1303. It follows the diplomacy, campaigns, and political consequences of a conflict that stretched England’s resources and royal authority.

Coel’s long struggle with the legacy of Arthur’s sword leads him toward another dangerous reckoning. In the late Roman world, old legends and imperial conflicts combine to threaten everything he has fought to protect.

The nineteenth volume of a scholarly annual devoted to medieval warfare. It brings together research on armies, campaigns, strategy, leadership, and the many ways military conflict shaped the medieval world.

En Pascal of Valencia faces another campaign in a peninsula divided by rival rulers, faiths, and ambitions. As war closes in, the Champion must weigh duty, survival, and the price of serving men who always want more.

In 1246, Gwynedd faces a crisis after the death of Llywelyn the Great. With England ready to intervene, Welsh leaders must find the strength to resist while family rivalries threaten to divide them.

This prequel to The Champion traces the earlier conflicts and loyalties that shape En Pascal of Valencia. In medieval Iberia, war, ambition, and divided kingdoms test a young fighter before he earns his feared reputation.

As William of Normandy crosses the sea to claim England, lives on both sides of the invasion are changed forever. This opening saga follows warriors and families into the bloodshed, ambition, and uncertainty of the conquest.

In 1070, Norman rule meets fierce resistance from England’s dispossessed people. An outlaw’s struggle for survival becomes tangled with rebellion, vengeance, and the brutal question of whether a conquered land can still fight back.

England’s new Tudor regime faces a dangerous claimant to the crown. Amid plots, foreign support, and court suspicion, those sent to uncover the truth must decide whom they can trust before rebellion takes hold.

This nonfiction history follows Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the last native prince of Wales, through rebellion and defeat. It examines his struggle against Edward I and the final collapse of independent Welsh rule.

En Pascal of Valencia faces another test of duty in a world ruled by campaigns, courts, and competing claims. Honor offers a guiding ideal, but bloodshed and ambition make every choice harder to live with.

Drystan enters a Britain shaped by old loyalties, warfare, and the growing power of Arthurian legend. His journey tests the line between duty and desire as rival kingdoms and personal promises collide.

In 1081, the struggle for land and power reaches beyond England’s shores. A warrior shaped by conquest must face new rivals and dangerous opportunities in a world where victory never brings lasting security.

In 1076, the Norman conquest has remade England, but violence and resistance continue. Forced away from everything familiar, a survivor must face exile, shifting loyalties, and a future shaped by the wars that followed 1066.

The Norman world remains unstable as old enemies, new ambitions, and family ties pull a warrior into fresh conflict. Power is won through force, but holding it may demand choices no honorable man wants to make.

A study of Edward I’s Anglo-French war, a conflict often overshadowed by his campaigns in Wales and Scotland. It explores the diplomacy, military operations, and political strain of England’s war with France.

In post-Roman Britain, a new leader must rise amid invasion, divided kingdoms, and fading imperial order. This Arthurian adventure follows the dangerous beginnings of a legend before the kingdom is secure.

In 1461, England’s civil war reaches a savage climax at Towton. As York rises and Lancaster falls back, people on both sides must survive a victory that only creates new reasons for betrayal and revenge.

Years after the conquest of England, a new generation faces the reach of empire and the burdens of inheritance. War and political ambition force old fighters to confront how much of themselves they have left.

In 1096, the call to crusade sends warriors and pilgrims toward an uncertain holy war. For those who join, faith, ambition, and survival soon collide in a journey marked by violence and loss.

After years of war and wandering, old threats return with deadly force. The saga’s survivors face a new campaign where reputation, family, and the chance of a safer future all hang in the balance.

A northern warrior is drawn toward the wealth and danger of the eastern empire. Far from England, old loyalties are tested by foreign courts, military service, and the promise of fortune in Constantinople.

The Wars of the Roses continue to pull England apart after the shock of Towton. Old promises and new ambitions force survivors to decide whether they are rebels, traitors, or simply people trying to endure.

The Bloody Hand Saga continues with warriors confronting another violent turn in a changing medieval world. Old scores, new rulers, and the hard logic of battle leave little room for anyone to remain untouched.

A knight’s path leads into the vast and dangerous politics of crusading warfare. Far from home, he must survive rival commanders, shifting faith, and a conflict where honor offers little protection.

War carries an outlaw knight into the competing worlds of kings, crusaders, and empire. To protect what matters, he must navigate alliances that promise power while demanding more than any oath can safely give.

The struggle for England’s crown reaches another breaking point as old enemies return and loyalties shift. In a war that has already destroyed so much, victory may demand one final betrayal too many.

A king’s agent moves through a world of court secrets, false loyalties, and looming rebellion. Every lead brings new danger, and discovering the truth may be no safer than keeping it hidden.

Lancastrian hopes survive even after devastating defeat. In a kingdom ruled by York, those loyal to the red rose must work in secret, risking their families and futures for a cause that may be lost.

In the tense world of crusader Acre, rumor and fear can be as lethal as a battlefield. A knight is drawn into intrigue involving faith, power, and a woman whose reputation makes her a target.

A warrior’s reputation grows more dangerous as he is drawn into conflict with the heirs of Rome. Political ambition and old grudges collide, forcing him to decide whether survival is enough or revenge must be answered.

The Outlaw Knight saga continues as a battle-hardened survivor faces new rivals and the burdens of command. In a world of fragile kingdoms, becoming a warlord may be easier than keeping one’s humanity.