Best Historical Novels About Alice Perrers

Alice Perrers

Alice Perrers was an English courtier who became the long-term mistress of Edward III during the final years of his reign. She acquired considerable wealth and property and exercised unusual access to the ageing king after the death of Queen Philippa.

Her influence made her a target of political hostility, particularly during the Good Parliament of 1376, which accused her of improper interference in royal business. She was briefly banished from court, later recovered part of her position and estates, and remained a controversial figure in accounts of Edward III’s declining years.

In Candace Robb’s The King's Bishop, Owen appeals to Archbishop Thoresby at court and is drawn into the dangerous circle surrounding Alice Perrers, where personal ambition, royal patronage and hidden loyalties make it difficult to tell who is protecting the king's candidate and who is exploiting the dispute. In Anne O’Brien’s The King’s Concubine, Alice Perrers rises from obscure origins to enter the household of Queen Philippa of Hainault.

Historical novels and book series featuring Alice Perrers (1 series)

An Owen Archer Mystery in Order

by Candace Robb 16 books 4.2(39,740)

The Owen Archer mysteries follow a Welsh soldier and former captain of archers who becomes an investigator, spy and officer in fourteenth-century York. Beginning in 1363, Owen serves Archbishop John Thoresby and later the city authorities, while his marriage to apothecary Lucie Wilton gives the investigations a close…