Madselin

Lofts (d. 1983) was a deservedly popular author of historical fiction in her own lifetime, though not nearly as well-known to the current generation of serious readers as she deserves to be. Her work --which is set mainly in her native England, usually in Suffolk, where she was a longtime resident--......more

I love reading Norah Lofts. If you haven't ever read her you really need to!! Her writing is superb, her plots are great, lots of history, but her characters are the BEST--always sooooo real. In this one in particular I love how the love story is subtle and underplayed--actually almost not touched o......more

I have read this several times and it is fascinating to me. It is about a mercy killing and I am sure everyone would agree that it was very just that Madselin actually had some mercy and lots of courage. I am sad to say that to find a copy of it would be very difficult as it is out of print but if y......more

This story takes place in the eleventh century when medieval Saxon England is occupied by the Normans. Madselin, a young girl just married, is already unhappy. Her husband is old, and she's in love with another. Then her husband is killed defending her in the invasion, and realizing she has to now f......more