Walter Scott nació en Edimburgo en 1771, noveno hijo de un abogado. Estudió Leyes y ejerció la abogacía desde 1797; fue también, desde 1799, sheriff de Selkirkshire y, desde 1806, canciller del Tribunal Supremo de Edimburgo. Sin embargo, el Derecho no era su vocación. Desde 1792 se dedicó –pese a su cojera, secuela de la polio que contrajo durante la infancia– a recorrer los más remotos rincones de Escocia y a recoger antiguas baladas del folklore local, con las que en 1802 publicó la colección Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, y, a partir de 1805, con The Lay of the Last Minstrel, una serie de poemas narrativos de creación propia, todos ellos de tema histórico escocés, como Marmion (1808) o La dama del lago (1810), que le valieron fama y fortuna. Invirtió secretamente en la imprenta de los hermanos Ballantyne, que publicaban sus obras, pero una grave crisis financiera le impulsó a convertirse, de forma anónima, en novelista. Inspirándose, como en sus poemas, en episodios de la historia de Escocia, publicó en 1814 Waverley, cuyo gran éxito le animó a seguir con Guy Mannering (1815) y El anticuario (1816). En 1816 inició la serie Tales of My Landlord con El enano negro y Eterna Mortalidad. Posteriormente ampliaría su campo de referencias y situaría sus argumentos fuera de Escocia: así, en Ivanhoe (1820), Kenilworth (1821), Quentin Durward (1823) o El talismán (1825). En 1827 salió finalmente del anonimato y se reconoció autor de sus novelas, que se habían convertido en modelo del relato histórico romántico, tanto entre novelistas como entre historiadores. A pesar de sus éxitos, las deudas y los apuros económicos le perseguirían toda la vida. Murió en Abbotsford en 1832.
Ecrivain polonais, Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) est récompensé par le prix Nobel de Littérature en 1905. Outre son célèbre Quo vadis ? (1895), il a écrit de nombreux et importants romans sur l'histoire de la Pologne.
Lew Wallace was an American lawyer, soldier, politician and author. During active duty as a second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War, Wallace met Abraham Lincoln, who would later inspire him to join the Republican Party and fight for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the end of the war, Wallace retired from the army and began writing, completing his most famous work, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ while serving as the governor of New Mexico Territory. Ben-Hur would go on to become the best-selling American novel of the nineteenth century, and is noted as one of the most influential Christian books ever written. Although Ben-Hur is his most famous work, Wallace published continuously throughout his lifetime. Other notable titles include, The Boyhood of Christ, The Prince of India, several biographies and his own autobiography. Wallace died in 1909 at the age of 77, after a lifetime of service in the American army and government.
Cervantès (1547-1616) a été soldat aux ordres de Don Juan d'Autriche. Grande figure de la littérature espagnole, il écrit surtout des comédies où il fait référence à son expérience de soldat et de bagnard. Il publie la première partie de Don Quichotte à l'âge de cinquante-sept ans.
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936), est né et a vécu au Texas.
Il a publié sa première histoire à 19 ans dans la revue Weird Tales (qui publia les auteurs mythiques de l'âge d'or, dont Lovecraft). Après quelques années difficiles, sa carrière démarra en 1928 avec la parution des récits de Solomon Kane, suivis par de nombreuses nouvelles dans des genres aussi divers que la Fantasy, l'horreur, l'histoire, le western ou la boxe.
Mais c'est Conan, créé en 1932, qui lui vaudra la postérité littéraire. Ce héros, ainsi que la puissance évocatrice de l'écriture de son auteur, a eu et a toujours une influence majeure, au moins égale à celle de Tolkien, sur la Fantasy et partant sur tout l'imaginaire occidental.
Bunyan was born in 1628 in the heart of England, a mile south of Bedford a few years before the English Civil War. His family was so poor that when his father died, John was left only one shilling and his tinker's anvil. The boy had little formal education. However, he learned to read and feasted on medieval romances in which valiant knights underwent great trials and conquered villains and monsters. In youth he boasted a mouth so profane it shocked even wicked men. Additionally, he loved to dance, bell-ring and lead Sunday sports, all considered improper by Puritans. Although he attended church, he had little religious feeling. John turned sixteen in 1644 at the height of the Civil War. He joined the army. Since Bedford was a Parliamentarian stronghold, it is probable he served Cromwell. While on duty he was "drawn out" to take part in a siege. Another soldier asked to take his place. "[A]s he stood sentinel he was shot in the head with a musket bullet and died." John came to see this as proof God had spared his life for a great work. Returning home, John married. He was twenty. His wife was as poor as he; between them, they did not have a dish or spoon. Her godly father had furnished her with two Christian books--books which John read with an increasingly troubled conscience. One Sunday as he played, he heard a voice. "Will you leave your sins and go to Heaven, or have your sins and go to Hell?" His distress was acute. He felt that he had sinned so gravely he was beyond forgiveness. Nonetheless, he struggled to find peace with God by obeying scriptural commands. Outwardly, he reformed and put off swearing and improper sports. Inwardly, he still longed to participate. He read the Bible. Although without peace, he thought God must be pleased with him. One day he overheard four women speaking of their inner religious experience, and he realized he lacked something. Leaving the Church of England, he joined their fellowship. Still, he lacked peace. Only after reading Luther's commentary on Galatians did he realize he could be justified by faith alone. His inner struggles were not over, but he found relief. Bunyan felt compelled to tell others of faith in Christ. He became a field preacher. So effective were his words, people would arrive at dawn to hear him preach at noon.
Título : Timeless Tales of Chivalry: 50 Outstanding Medieval Historical Novels
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