Virginia Henley

Virginia Henley is a bestselling English author that writes historical romance. Virginia’s novels are so detailed and thoroughly researched that some of her readers have wondered whether she will ever produce straightforward historical fiction. However, Virginia has said on numerous occasions that it was the romantic aspects that drew her to historical fiction and that is all she cares to write. +Biography Virginia Henley was born in 1935 in Bolton England to a mother from whom she inherited her love for history.

The best place to start is The Medieval Plantagenet Trilogy series, the earliest of Virginia Henley's multi-book series: it opens with The Falcon and the Flower (1989) and runs to 3 books across 1989–2000, ending with The Marriage Prize (2000). Virginia Henley's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Virginia Henley has 43 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2018. 14 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Delanzas series with 3 books — and 29 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Virginia Henley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Medieval Plantagenet Trilogy (1989–2000, 3 books), Delanzas (1993–1995, 3 books) and Clan Kennedy (1993–2001, 2 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Virginia Henley's 43 books into 5 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Delanzas (3 books, 1993–1995); The Medieval DeWarenne Trilogy (3 books, 1998–2007); The Medieval Plantagenet Trilogy (3 books, 1989–2000); The Peers of the Realm Trilogy (3 books, 2008–2011); Clan Kennedy (2 books, 1993–2001).