The Americas

Includes Mexico and Caribbean.

After his rich and exotic culture has fallen beneath the brutal heel of
invading Spaniards, one young Aztec, Tenamaxtli, refuses to bow to the
foreign conquerors and secretly begins to recruit an army of
insurrection.

Opens after the Spanish have brutally crushed the powerful ancient
empire, bringing slavery to the once proud people. Follows the
adventurous tale of a beggar boy with royal blood, who must claim his
birthright by unraveling an explosive secret.  

The story of the Indians who populated the Mississippi River Valley in the 11th and 12th centuries

A young Spaniard's family is destroyed by the Inquisition. He follows Cortez to Mexico where he eventually wins treasure and respect, then returns to Spain to challenge the church for his family's honor.  HYRF  See also Movies and TV.

A lusty, subversive, funny tale based on a true story: a young Frenchwoman is marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons during Jacques Cartier's last attempt to colonize Canada. Elle reimagines what Canada meant to the European adventures, what they meant to the aboriginal inhabitants, and the terrible failure of the two groups to recognize each other as human. A society belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza, Elle is the story the history books leave out.

Conquest of Mexico.

Young adult novel of Haiti from the "Royal Diaries" series.

Set at the twilight of the Aztec empire, April 1519 through The Night of
Sorrow, La Noche Triste, June 30, 1520, this novel tells the engrossing
story about the Conquistador Cortes and the Aztec Princess Malintzin.

In 1517 The Aztec capital is awash with fears and rumors that
Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, has returned. But Yaotl, the chief
minister's slave, has more to worry about, as he searches for his
missing son. 

A good deal of this unusual novel takes place in North America (around Mississippi) as the legendary Welsh explorer Madoc finds himself blown across the Atlantic.  NH

Young adult novel from the "Royal Diaries" series.

The year is 1518 and the discovery of chocolate in the New World, and its subsequent importation back to Europe, will have grave consequences for one young conquistador.

17th Century Americas

Note:  Definitely pushing the definition of "medieval" here.. but until there are more novels set in the Americas before 1600 AD.. better than nothing.  We are trying to keep these earlier than 1610.

Young adult novel about the 12 year old boy who becomes Sir Walter
Raleigh's servant and accompanies him on his voyages.

Retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starting with Columbus's arrival in America

Part of a trilogy about women in the New World.

We now know what happened to the Lost Colonists of Roanoke--They were  abducted by aliens! Well, that's one less mystery for us to ponder.  BP

A novel of the Aztec woman Malinali and the Conquistador Cortes.

The passionate and tragic love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortes and his interpreter, the Aztec woman, Malinalli.

A novel of Dora Ines Suarez (1507-1580) the spirited conquistadora who helped found the nation of Chile.

A family saga beginning with the founding of Roanoke Colony.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke.

The story of Virginia Dare, the first child born to the Roanoke Colony.

With the number of historical novelists writing about the Roanoke Colony, it's a wonder it ever got lost!  NH

The daughter of England's greatest witchfinder, disgusted by her father's work and the horrendous suffering and death it brings to countless women, vows to end the laws that permit these atrocities, even though it consumes most of her life, takes her from England to America, and even to court to stand trial as an accusd witch herself.