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Knox Magee
Known for sweeping historical adventures set in medieval England, this early-20th-century novelist wrote stories full of knights, court intrigue, and battlefield drama. Very little biographical information seems to survive, which gives the work an added air of mystery.
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With Ring of Shield
by Knox Magee
About the author
Knox Magee is a little-documented author associated with historical fiction from around the turn of the 20th century. Confirmed works include With Ring of Shield (published in 1900) and Mark Everard: A Romance (published in 1901), both of which have remained traceable through library and public-domain records.
With Ring of Shield is set in 15th-century England and follows the mood and machinery of chivalric adventure: tournaments, shifting loyalties, royal politics, and open conflict. The novel was illustrated by F. A. Carter, and its continued availability through public-domain archives has helped keep Magee's name in circulation.
Beyond the books themselves, reliable biographical details are scarce. One authority record identifies Knox Magee as a Canadian journalist, but without fuller corroboration it is safest to say that the surviving record centers more on the novels than on the author's personal life.