Fiction
- Rosamund Clifford is the subject of Samuel Daniel's 1592 poem, "The Complaint of Rosamond."
- Rosamund Clifford is mentioned in Virginia Henley's historical romance, The Falcon and the Flower. (1988)
- The affair with Henry II is also detailed in Sharon Penman's historical novelisation Time and Chance. This represents the life of the King based on scholarly research. It continues in Penman's Devil's Brood.
- The relationship between Rosamund and Henry is a major framing device in Robin Paige's mystery novel, "Death at Blenheim Palace." (2006)
- Rosamund is mentioned and is credited as the mother of a would-be nun of the same name in Lynsay Sands' romance novel, Always. While she was not truly featured as a character in the novel, Henry II was as he was featured as the nun's father.
- Rosamund is a character in the novel The Book of Eleanor, A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Pamela Kaufman.
- Rosamund appears as a character in death in the novel The Death Maze (published in the U.S. as The Serpent's Tale) by Ariana Franklin. (2008)
- Rosamund is mentioned as past mistress of Henry II in the novel The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick (2008)
- Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Rosamund of England) is an 1834 Italian opera by Gaetano Donizetti.
- Rosamund is discussed in the play and movie versions of The Lion in Winter.
- Rosamund is a supporting character in the historical novel The Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
- Rosamund is a character in the historical fiction novel The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Jean Plaidy
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“If one doubts whether Grecian valor and patriotism are not a fiction of the poets, he may go to Athens and see still upon the walls of the temple of Minerva the circular marks made by the shields taken from the enemy in the Persian war, which were suspended there. We have not far to seek for living and unquestionable evidence. The very dust takes shape and confirms some story which we had read.”
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