10th Century
The First Samurai : The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado
Taira Masakado, a fifth-generation descendant of Emperor Kashiwabara, is a cultured aristocrat whose response to attack prompts an appropriate…
Varanger
This fourth entry in the Corban Loosestrife saga takes us from frozen Viking trading posts to the outskirts of the…
Gentlemen of the Road
Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Chabon has “gone in search of a little adventure” in this impressive genre-twisting tale set along the…
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
Sometime in the late 10th century, a woman journeyed far into the West, beyond the known horizon. She settled for…
The Book of Loss
This novel is presented in diary format, making it reminiscent of historical works such as Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book. Set…
The Whale Road
This is Robert Low’s first part of a Viking trilogy, and his first novel. Robert Low has been a writer…
Silk Dreams
Set in the Byzantine Empire at the end of the first millennium, Silk Dreams is an adventurous love story between…
Maidensong
Maidensong is a romance novel that sweeps the reader across the Viking world. Rika, the adopted daughter of a skald…
Avalon
Having thoroughly enjoyed Anya Seton’s Katherine, I was excited to delve into this reissue of her 1965 classic novel Avalon.…
A Journey to the End of the Millennium
Set in the year 999, this is the story of Ben Attar, a Jewish merchant from Tangiers. His relationship with…
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