11th Century
Carla and the Vikings
Thirteen-year-old Catla lives in a small Anglo-Saxon village on the coast of England, where her future is laid out for…
Macbeth: A Novel
Few readers will come to this novel without at least a sketchy memory of the Shakespeare play, whether it was…
Crusade
After the death of Harold in 1066, Edgar the Atheling is proclaimed king by his Saxon supporters. When the various…
Almodis, The Peaceweaver
11th-century Occitania is a collection of counties and walled cities ruled by families continually fighting and marrying among themselves to…
The First Crusade
Pope Urban’s 1095 clarion call to Western Christendom to re-take Jerusalem from the Turks is the background for many historical…
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
This historical biography of Matilda begins with a rather outrageous claim, indicating that at first Matilda rejected the marriage offer…
The Needle in the Blood
The Norman Conquest of England was one of the pivotal events of the Middle Ages. In 1066, William the Conqueror…
The White Witch of Spiton and the Stones of Destiny
The third in the White Witch of Spiton Series sees a young witch transported back in time to 1066. That’s…
Hawk Quest
Editors' choice
England, AD 1072, and a Christian knight languishes in Anatolia, captive of Emir Suleyman. His ransom: four rare birds of…
Hereward
Hereward was born to Leofric of Bourne and Eadgyth, who was great-niece to Duke Oslac and, from scraps of information…
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