11th Century
Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
Margaret is a young Saxon princess shipwrecked on the shores of Scotland. The only way that she, her mother, sister…
The Masuda Affair
Sugawara Akitada, a Senior Secretary in the Ministry of Justice in 11th-century Japan, is very depressed as he had lost…
The Forever Queen
Editors' choice
The Forever Queen follows the career of Norman lady Emma from the time she is married at thirteen to Anglo-Saxon…
Music of the Distant Stars
Alys Clare’s Aelf Fen novels are set in East Anglia during the reign of William II (1087-1100). It’s a land…
Landwaster
This is the story of Harald Hardraada, half-brother to the King of Norway, who leads his Viking mercenaries on a…
Eadric the Grasper
Eadric the Grasper (Eadric “Streona”) is a rich, swiftly moving story, set at the beginning of the 11th century in…
Peaceweaver
In Peaceweaver, Arnopp has woven a tale of hope and love around the epic Battle of Hastings. Eadgyth, daughter of…
The Convict’s Sword: A Mystery of Eleventh-Century Japan
I. J. Parker continues her series of medieval Japanese mysteries featuring nobleman Sugawara Akitada. This latest installment finds Akitada living…
God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades
Fed up by Western views of the Crusades as episodes featuring European greed, racism, and religious bigotry unleashed upon an…
Lady Macbeth’s Daughter
In her third historical for teens, Lisa Klein offers a new take on Macbeth’s bloody rise to power through the…
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