12th Century
The Witch in the Well
This is certainly a departure for the wonderful Sharan Newman in this, the tenth Catherine LeVendeur mystery. It is filled…
Prince of Darkness
This is the fourth installment in the engaging, provocative, and downright fun mystery series featuring Justin de Quincy, the Queen’s…
Bride of Lochbarr
1235: Lady Marianne leaves her convent education to join her brother in Scotland, where the king has been granting land…
The Fool’s Tale
It is 1179, in the minor Welsh kingdom of Maelienydd. Its king, Cadwallon, is killed in an ambush by English…
My Forever Love
On Crusade with the Lionheart, Templar Knight Tamberlane refuses to commit war atrocities. Defrocked, excommunicated and disowned, he lives the…
The Countess Bride
Lincolnshire, England, August 1198. This third book in Terri Brisbin’s Bride series picks up the story with Catherine de Severin,…
The Sun and the Moon
King Henry II of England suspects that his estranged wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, conspires against him. To ferret out the…
The Forgotten Queen
The early twelfth century, during the reign of Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was a time of relative…
The Difficult Saint
In this, the sixth Catherine LeVendeur mystery, Sharan Newman transports us to France in 1146. Catherine, a worthy heroine who…
A Mortal Bane
Gellis, acclaimed author of The Roselynde Chronicles, shifts gears dramatically in this, her first medieval mystery. We are introduced to…
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