12th Century
Illuminations
I admit to knowing next to nothing about Hildegard von Bingen before I picked up Mary Sharratt’s novel, Illuminations; by…
The Queen’s Guard
The year is 1147, and Lady Isabella de Lacey is traveling to Jerusalem with Queen Eleanor, King Louis of France,…
The Copper Sign
When Ellen is forced to flee home, she must pretend to be a boy to pursue her life’s passion: to…
Assassins of Alamut
This is a rare first novel that not only is well written and crafted by a confident author but is…
Scarlet
Tyrants come in all forms – princes, sheriffs, and even lowly thief catchers. Fortunately for the people ground under the…
A Deadly Penance: A Templar Knight Mystery
When Aubrey Tercel is found murdered on the grounds of Lincoln Castle – slain with a crossbow from the castle’s…
Lionheart
Editors' choice
The title of Sharon Kay Penman’s highly anticipated new novel, Lionheart, says it all. This is the story of Richard…
Fires of Winter
Fires of Winter is a journey through 12th-century England as seen from the perspective of Bruno, the son of the…
King’s Man
Alan Dale, musician and would-be expert sword and dagger man, awaits – as does his master Earl Robert of Locksley…
April Queen
Douglas Boyd’s 2004 biography of the always fascinating Eleanor of Aquitaine, now reprinted in a new edition for 2011, weaves…
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