12th Century
A Murderous Procession
The stellar Mistress of the Art of Death series continues! Adelia Aguilar, Salerno-trained physician who has been well-nigh kidnapped by…
The Templar Knight
Editors' choice
The story begins in 1177. Exiled to the Holy Land ten years earlier, Arn Magnusson is now serving as Master…
The Queen’s Pawn
Eleanor of Aquitaine is a personal hero of mine, so I was very intrigued to read Christy English’s take on…
Eleanor the Queen
First published in the 1950s and set in 12th-century France and England, Eleanor the Queen follows Eleanor of Aquitaine from…
The Queen’s Pawn
Eleanor of Aquitaine is a personal hero of mine, so I was very intrigued to read Christy English’s take on…
The Templar Magician
Editors' choice
The Templar Magician is an action-packed historical adventure set in 1152 during the civil war between King Stephen and Matilda’s…
The Greatest Knight
The life of William Marshal is remarkably well documented for a less-than-royal contemporary of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard Lionheart and…
Sand Daughter
This is the first U.S. release of Sand Daughter, originally published in 2007 in the U.K. It is a sweeping…
The Lute Player
I first read this recently reissued novel over twenty years ago. A sweeping saga about Richard the Lionhearted and the…
Grave Goods
Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, finds that she has to leave her home in Cambridgeshire before she…
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