13th Century
The Waxman Murders
In 1272 Henry III died with the new king, Edward I, in the Holy Land. Back in England there was…
The Scarlet Lion
Editors' choice
This novel is a sequel to The Greatest Knight which told the early story of William Marshal, although any reader…
Brethren
Another Templar novel? This one confines itself solely to the historical period from 1260 to 1272, when the Mamluk warrior…
Brethren
The narrative opens in 1260 and follows Will Campbell, a young man who has been brought up from boyhood in…
Hers To Desire
With no dowry and a traitor for a father, Lady Beatrice has little hope of marriage. In 1244 England, not…
Mark of the Cross
In 1263 in England, Philip de Tollard, bastard of Ralph Aubernon, earns his livelihood as a groom because his…
The Prince of Poison
The trilogy of novels by Pamela Kaufman about Alix of Wanthwaite, a woman who disguises herself as a boy,…
On a Highland Shore
In 13th century Scotland, Margaret MacDonald, the laird’s daughter, prepares to wed Lachlan, a cousin of the king. When…
Relics
In 1235, Brother Petroc is a novice monk in an English cathedral city. Naïve and devout, he stumbles into a…
The Unwilling Bride
After suffering for years under the care of “Wicked William,” the Lord of Tregellas, Lady Constance expects little better of…
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