13th Century
Isabella of Angouleme
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Betrothed to the Count of Lusignan, twelve-year-old Isabella is to meet John, King of England, who becomes besotted with her. He persuades her ...Read Review
The Shepherd of St Just
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Set in the South West of England in 1297 The Shepherd of St Just tells the tale of young Kerra, a girl who finds ...Read Review
The Mystery of the Magna Carta
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A talented artist, Denise Elaine Conquest Steele has produced a unique and entertaining book for young adults. Based around the events of Magna ...Read Review
River of Ink
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This debut novel, set in 13th-century Sri Lanka, is the story of court poet Asanka. When his king is usurped by a tyrant ...Read Review
A Poet of the Invisible World
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One expects a boy born with an extra set of ears to be able to hear twice as well; one does not necessarily ...Read Review
The Stolen Queen
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This novel, about Isabelle of Angoulême, King John’s second wife, is very well written, and Lisa Hilton has obviously done a ...Read Review
Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery
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This is the twelfth in the series fearing Prioress Eleanor and Brother Thomas of the Order of Fontevraud. In March 1279, Eleanor arrives at ...Read Review
The Fiery Furnace
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“As the novel opens, Olivier de Mazan is trying to evade the Inquisition and its secular thugs, while Count Raimond of Toulouse and ...Read Review
In Another Life
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This dual time period story parallels the modern-day life of Lia, a historian writing her dissertation on the beliefs of the early 13th-century ...Read Review
Bohemian Gospel
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Mouse is fifteen, has no baptised name and no parents, and lives in a monastery in 13th-century Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). However, ...Read Review