5th Century
Battle of Kings
First published by Headline in the UK (2011), this is the US paperback edition of Book One of Hume’s series…
The Axe, the Shield and the Halig Rood
The second in a projected series, this is an imaginative re-drawing of Dark Age Britain in the late 5thC AD,…
After Rome
The Romans have left Britannia. What remains on the island are disparate fragments of Roman British settlements and cities, roaming…
Azazeel
Set in the 5th century AD, these are the memoirs of Hypa, a Coptic monk. His journey begins when his…
Death of an Empire
This is the second instalment in M.K. Hume’s Merlin Trilogy. Keen to uncover his father’s identity, but also driven by…
The Killing Way
In this Arthurian mystery, the central character is Malgwyn ap Cuneglas. Once a feared warrior, he lost his sword arm…
Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur
This is not your grandmother’s King Arthur. From the man who turned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies into a graphic…
Aurthora: Celtic Prince
In Aurthora, R. W. Hughes has written a tale of adventure, love, loyalty, and betrayal set in 5th- century Britannica.…
Ambrosius Aureliani (Arthurian Tales, #1)
In this first volume of a planned four-book set, the story of King Arthur is retold as actual history in…
I am of Irelaunde: A Novel of Patrick and Osian
Returning at age forty to the place of his enslavement by Irish slave traders at the age of sixteen, Patrick…
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