Adventure
Godiva
England, 1045. Edward the Confessor is on the throne, and the Normans are circling. Everywhere there is rumour, subterfuge and…
Siege of Heaven
Harper writes about that charade of religious fervour, the First Crusade of 1096-98, in all its ghastly violence and hypocrisy.…
The Last Bear
Editors' choice
Brigid is the last in a long line of medicine women; she lives alone in the forest since she has…
People of the Weeping Eye
During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Mississippi River Valley was populated by a number of Native American chiefdoms; this…
The Templar
At the end of the 11th century, the Infidels captured Jerusalem. On November 27th, 1095, the call went out from…
Varanger
This fourth entry in the Corban Loosestrife saga takes us from frozen Viking trading posts to the outskirts of the…
Mutiny on the Bounty
In December 1787, a fourteen-year-old boy, John Jacob Turnstile, is arrested in Portsmouth for picking the pocket of a mysterious…
Gentlemen of the Road
Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Chabon has “gone in search of a little adventure” in this impressive genre-twisting tale set along the…
Sword Song: The Battle for London
This is the fourth novel in The Saxon Tales series, which follows the adventures of Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh) during…
Conspiracies of Rome
608 AD. Young Englishman Aelric is interpreter and secretary to Maximin, a priest, who is part of the Roman mission…
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