Early Medieval (to 1337)
Bloodline
Set in Britain circa 650 AD, Katy Moran’s debut novel is a coming-of-age story featuring a boy named Essa who…
The Magician’s Death
Editors' choice
The Magician’s Death is the 14th of Paul Doherty’s Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries. Playing on the rivalry between England’s Edward…
The Sins of the Father
Editors' choice
England in 1217 is in turmoil. Many nobles have rebelled against King John and invited the French prince Louis to…
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer’s classic 1931 novel tells the story of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his rise to power…
The Owl Killers
Editors' choice
The year is 1321. Deep in the heart of the English countryside, an isolated village is controlled by a sinister…
Genghis: Bones of the Hills
Fear and rebellion fill the pages of the third and last novel in this well-known author’s Genghis trilogy. Genghis is…
Grave Goods
Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, finds that she has to leave her home in Cambridgeshire before she…
Tuck: The Legend Triumphs
Editors' choice
This is book three in the King Raven trilogy, the final chapter of Stephen Lawhead’s interpretation of the Robin Hood…
The Road to Jerusalem: Book One of the Crusades Trilogy
In the first installment of his Crusades trilogy, Guillou—one of Sweden’s best-selling writers–introduces us to his cast of characters and…
The Council of the Cursed
In AD 670 an important Christian council was held at Autun, in what is now Burgundy in France, to decide…
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