Late Medieval (1338 to 1485)
The Red Apple
A Thracian boy is conscripted into the Ottoman Janissaries. The author presents something of the life course of soldiers in…
The King’s Grey Mare
Elizabeth Woodville, young and unbelievably beautiful, finds favor at the court of her mother’s cousin, Marguerite of Anjou. Catching the…
Crown in Candlelight
Originally published in 1978, Crown in Candlelight covers a tumultuous period of English and French history between 1405 and 1461.…
The King’s Grace
Editors' choice
Grace Plantagenet is a bastard child of King Edward IV and, after his death, finds her way to the household…
Vlad: The Last Confession
To undertake the tale of Vlad Dracul, known as the Impaler, a 15th-century Wallachian prince whose savage battle to…
Veil of Lies
Editors' choice
Poor Crispin Guest! In Jeri Westerson’s debut novel, set in 14th-century London and described as “a medieval noir,” Crispin…
Cathedral of the Sea
Set in 14th-century Catalonia, this novel has become a huge bestseller in Spain with translations sold in 32 countries to…
Primavera
Flora Pazzi is the youngest daughter of the second most illustrious family in Florence in the late 1400s. However,…
A Vigil of Spies
The time is September 1373 and the Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, is dying in his palace at Bishopsthorpe. Princess…
Company of Liars: A Story of the Plague
Midsummer’s Day 1348, and the first victim of the pestilence dies in the English coastal town of Kilmington. Camelot, a…
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