Late Medieval (1338 to 1485)
Unhallowed Ground
Mel Starr has now written a fourth installment of his chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, a surgeon in the town…
The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Bestselling author C.W. Gortner’s latest novel examines the life of Isabella of Castile, one of the most famous women in…
A Parliament of Spies
1368, in the reign of Richard II. Richard has summoned Parliament, and all the nobles must attend him at Westminster…
The Midsummer Crown (Roger the Chapman Mysteries)
This is a locked room mystery with a fascinating historical backdrop. It is set in England during the months in…
Mystery in the Minster
Dead ends and red herrings are as frustrating as York’s interminable rain in Susanna Gregory’s 17th chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.…
The Women of the Cousins’ War
This collection of essays is a gift to those who love historical fiction. It not only functions as a history…
The Last Days of Richard III
John Ashdown-Hill is a historian and member of the Royal Historical Society and the Richard III Society. With several nonfiction…
A Place Called Armageddon
The fall of Christian Constantinople to the Turks is a historical fact, but knowing this in no way detracts from…
A Play of Heresy
Editors' choice
During the reign of Henry VI, Joliffe the Player returns to his travelling troupe as they prepare to assist the…
To Touch the Knight
1349. In order to escape Giles, their brutal overlord, Edith of Warren Hamlet disguises herself as a princess of Cathay…
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