Ann Chamberlin
The Silence of God
A family with eight children and the neighbor girl Natasha struggle through the violent events of the early part of…
Fireflies in the Mist
Author Qurratulain Hyder, who died in 2007, is, according to the cover, the “grande dame of Urdu literature.” Her story…
The Sword of Medina
In 7th-century Arabia, the Prophet Muhammad is dead, and the Muslim umma is left to muddle on as best it…
The Widow’s Husband
The Great Game of European powers jostling for control of Afghanistan took a terrible toll in early 1842 with the…
The Sword of Medina
In 7th-century Arabia, the Prophet Muhammad is dead, and the Muslim umma is left to muddle on as best it…
The Greatest Knight
The life of William Marshal is remarkably well documented for a less-than-royal contemporary of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard Lionheart and…
The Winter Thief
This third novel in the series that began with The Sultan’s Seal features sleuth Kamil Pasha in the final days…
The Dragon’s Pearl
Chomping at the bit in the desk job destined for him in Venice, teenager Marco Polo jumps at the chance…
Girl Mary
Romanian-born bestseller Petru Popescu imagines the girlhood of Jesus’s mother in this European-flavored literary work. We first see the tall…
Like Mayflies in a Stream
Roberts retells ancient Mesopotamia’s Epic of Gilgamesh, the world’s first written tale. Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, oppresses his people…
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