Cecelia Holland
Cold April
There’s enough foreshadowing in chapter one of this romance to sink the Titanic, which is what heroine Beth Smallcross is…
Valley of Dry Bones
In 1274, in the aftermath of the Barons’ War, a group of travelers arrives at Tyndal Priory, where the quick-witted…
The Templar
The astonishing events of the First Crusade are the subject of P. C. Doherty’s newest novel The Templar, which is…
Crispin: The End of Time
The writer known as Avi has written more than 70 books for children, and is a master of historical narrative.…
Stealing Fire
Alexander the Great lies dead, his empire disintegrating into battle zones. Moreover, the sudden death of the Great King has…
All Clear
Editors' choice
The delights of Blackout and All Clear – which are, despite appearances, one novel – are hard to describe in…
Swords from the West
As a young writer and history buff, I loved Harold Lamb, and this reprinting of the seventeen so-called “Crusader stories”…
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