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12th Century

The Mongol Ascension (A Jump in Time, 3)

By Andrew Varga - Published 2024

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Seventeen-year-old Dan Renfrew is a time-jumper. By means of a magical “jump rod” (as well as an occult incantation), he travels back in ...Read Review

The Lost Queen

By Carol McGrath - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1191. A third crusade is inexorable: King Richard of England (and Duke of much of France) takes up arms to win back Jerusalem, held ...Read Review

Among Sea Wolves

By Jean Gill - Published 2024

Genres:

Adventure Nautical

Adventure abounds in this exuberantly entertaining tale of seafaring Vikings from the Orkney Islands on their way to Jerusalem in the 12th century. ...Read Review

The Lionheart’s Bride (Berengaria of Navarre Medieval Trilogy)

By Austin Hernon - Published 2023

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction

This 12th-century historical adventure follows Princess Berengaria on her quest to catch up with and marry Richard I, King of England, as he ...Read Review

Outlawed (Heroes of Sherwood)

By Margaret McNellis - Published 2023

Genres:

Adventure

Since killing the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Alys is on a quest to obtain a pardon from King Richard. However, he’s being held ...Read Review

Brotherhood of Wolves (Knights Templar Thrillers)

By Daniel Colter - Published 2023

Genres:

Adventure Military Thriller

What price revenge? This first book in a new series examines the question in the context of the Templar knights on Crusade in ...Read Review

The Stolen Crown

By Carol McGrath - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 12th-century England, King Henry I has a problem. He has no male heir, just a daughter, Maud, and no one believes a ...Read Review

Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll)

By Sarah Hawkswood - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the 11th in Hawkswood’s Bradecote & Catchpoll series, and there is something new in the mix. I have read several ...Read Review

Every Rising Sun

By Jamila Ahmed - Published 2023

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As a young teenager in 12th-century Persia, Shaherazade, daughter of Vizier Muhammad, witnesses the infidelity of the king’s wife. When she notifies ...Read Review

Massacre

By Christine Jordan - Published 2023

Genres:

Saga

Massacre is Jordan’s second entry in The Hebraica Trilogy, set in Gloucester, England, in 1189. Moses le Riche, a wealthy moneylender, travels to ...Read Review

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