12th Century
Heloise and Abelard: A Twelfth-Century Love Story
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This new biography of a passionate love story, which has traveled through nine centuries, reveals the recent discovery of eight early letters: five ...Read Review
Farewell, My Only One
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Biographical FictionLiteraryRomance
Nominated for the Goncourt prize in France, Farewell, My Only One is the fictional retelling of the tragic love affair of Abelard and ...Read Review
The Canterbury Papers
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It is 1200. Twenty years earlier, Alaïs Capet, daughter of Louis VII of France and his second wife, was rejected as a bride ...Read Review
In the King’s Service
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After marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Henry II relies on French advisers rather than his own countrymen, which upsets some English nobles. He ...Read Review
The Outcast Dove
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Although subtitled “A Catherine LeVendeur Mystery,” Catherine plays virtually no role in Newman’s new novel, the ninth in this marvelous series. Indeed, ...Read Review
Maid Marian
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Although the tale of Robin Hood has been told many times, far fewer times has it been told from Maid Marian’s perspective. ...Read Review
An Antic Disposition
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In the Black Forest in 1204, members of the Fool’s Guild are in hiding from the Pope, who wants to stop their meddling ...Read Review
The Snow Fox
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Schaeffer was inspired by the film “The Seven Samurai” to research medieval Japan, according to her web site. This book is one of ...Read Review
Wine of Violence
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At 20 years old, Eleanor of Wynethorpe is young to be appointed Prioress of Tyndal, Order of Fontevraud, leader of both the monastery’s ...Read Review
Beauchamp Besieged
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In 1200 Ceridwen ap Morgan’s father arranges for her to wed her enemy, an English knight. She’d rather not, but there is ...Read Review