13th Century
Elegy to Murder: A Medieval Mystery
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Elegy to Murder is the latest medieval mystery featuring Prioress Eleanor and Brother Thomas. Royal succeeds in creating sympathy for her characters and ...Read Review
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors (England’s Medieval Queens)
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Weir’s latest non-fiction offering covers the lives of five English medieval queens, from the best-known Eleanor of Aquitaine, through to another Eleanor, ...Read Review
Cathedral
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Spanning over a century—from 1229 to 1351—Cathedral doesn’t detail the workings of the humongous construction project at its heart. Nor does it ...Read Review
His Castilian Hawk
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As a reward for loyal service, Robert FitzStephan is knighted by King Edward I and given the hand of an heiress in marriage. ...Read Review
Spirit Sight (Last of the Gifted)
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Wales, 1282: Hyw and his sister, Catrin, are gifted. Hyw can control animals, and Catrin is a seer. But neither is prepared for the ...Read Review
Lionhearts (Nottingham 2)
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Nathan Makaryk’s sophomore novel picks up some months after the shocking conclusion of his first, Nottingham. In this Game-of-Thrones-like treatment of the ...Read Review
Heart of the World
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A disillusioned Templar knight, an orphaned Arab boy, and a traumatized Jewish woman make up the core characters in this action-oriented saga. While ...Read Review
The Rebel Heiress and the Knight
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In the spring of 1215, an incompetent and mercurial tyrant rules England, and Northumberland is a hotbed of ferment. The rebellious barons are abetted ...Read Review
Breach of Faith (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries)
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In this, the second in the Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mystery series, it is 1226 and Countess Ela Longespee of Salisbury has recently lost ...Read Review
A Crown in Time
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Time travellers abound in historical fiction for children and young adults but appear less often in HF for more mature readers. Most authors ...Read Review