13th Century
Anticipation
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“Anticipation” often implies hopeful expectation but here refers to the Huntington’s disease (HD) gene, discernible in one generation, anticipated in the next. ...Read Review
A Marriage of Lions
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In this latest book, Elizabeth Chadwick takes us back to the 13th century. Henry III is on the throne but is at odds ...Read Review
A Heart Divided: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 4
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Jin Yong is one of China’s most beloved authors; this is Book 4 of the Condor Heroes saga, bringing the initial segment of ...Read Review
Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows
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In 13th-century Norway, Olav and Ingunn are betrothed to each other as children. As teenagers, romantic love grows between them, but their passion ...Read Review
The Damask Rose
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Eleanor of Castile, queen to Edward I, is better known in death than life. She died near Lincoln in 1290, and her husband caused ...Read Review
Her Banished Knight’s Redemption
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In the year 1218, Isabel de Clancey is accosted as a girl while traveling to her betrothed’s home in France. William Geraint, also ...Read Review
Water Sight (Last of the Gifted)
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Powell’s Last of the Gifted series covers a slice of history already immortalized in Sharon Kay Penman’s Welsh Trilogy and Edith ...Read Review
The Last Crusade (The Knights Templar Book 6)
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Northern Spain, 1212. Following victory at the Battle of Navas, three Templar Knights return to their home preceptory of Rourell. But all is not ...Read Review
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