13th Century
The Dragon’s Pearl
Chomping at the bit in the desk job destined for him in Venice, teenager Marco Polo jumps at the chance…
Sisters of the Sword: Blade’s Edge
Japan, 1216. In this second Sisters of the Sword adventure, Kimi and Hana, who have been living disguised as boys…
Xanadu
Europeans knew little of the mysterious east until Marco Polo wrote about his travels. His father and uncle had been…
The Fruit of Her Hands
Shira’s upbringing is different than other Jewish girls’ childhoods in 1224. Her widowed father, the esteemed Rabbi Shmuel ben Solomon…
Outlaw
Retellings of the Robin Hood legend are always interesting. This novel tells the tale from the point of view of…
The Kingdom of Light
1240, Florence. In this, the second of the Dante mysteries, the poet finds a galley beached by the river Arno;…
Flint
Editors' choice
Young Will and his brother Ned are called away from their home in East Anglia to King Edward’s Welsh wars…
Chambers of Death
It is 1284, and no one at the Earl of Lincoln’s castle is having a happy sex life. Those who…
Hodd
One of Britain’s most critically acclaimed authors, Adam Thorpe, has written another brilliant and original novel. The device is not…
The King’s Mistress
The story is based on the theory that Alice Perrers’ first husband, Janyn Perrers, was embroiled in some dark secret…
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