6th Century
Age of Saints
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Sixth-century Ireland springs to life in Christy Nicholas’ Age of Saints, a tapestry of historical detail woven with Irish fairy tales and folklore. ...Read Review
To Abandon Rome: AD 593 (Tribonian Trilogy Book 2)
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Vann Turner’s To Abandon Rome brings to life a period of Roman history that is unfamiliar to me. In 593 AD, the Lombard ...Read Review
Mistress of Legend: Guinevere’s Tale Book 3
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From 518 to 524 AD, the aftermath of the Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot debacle continues. Readers familiar with the legend realize that after the breakup of Guinevere’s ...Read Review
An Empire for Ravens (John, the Lord Chamberlain Mysteries)
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This twelfth book in the John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery series follows the sixth-century Byzantium sleuth as he illegally breaks his exile from ...Read Review
The Lost Queen
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Set in the south of Scotland in the 6th century, this tells the story of Languoreth, twin sister of Lailoken, whom many researchers ...Read Review
The Gospel of Mary
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This is the third in Freeman’s popular Sister Deirdre mystery series set in 6th-century Ireland. Deirdre is a multitalented sleuth who is ...Read Review
The Song-Sayer’s Lament
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The song sayer in question is the blind Morgose, but this tale of post-Roman Britain is narrated by Merriden, friend and mentor of ...Read Review
Between Two Fires
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Wales, 597 AD. The marriage of 16-year-old Lady Branwen, the only legitimate child of Vortigern, the King of Dyfed, to Morgan, the King of ...Read Review
Sacrifice: A Celtic Adventure
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Following Saint Brigid’s Bones, Philip Freeman brings Sister Deirdre back in Sacrifice, and this time someone is killing the nuns from her ...Read Review
The Bear Keeper’s Daughter (The Broken Empire Vol. 1)
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Told largely from the narrative focal-point of a young girl, Sophia, the niece of the woman who would go on to become the ...Read Review