6th Century
The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere Reimagined
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515 AD. Gwenhwyfar and Arthur are both on the cusp of retaking their lands. Their plans have been shaping for 10 years now. Gwenhwyfar, born ...Read Review
Dark Earth
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AD 500, and sisters Isla and Blue sit on an island in the Thames, watching the tide creep up on the Ghost City, formerly ...Read Review
Sistersong
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
It is southwest Britain in the 6th century, and the Saxons are threatening again a generation after they were stopped by Aurelianus’s (...Read Review
Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora (The Theodora Duology)
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For someone who’s been dead almost 1500 years, Empress Theodora of Byzantium is having a moment. The subject of numerous biographies and now ...Read Review
The Rebel Nun
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Poitiers, 588. For many noblewomen seeking an alternative to marriage and the perils of childbirth, royal monasteries provided a quiet solution. For Clotild, granddaughter ...Read Review
Bones and Keeps
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AD 542. Beowulf’s sister has just spoken a dark prophecy about his future: annihilation or shame. On the heels of this, a mysterious ...Read Review
The Forgotten Kingdom (The Lost Queen 2)
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Set in the south of Scotland in the 6th century, the second book in a series continues the story of Languoreth, twin sister ...Read Review
Arthur Rex Brittonum (A Light in the Dark Ages)
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In his Light in the Dark Ages series, Walker puts his own cast on the myths of 5th- and 6th-century Britain and its ...Read Review
Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
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Palace scribe Stephen, hauled out of prison, is tasked with writing the Empress Theodora’s life story before she dies, and out of ...Read Review
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