6th Century

Tácnbora: Exile and Pagans

By Aidan K. Morrissey - Published 2026

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This internally inconsistent novel is set in the 6th-century world of Ireland and Scotland. It’s ostensibly about the man who became Saint ...Read Review

Once Upon a Marriage

By Marj Charlier - Published 2025

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Time-slip

This time-travel novel switches between the 21st-century US and 6th-century France/Spain. The narrator, Nicole, happens to be a history professor in the 21...Read Review

Daughter of Mercia (Dr Anna Petersen medieval mysteries)

By Julia Ibbotson - Published 2025

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Mystery/Crime

Do voices from the past speak to us today? Presumably, any ardent fan of historical fiction would answer in the affirmative, at least ...Read Review

Splinter Effect (A Splinter Effect Book, 1)

By Andrew Ludington - Published 2025

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ThrillerTime-slip

Time-travelling chrono-archeologist Dr. Rabbit Ward jumps back to 535 CE Constantinople in this thrilling debut from Andrew Ludington. Rabbit’s employers, the Smithsonian, are ...Read Review

The Shadowed Land (The Lost Queen, 3)

By Signe Pike - Published 2024

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The third novel in The Lost Queen series follows the conflicts between the quarrelsome tribes in Scotland during the sixth century. Despite their ...Read Review

Empire Resurgent (The Double-Edged Sword)

By Robert Bruton - Published 2024

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AdventureMilitary

530 CE. After defeating the Persians at Dara, Flavius Belisarius, General of the Eastern Roman Empire, returns to Constantinople. While celebrating this triumph, Emperor ...Read Review

The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere Reimagined

By Parker J. Cole - Published 2022

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Alternate History

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

By Rebecca Stott - Published 2022

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Literary

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

By Lucy Holland - Published 2021

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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)

By James Conroyd Martin - Published 2021

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Biographical Fiction

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