6th Century
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
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