7th Century
Warrior of Woden (The Bernicia Chronicles)
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AD 642, Anglo-Saxon Britain. Oswald has been King of Northumbria for eight years. Beobrand, the king’s war leader, is now a wealthy warlord ...Read Review
Cuthbert of Farne
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History teaches us that Saint Cuthbert was a monk and hermit in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. He was buried at Lindisfarne Abbey, ...Read Review
Bloodmoon: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland (Sister Fidelma Mystery)
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Sister Fidelma and her husband, Brother Eadulf, are once again on the track of a murderer in 671 AD Ireland. Or, rather, Brother Eadulf ...Read Review
The Song of Hild
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Originally published in Denmark in 1991, this is the life of the Deiran princess Hild and her many changes of fortune until she becomes ...Read Review
Cometh the Hour
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With a careful hand and keen appreciation for the era’s material culture, Annie Whitehead, the inaugural winner of the HWA Dorothy Dunnett ...Read Review
The Cross and the Curse
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North East Britain, the Dark Ages. Ancient paganism battles with new faith. Rival cultures jostle for supremacy. Kings plot to establish new nations. ...Read Review
Dark Winds Rising
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It is the year 602, and Wales is not yet united. Small neighboring kingdoms fight viciously against each other. Amid this disunity, and continually ...Read Review
The Serpent Sword
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AD 633, a time of upheaval and war. Beobrand, a young man with a shadowy past, travels to the kingdom of Bernicia in the ...Read Review
Penance of the Damned
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In 671 AD Ireland, Fidelma and her brother, King Colgu of Cashel, are shocked to learn of the murder of their esteemed bishop, Segdae, ...Read Review
Saxon Tales: The Witch Who Faced the Fire
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York, 7th century A.D. Young Aldith is only five when the plague comes. Her father is a tanner, who turns animal skins ...Read Review