Early Medieval (to 1337)
The Black Chalice
Genres:
Paul von Arduin, now a monk, is compelled by sorcery to write the truth of his adventures with his former master, Karelian Brandeis. ...Read Review
Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy
Genres:
Children of a wealthy landholder in early medieval Ireland, Sorcha of Sevenwaters and her six elder brothers grow up surrounded by lakes and ...Read Review
The Words of Bernfrieda: A Chronicle of Hauteville
Genres:
“The past is interesting only when it foreshadows greatness,” explains the monk Gaufredus Malaterra to this novel’s narrator, Bernfrieda, who questions why ...Read Review
Lord of Emperors (Sarantine Mosaic)
Genres:
In this sequel to Sailing to Sarantium (Harper, 1999), Kay demonstrates yet again his mastery of the historical (fantasy) novel. All of his signature ...Read Review
Awen: A Novel of Early Medieval Wales
Genres:
May 4th, 793 AD. Cynfarch mab Cadeyrn Penllyn, called Brys, appears for trial in the court of his foster father, Brochfael King of Powys. ...Read Review
I Am of Irelaunde: A Novel of Patrick and Osian
Genres:
Returning at age forty to the place of his enslavement by Irish slave traders at the age of sixteen, Patrick struggles to understand ...Read Review
The Kings in Winter
Genres:
In 999 AD, Brian Boru, the King of Munster, destroyed the army of his hereditary enemy, the King of Leinster. After the victory, Brian ...Read Review
A Mortal Bane
Genres:
Gellis, acclaimed author of The Roselynde Chronicles, shifts gears dramatically in this, her first medieval mystery. We are introduced to Southwark and London ...Read Review
The Difficult Saint: A Catherine Levendeur Mystery (Catherine Levendeur Mysteries)
Genres:
In this, the sixth Catherine LeVendeur mystery, Sharan Newman transports us to France in 1146. Catherine, a worthy heroine who is constantly finding – although ...Read Review