Early Medieval (to 1337)
The Road to Salvation
The Road to Salvation is a well-constructed book, and a page turner. It follows the story of a poor weaver’s…
The Dragon’s Breath
Former trained assassin Talon returns, along with his wife Rav’an, their young son, and his sidekick Riza, in another 12th-century…
Day of Sun and Glory: The King’s Greatest Enemy, Book 2
Editors' choice
1321, and there is rebellion in England. Adam de Guirande, whom we met in the first book of this superb…
1066 Turned Upside Down
Editors' choice
This volume is a collection of short stories by nine well-known authors, all concerned with the same theme – the…
The Cross and the Curse
This story is set in the North of England, at a time when Kings were vying with each other for…
The Last Days of Magic
Mark Tompkins’s fantasy novel is a roiling cauldron of Celtic and Biblical mythology, with everything from fallen angels and faeries,…
A Land Divided: The Blood of Kings, Book 1
Set during the reign of William the Conqueror, A Land Divided details the unrest in Wales and the Welsh Marches.…
The Night Wanderer
In this seventh Aelf Fen mystery, apprentice healer Lassair, an 11th-century young woman from a Fen village, has just returned…
Pillars of Light
Themes of love in wartime, familial duty, and faith are woven through this sweeping epic, which transports readers to the…
Isabella of Angouleme
Betrothed to the Count of Lusignan, twelve-year-old Isabella is to meet John, King of England, who becomes besotted with her.…
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