Late Medieval (1338 to 1485)

A Woman’s Lot (The Meonbridge Chronicles)

By Carolyn Hughes - Published 2018

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Following the devastation of the Black Death, depicted in Fortune’s Wheel, the first book of the Meonbridge Chronicles, more and more women ...Read Review

The Godless (A Brother Athelstan Mystery Book 19)

By Paul Doherty - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Brother Athelstan is a friar, devoted to his parish in late 14th-century London, called to investigate the deaths of prostitutes whose nude corpses ...Read Review

Traitor’s Codex (A Crispin Guest Mystery)

By Jeri Westerson - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Crispin Guest, former baron of Sheen, has come down in the world after falling out with King Richard II. Now living in a ...Read Review

Dreams of Discovery: A Novel Based on the Life of John Cabot

By Jule Selbo - Published 2018

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Biographical Fiction

Imagine being a child who falls in love with pirates, adventure, and seeing the world beyond one’s local city: Genoa, Italy. Giovanni ...Read Review

In the Shadow of the Enemy (A Christine de Pizan Mystery)

By Tania Bayard - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

In late-14th century France, Charles VI “the Mad” rules. Many people, including his brother, the Duke of Orleans, may wish him off ...Read Review

The Turn of Midnight (Last Hours)

By Minette Walters - Published 2019

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The sequel to Minette Walters’ thrilling and suspenseful The Last Hours proves a wonderful conclusion to her enthralling tale of a Dorset village ...Read Review

Fortune’s Lament (Anthems of al-Andalus) (Volume 3)

By John D. Cressler - Published 2018

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Set during the twilight days of Muslim Spain, this tale begins in 1488 CE; I’m immediately concerned that no nod is given to ...Read Review

Anne and Louis: Passion and Politics in Early Renaissance France: The First Years of Anne of Brittany’s Marriage to Louis XII

By Rozsa Gaston - Published 2018

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Biographical Fiction

This second in a trilogy on the life of Anne of Brittany covers 1498-1500, years in which Anne loses her husband Charles VIII, ...Read Review

The Inquisitor: Volume 5 (Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery)

By David Penny - Published 2018

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Mystery/Crime

Brilliant doctor Thomas Berrington comes to Seville as personal physician to Spanish Queen Isabel during her pregnancy, in the years before the kingdom ...Read Review

The Cold Light of Dawn (The King’s Greatest Enemy)

By Anna Belfrage - Published 2018

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This is the fourth book in the King’s Greatest Enemy series. Set in turbulent 14th-century England, it follows the lives of lowly ...Read Review