2008
The Excalibur Murders
Merlin the Magician and King Arthur are reunited again in Camelot. This time they work to solve the…
Buried Too Deep
Aurelia Marcella runs a mansio, or inn, outside of York. She also does some investigating in her spare time (it…
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary Stuart and the Death of Henry Darnley
When Mary Stuart is executed for plotting the downfall of her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, many…
The Wise Woman
In another reissue of her previously published work (this novel was originally released following the bestselling success of her Wideacre…
Warrior of Rome, Part One: Fire in the East
Editors' choice
Fire in the East is part one of Dr Harry Sidebottom’s Warrior of Rome series and his first novel.…
The House of Allerbrook
This entertaining if slightly overlong followup to The House of Lanyon, which like its predecessor is…
Vlad: The Last Confession
To undertake the tale of Vlad Dracul, known as the Impaler, a 15th-century Wallachian prince whose savage battle to…
Master of Surrender
11th CENTURY In a prison inIberiain 1059, the brotherhood of The Blood Sword was created out of the…
Veil of Lies
Editors' choice
Poor Crispin Guest! In Jeri Westerson’s debut novel, set in 14th-century London and described as “a medieval noir,” Crispin…
Devil’s Brood
With her customary skill in depicting the personalities of medieval England’s most famously dysfunctional family, Penman delineates the…
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