Ann Chamberlin
About the Night
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Talshir, winner of the Nahum Sokolov Prize (the Israeli Pulitzer), writes her first novel here, the story of Elias, a Christian Arab, and ...Read Review
Ruffian Dick: A Novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Famously, Sir Richard Francis Burton’s staid widow burned all his papers upon his death; she knew what the famous not-so-Victorian explorer, early ...Read Review
Max
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Originally written in French, this is a startling YA read. It opens as Max addresses us directly from his mother’s womb, ‘I ...Read Review
Thérèse Makes A Tapestry
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The same Getty Museum that produced the classic Marguerite Makes a Book brings us this new picture book about Thérèse, who ...Read Review
The Cairo Code
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The Cairo Code was a bestseller when originally published as The Sands of Sakkara. A corpse found floating in the modern Nile causes ...Read Review
Homegoing
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In the 18th century in what is now Ghana, then the Gold Coast, half-sisters are born in different villages. One grows up to ...Read Review
Son of the Morning
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This massive saga begins in 1337 “sometime between Lammas and Michaelmas,” when young King Edward III decides to defy “the French King Philip’s ...Read Review
The Ironsmith
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Noah is a pious Galilean ironsmith whose cousin Joshua, a carpenter, begins preaching a dangerous message after the death of John the Baptist. ...Read Review
Winterwode
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At the end of the 12th century, King Richard I, on his way home from the Crusades, is captured and held for ransom ...Read Review
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
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If you’re looking for a source to simplify your cast of characters or timeline for a black-and-white novel of the Crusades or ...Read Review