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Heretic
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The novel opens in 1347 at the English siege of Calais. Thomas Hookton comes to join the fight. He is still recovering from wounds ...Read Review
Beauchamp Besieged
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In 1200 Ceridwen ap Morgan’s father arranges for her to wed her enemy, an English knight. She’d rather not, but there is ...Read Review
Wine of Violence
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At 20 years old, Eleanor of Wynethorpe is young to be appointed Prioress of Tyndal, Order of Fontevraud, leader of both the monastery’s ...Read Review
The Snow Fox
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Schaeffer was inspired by the film “The Seven Samurai” to research medieval Japan, according to her web site. This book is one of ...Read Review
An Antic Disposition
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In the Black Forest in 1204, members of the Fool’s Guild are in hiding from the Pope, who wants to stop their meddling ...Read Review
The Hell Screen
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When you pick up this, the second case solved by nobleman Akitada Sugawara, be ready to be immersed in a world that’s ...Read Review
The Death of King Tsongor
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This story of bizarre family relations purports to be set in an African kingdom, but the story reads more like medieval myth. King ...Read Review
Danelaw
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Set during England’s Dark Ages in the 9th century, Danelaw is a fantasy romance combining elements of pagan powers and human passions. ...Read Review
The Secundus Papyrus
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Albert Noyer’s second historical mystery takes the reader to the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, where the physician Getorius and ...Read Review
Get Out or Die
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The narrator of this mystery, set in Brigantia in Northern England in 91 AD, pulled me into her story immediately with her lively and ...Read Review