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The Red Queen: Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses
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This self-published novel is one of the books that we might have, unfortunately, missed had Perot been forced to try to find an ...Read Review
The Squire’s Tale
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Robert Fenner, a landholder and former squire, attempts to settle a dispute between his lady wife Blaunche and her former in-laws. Believing that ...Read Review
The Swan Maiden
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AdventureBiographical FictionLiterary
Highland Juliana, her castle under English attack, is saved by handsome, loyalty-torn Anglo-Scot Sir Gawain. He lets her go and she becomes the ...Read Review
Moon Fire
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Legend among the Anasazi predicts that a child born with six fingers or toes will be gifted. Born with six toes on each ...Read Review
Journey to Compostela
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Journey to Compostela is the story of Martin, a farmer on pilgrimage. Through the course of fate, he loses his original comrades and ...Read Review
A Personal Devil
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One may pause and ponder when confronted with a novel that features a prostitute as the heroine, particularly one who is also a ...Read Review
Secret of Santiago
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In the reign of Alfonso II of Spain (791-842), a supernatural revelation led to the discovery of the tomb of St. James. Some ...Read Review
Lord of Silver
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In the Museum of London there is a Roman roof tile with a message written into the wet clay just after the tile ...Read Review
Callista
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First published in 1856, Callista is set in 3rd century Roman North Africa and tells the story of three characters forced to seek their ...Read Review
The Hostage
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Although knowledge of the controversies over the Greek poet Homer may not be necessary for enjoyment of the story, readers should still take ...Read Review