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Selected stories from an age of Faith and War.  | | Ackroyd,
Peter
The Clerkenwell Tales
Religious heresy and a conspiracy against the king provide the grist for an enthralling suspenseful view of pre-renaissance extremes as a cast of Chaucerian look-alikes career through 14th century London.
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 | | Benson,
Ann
The Plague Tales
Two identical deadly plagues occurring centuries apart are connected by bizarre circumstances. In both instances a single physician battles the epidemic as it ravages a frightened, intractable society.
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 | | Bradshaw,
Gillian
The Wolf Hunt
Spurned by her courtly savior Lord Tiarnan of Talensac, Lady Marie Penthievre finds a cure for heartbreak when she rescues a nameless stranger from foul play and correctly deduces his identity.
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 | | Chadwick,
Elizabeth
The Winter Mantle
William the Conqueror crushes the English and compels their fealty - at least on the surface. Later rebellion foments as entangled nobles find new alliances hard to maintain despite romantic ties to Normandy.
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 | | Chevalier,
Tracy
The Lady and the Unicorn
Real life furnishes subjects for the sensuous 15th century French tapestries know as The Lady and the Unicorn sequence, when the handsome artist uses his patron's family as models, shifting the work's focus.
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 | | Connell,
Evan S.
Deus lo Volt! Chronicle of the Crusades
Written from a French knight's perspective in the style of a medieval chronicle, this well-researched account traces a century of strife from the First 'God-Willed' Crusade to the final battle at Acre.
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 | | Cornwell,
Bernard
The Archer's Tale
First in the Thomas of Hookton series, this masterly battle saga begins with a Norman invasion, the loss of a valuable relic and a vow of revenge that sets a band of archers questing to France.
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 | | Cross,
Donna
Pope Joan
Legends of the Dark Ages' female pope come to life as a brilliant and conflicted young woman sets out on a quest for knowledge that unexpectedly takes her to the apex of the Church hierarchy.
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 | | Dion,
Frederic
The Blue Wolf
A young nomad's brutal vengeance pulls together countless tribes across the vast grasslands of Central Asia into the mighty Mongol Empire, wielded by the ruthless hand of Genghis Khan against a trembling world.
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 | | Dunant,
Sarah
The Birth of Venus
Despite Alessandra's hopes of protection and sponsorship, her frustrating marriage to a rich older man drives her search for artistic and sensual fulfillment in chaotic, repressive 15th century Florence.
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 | | Dunnett,
Dorothy
Niccolo Rising
Take a rip-snorting romp through 15th century Bruges with an apprentice dyer named Claus whose quick wit, charm and ready talent for business skyrocket him into the cutthroat merchant class. First in a series.
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 | | Eco,
Umberto
Baudolino
A highly-educated story-spinner relates his adventures across the known world and well beyond, in this curious tale of 12th century Europe, reminiscent of the fantastical journeys of Marco Polo.
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 | | Follett,
Ken
Pillars of the Earth
Pious Prior Philip and idealistic Tom Builder surmount innumerable obstacles to erect a magnificent cathedral in 12th century England, while medieval intrigue and mystery rage around them.
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 | | Goodman,
Anthony
The Shadow of God: a Novel of War and Faith
A memorable cast of characters comes to life in 1522 as one of the biggest religious and cultural battles ever fought rages on the Greek island of Rhodes, when Suleiman's army attacks the Knights of St. John.
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 | | Gregory,
Philippa
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mary Boleyn narrates a complex story of sibling rivalry and political deceit as she and Anne vie for King Henry VIII's heart and their brother George seeks to further his own ambitions at court.
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 | | Healey,
Judith Koll
The Canterbury Papers
The French Princess Alais agrees to retrieve letters hidden at Canterbury by Eleanor of Aquitaine, but is diverted when she's kidnapped by King John and ends up a pawn in a dysfunctional royal power struggle.
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 | | Holland,
Cecelia
The Soul Thief
Stolen from her native Ireland by Viking marauder Eric Bloodaxe, young Mav waits for rescue from her ne'er-do-well twin brother Corban Loose-strife, whose gripping adventures continue in The Witch's Kitchen.
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 | | Horsley,
Kate
Confessions of a Pagan Nun
Seeking her kidnapped lover, the Irish druid Gwynneve enters a Christian community, becomes a translator, and with wit and candor provides the reader with a glimpse of interfaith conflict in the Middle Ages.
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 | | Kalogridis,
Jeanne
The Burning Times
Marked as a witch, Sybille's destiny is a fiery death. Before her execution she tells her life's story - one that includes the dramatic historic events of the 14th century and an examination of good and evil.
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 | | Llywellyn,
Morgan
Lion of Ireland
Llywelyn realistically spins the epic tale of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, brave warrior and bane of the Vikings, who united the 10th century Irish clans and became legend.
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 | | Micklem,
Sarah
Firethorn
This satisfying feminist slant on an ingenious woman's survival in a male-dominated society tells of a lowborn drudge named Firethorn who augments her reputation as healer to better her position.
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 | | Nye,
Robert
Falstaff
As his death approaches, the octogenarian from Shakespeare's Henry IV gives his bawdy and unabashedly exaggerated version of a debauched, lecherous existence, elevating his own importance in young Henry's life.
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 | | Penman,
Sharon Kay
The Sunne in Splendour
Young Richard III defeated the Lancastrians and won the throne for the Plantagenets at age 19. A softer side to this warrior king is revealed here as he patiently woos his one great love, Anne Neville.
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 | | Pargeter,
Edith
The Brothers of Gwynedd
Set in the 13th century, this meticulously detailed quartet by the author of the Brother Cadfael mysteries chronicles the power play between Llewelyn and his brothers and between Wales and England.
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 | | Scott,
Sir Walter
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe returns to England with Richard the Lionheart from the Crusades in time to stop Prince John's ruinous reign and to wage his own inner battle when duty requires a marriage against his heart's desire.
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 | | Seton,
Anya
Katherine
This captivating classic love story set in the tumultuous 14th century, reveals the passionate love affair between the king's son John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford that changed the course of English history.
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 | | Smiley,
Jane
The Greenlanders
Erik the Red and a band of Norse colonists settled at the ends of the earth during the 10th century. This epic tale of hardship and triumph over adversity recreates a life and time we can barely imagine.
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 | | Watson,
Elsa
Maid Marian
In a reworking of the Robin Hood legend, narrator Maid Marian tells her side of the story: how she was sold into marriage by Eleanor of Aquitaine, escaping only by partnering with a Sherwood outlaw.
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 | | White,
T.H.
The Sword in the Stone
This classic start of a trilogy focuses on the young king as Merlin schools him in magic, weans him from the past and prepares him for his future as Britain's savior.
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 | | Willis,
Connie
Doomsday Book
A 21st century historian travels back in time, accidentally arriving during a plague outbreak, only to wind up stranded in the Middle Ages due to a flu epidemic in modern-day Oxford where she started out.
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