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York, 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. With money running low, Caroline fears she will soon have no choice but the workhouse. However, she is not without hope, and with her new friends, feisty Trixie, and her two little sisters and the unique Mussy, Caroline learns she is stronger than she realised and that even in the worst of times, friendship is all you need.

Medieval England Spring, 998 AD. Brother Galen of Yarmwick is desperate to return to friend and family. So after the triumphal unveiling of the king’s gem encrusted Book of Hours, he’s ready to rush home. But just as he thinks life will go back to normal, the Bishop of Crowland orders Galen to accompany him to Rome. Galen thought the journey to Lundenburh was gruelling. How will he face an epic voyage of thousands of miles?

The Welsh Marches, 1301. Strong-willed heiress Johane de Geneville is married to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, at just fifteen years old. Soon Johane finds herself swept up in a world of treacherous court politics and dangerous secrets as her husband deposes Edward II and rules England alongside Queen Isabella. Yet when Roger is accused of treason, she is robbed of her freedom and must survive catastrophic events in her fight for justice - with her life, and her children's, hanging in the balance.

Isabella wants to come homea rather innocuous requestunless you're the king and Isabella is the aunt whose mental instability led her own father to banish her from the kingdom. Her arrival, unbidden, on the steps of the castle opens old wounds and forces Alfred to examine his grandfather's...

Brought to you by Penguin. Years have passed since the clash of shieldwalls echoed across the land. The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur - 'In our darkest time, when we need him most, shall he come again.' Yet old Beran has no love of bards' songs. Nor...

It is said a legend is just a beautiful lie... In the second half of the first millennium, the legends say that London disappeared for over four hundred years. We know almost nothing about what happened during that time. But if we could shine a light on the city's ruined walls, we would be in...

The eighth gripping adventure in David Gilman's critically acclaimed Master of War series set in fourteenth-century Europe. Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain...

The classic novel by "Irish master" (New Yorker) and Booker Prize–winner John Banville brings to life the dramatic and surprising world of sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolas Copernicus and the theory that would shatter the medieval view of the universe. Sixteenth-century Europe is teeming...

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

The year is 1187 and European crusaders still control Jerusalem. The Sultan Saladin has unleashed war on the Crusader Kingdoms and the Christian armies have suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Horns of Hattin. In the aftermath of the sultan's victory, Sir Byron Fitzwalter finds himself wounded and alone. Desperate to survive, Fitzwalter flees to the Sea of Galilee where destiny intervenes.

Ela Longespée, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, sets out to find the killer of a man found dead inside the nearby circle of ancient stones. Except that the victim is later seen walking in Salisbury and claims to have risen from the dead. He ingratiates himself with the people of Salisbury, and even the bishop, but Ela suspects the man is a charlatan and a murderer. Can she learn the truth when even the jury thinks he's a living saint?

2019: Mina Cooper hopes her study-abroad program in Japan will solve her anxiety issues. After all, she’s doing what she loves—studying Japanese language and literature. But she’s still waking up at four am with a racing heart, so Mina decides to change her life, to change herself. And suddenly she has a lot more to be anxious about.

From Robyn Cadwallader, author of the internationally acclaimed novel The Anchoress, comes a deeply profound and moving novel of the importance of creativity and the power of connection, told through the story of the commissioning of a gorgeously decorated medieval manuscript, a Book of Hours...

AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint "[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on...

Der packende Auftakt des Historienabenteuers um den jungen Pferdezüchter Micha, der um Gerechtigkeit und seine große Liebe kämpft. Kämpfst du gegen herrschendes Unrecht oder beschützt du diejenigen, die du liebst? Norddeutschland 1164: Der zwölfjährige Micha hat nur ein Ziel: Gerechtigkeit für den grausamen Mord an seiner Familie. Bei einem Maultierzüchter findet er Zuflucht, in seiner Ziehschwester Sibilla eine beste Freundin. Doch er lebt nun ausgerechnet im Herrschaftsgebiet des verantwortlichen Grafen.

Romance de um cavaleiro sem honra, sem dama e sem cavalo, que se deixa acompanhar por um escudeiro que tem nome de mulher, isto em uma Ibéria em que cristãos e mouros se enfrentam e se matam e judeus morrem enquanto um dragão dorme esperando a lança do cavaleiro ou a chegada do beliz. Mas o que de ominoso aguarda Jimeno Garcia de Zamora, na cidade de Castro? Será mesmo um dragão ou o mal? As manhas das sete mulheres pejadas, a redenção ou a morte?

Druhorozený syn chudého českého zemana Martin ze Stvolna odchází do Paříže na nejvěhlasnější univerzitu známého světa. Záhy se zaplétá do milostných avantýr a na tom nejméně očekávaném místě nachází svou první velkou lásku. Brzy mu jeho loutna a básnické umění otevřou cestu i do těch nejvyšších kruhů. Na studium nezbývá mnoho času, přesto však spolu s přáteli studenty vzbudí zájem inkvizice. Příčinou má být četba zakázaných knih, které kolují po městě, skutečnost je však možná jiná. Martinovi ze Stvolna nezbývá nic jiného, než z města uprchnout.

Sir Thomas, Hero of Arsuf, rides to war again! When a king asks a baron to go on crusade it is an order not a request and, as such, is not to be ignored. The Earl of Cleveland has done his duty for his King and for the Pope many times over but he and his son, William,are chosen as token gesture...

Detektivní příběh z prostředí pražského královského dvora líčí první setkání druhorozeného syna pána z Chlumu s budoucím králem železným a zlatým. Po studiích přijme pětadvacetiletý Oldřich z Chlumu místo královského písaře, i když by se mnohem radši proháněl na koni po kolbišti. Doufá, že si ho všimne nějaký mocný velmož a bude moci své zemi sloužit i jinak než jen opisováním úředních listin. Příležitost se mu naskytne v okamžiku, kdy se mladému královskému synovi Přemyslu Otakarovi II.

Hospodyně Jiřího Adama z Dobronína obdrží jako dárek knihu Manželské zrcadlo, která obsahuje různé také poučné příběhy a rady pro život vdané ženy. Sousedka Barča si spojí jeden z příběhů, které kniha popisuje, s jistou skutečnou událostí. Obě napadne, že může jít o utajený zločin. Rozárčin muž Petr Korec jim sice nápad rozmlouvá, ale nakonec se dá přemluvit a vyrazí za autorem knihy. Tím začíná řetěz podivných událostí, v nichž hrají roli temné síly, nevěra a lakota.