Historical Friction
How does historical fiction help us understand what is happening in our world today? C.W. Gortner, Gail Tsukiyama, and Maggie Anton, all authors…
The Owl Killers
The Owl Killers By Karen Maitland Delacorte Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0385341707 England 1321: Deep in the heart of the countryside lies an isolated…
Ransom My Heart
Ransom My Heart By Meg Cabot HarperCollins Publishers, 2009 ISBN: 9780061700071 The gimmick to accompany the conclusion of the Princess Diaries is this…
Order in Chaos by Jack Whyte
Order in Chaos The third volume of the Templars Trilogy By Jack Whyte Penguin, 2009 ISBN: 9780670045150 Released in August 2009, this novel…
The Book of the Maidservant
The Book of the Maidservant By Rebecca Barnhouse Random House, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-375-89291-2 Juvenile Fiction Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe,…
Axe of Iron: The Settlers
Axe of Iron: The Settlers By J. A. Hunsinger Vinland Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9801601-0-9 Axe of Iron—The Settlers is a tale of survival, strife,…
Book Review: Axe of Iron: The Settlers
Axe of Iron – The Settlers By J.A. Hunsinger Vinland Publishing, 2008 In his book, Axe of Iron – The Settlers, J.A. Hunsinger…
A plague of poison: a Templar Knight mystery
A plague of poison: a Templar Knight mystery By Maureen Ash Berkley Prime Crime, 2009 ISBN: 9780425226773 With the approach of May Day…
Bloodline, by Katy Moran
Bloodline By Katy Moran Candlewick Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780763640835 For Young Adult Readers: In the wilds of Dark Age Britain, a bard abandons…
The High City, by Cecelia Holland
The High City By Cecelia Holland Forge Books, 2009 ISBN: 9780765305596 It is the early years of the reign of Basil II, who…
The Road to Jerusalem
The Road to Jerusalem By Jan Guillou Harper, 2009 ISBN: 9780061869877 Born in 1150 to a noble family in the Kingdom of Western Götaland,…
Hangman blind
Hangman blind By Cassandra Clark Minotaur Books, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537302 In November 1382, the month of the dead, Abbess Hildegard rides out for York from…
The Joys of My Life
The Joys of My Life By Alys Clare Severn House Publishers, 2008 ISBN: 9780727866950 The 12th novel in the Hawkenlye series – May 1199.…
Agincourt, by Bernard Cornwell
Agincourt: A Novel By Bernard Cornwell Harper Collins, 2008 ISBN: 978-0061578915 Entitled Azincourt in the United Kingdom Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by…
Veil of Lies: A Medieval Noir
Veil of Lies: A Medieval Noir By Jeri Westerson St.Martin’s Press ISBN: 978-0-312-37977-3 Crispin Guest is a disgraced knight, stripped of his rank…
Devil’s Brood, by Sharon Kay Penman
Devil’s Brood By Sharon Kay Penman Published by Penguin Putnam, 2008 ISBN: 9780399155260 The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman’s trilogy…
The Traitor’s Tale, by Margaret Frazer
The Traitor’s Tale (Dame Frevisse Series) By Margaret Frazer Berkley Prime Crime ISBN: 0425213706 Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide’s nunnery is in…
The Three Kings of Cologne, by Kate Sedley
The Three Kings of Cologne By Kate Sedley Severn House ISBN: 0727864815 Alderman John Foster wishes to give his home city of…
Storyteller, by G.R. Grove
Storyteller By G.R. Grove Lulu.com ISBN: 143030524X “Blood and fire, gold and steel and poetry, a river’s voice in the silence of…
Stolen Away, by Christopher Dinsdale
Stolen Away By Christopher Dinsdale Napoleon Publishing ISBN: 1894917200 For young adults. Keira, kidnapped from her home in Ireland by the Viking…
The Silver Cup, by Constance Leeds
The Silver Cup Constance Leeds Viking ISBN: 0670061573 For young adults: It’s the year 1095, and fifteen-year-old Anna longs for a different…
The Religion: A Novel, by Tim Willocks
The Religion: A Novel By Tim Willocks Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0-374-24865-6 The Religion is the first book of the Tannhauser Trilogy. …
A Mortal Glamour, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
A Mortal Glamour By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Juno Books ISBN: 0-8095-5794-0 A dark tale of obsession, possession, and passion set in the tumultuous…
Mistress of the Art of Death, by Ariana Franklin
Mistress of the Art of Death: A Novel By Ariana Franklin Putnam ISBN: 0399154140 In medieval Cambridge, four children have been murdered.…
Midnight Eyes, by Sarah Brophy
Midnight Eyes Sarah Brophy Zebra Books ISBN: 0821780948 A medieval historical romance set in England during the reign of William…