Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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Burn This Book
$16.99 Add to cartPublished in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the
- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0061774014
- Language: English
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The Virgin in the Ice
$26.00 Add to cartA monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by an Edgar Award-winning author.
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in S- Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6
- Author: Peters, Ellis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 251
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1504067517
- Language: English
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The King’s Jewel
$28.00 Read moreWales, 1093.
The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. Her honor is further tarnished w
- Author: Chadwick, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 075157760X
- Language: English
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Why Read the Classics?
$15.99 Add to cartA posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino’s invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0544146379
- Language: English
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Under Heaven
$25.00 Add to cartAward-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in an masterful story of honor and power.
It begins simply. Shen Tai, son of an illustrious general serving t- Author: Kay, Guy Gavriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0451463897
- Language: English
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The Forest House
$15.95 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling science fiction and fantasy author of the Avalon series introduces the prequel to the beloved and enduring classic The Mists of Avalon in this mesmerizing epic of one wo… [more below]
- Series: Avalon #2
- Author: Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0451454243
- Language: English
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Fair Land, Fair Land
$15.95 Add to cartWith his revered classics The Big Sky and The Way West, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., claimed his preeminent post as the father of the western epic. Fair Land, Fair Land, first published in 1982, marks the sequ
- Author: Guthrie, A. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0395755190
- Language: English
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The Black Death: A Personal History
$19.99 Add to cartIn this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village.
By focusi… [more below]- Author: Hatcher, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0306817926
- Language: English
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A Duke in Disguise: The Regency Impostors
$9.99 Add to cartOne reluctant heir
If anyone else had asked for his help publishing a naughty novel, Ash would have had the sense to say no. But he’s never been able to deny Verity Plum. Now he has his hands full illu
- Series: Regency Impostors #2
- Author: Sebastian, Cat
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 006282161X
- Language: English
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Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth
$20.95 Add to cartThe first collection of Joseph Campbell’s writings and lectures on the Arthurian romances of the Middle Ages, a central focus of his celebrated scholarship, now in paperback
Throughout his life, Josep- Author: Campbell, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1608688283
- Language: English
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One Corpse Too Many
$14.99 Add to cartBrother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring “a colorful and authentic medieval background” (Publishers Weekly).
In the summer of 1138, w- Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #2
- Author: Peters, Ellis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: November 25 2014
- ISBN10: 1504001966
- Language: English
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The Common Reader
$19.99 Add to cartWoolf’s first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as “Modern Fiction” and “The Modern Essay.” Edited and with a… [more below]
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 04 2002
- ISBN10: 015602778X
- Language: English
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Montaperti: A Question of Loyalty
$44.99 Add to cartIt is the night of September 3, 1260, and the Sienese army is preparing for war. Vastly outnumbered by the superior forces of Florence, Siena faces certain defeat in the battle, an outcome that would … [more below]
- Author: Pike, Jody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1039178081
- Language: English
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The Confession of Brother Haluin
$22.00 Add to cartA monk’s journey of amends leads to murder in this “thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery” in the Silver Dagger Award-winning series (Publishers Weekly).
Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing wit- Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #15
- Author: Peters, Ellis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 223
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 150406755X
- Language: English
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Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and the Old English Baron
$14.99 Add to cartManfred, the lord of the castle of Otranto, has long lived in dread of an ancient prophecy: it’s foretold that when his family line ends, the true owner of the castle will appear and claim it. In a de
- Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics
- Author: Walpole, Horace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1464215375
- Language: English
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Black Bottom Saints
$19.99 Add to cartAn enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination rem
- Author: Randall, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0062970860
- Language: English
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The Conjuror’s Apprentice: (The Tudor Rose Murders Book 1)
$17.99 Add to cartAs featured on the Talking Tudors podcast.
‘Right up there with C J Sansom… A brilliant historical thriller’ Philip Gwynne Jones
‘Thoroughly engaging… beautifully written’ Zoe SharpFinding the batte
- Series: The Tudor Rose Murders
- Author: J. Williams, G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1915643414
- Language: English
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Here Be Dragons
$30.00 Add to cartThirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England’s ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce by marrying the English king’s
- Series: Welsh Princes Trilogy #1
- Author: Penman, Sharon Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: May 27 2008
- ISBN10: 0312382456
- Language: English
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Always
$9.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands returns with the unforgettable story of a reluctant bride and groom who soon find common ground in the bedroom . . .
Bastard daughter to the king, Rosamun
- Author: Sands, Lynsay
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0062019562
- Language: English
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North of the Stars
$22.99 Add to cartEngland is burning.
And the cause…men are too afraid to utter in nothing but a whisper.
The Northmen.
My father is King Eanred.
And me?
I am Princess Emeline.
My father wants to protect our kingdom ag… [more below]
- Author: James, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: December 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0648836983
- Language: English
