Medieval
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Alfred’s Dynasty: How an Anglo-Saxon King and His Family Defeated the Vikings and Created England
$36.99 Add to cartIn 878, Alfred, king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed as if he and his kingdom were about to be destroyed. Yet within months he had d… [more below]
- Author: Bartlett, W. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1398110418
- Language: English
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Francis of Assisi: The Life
$14.95 Add to cartThis elegant and accessible biography of one of Catholicism’s most beloved saints was originally published as Part 1 of Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P. It stands alone a
- Author: Thompson, Augustine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0801479061
- Language: English
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
$37.43 Add to cart2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist
“Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjec
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A Spectator Best Book of the Year
A Five Books Best Book of the Year- Author: Favereau, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0674244214
- Language: English
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Orlando Furioso
$17.95 Add to cartThe only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso–a witty parody of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France–this version faithfully recaptures the en… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Ariosto, Ludovico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540381
- Language: English
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Purgatorio
$28.99 Add to cartIn the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante th… [more below]
- Series: Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri #2
- Author: Durling, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0195087453
- Language: English
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The Alchemist’s Handbook: A Practical Manual
$18.95 Read more“If you really want to learn the basic principles of practical alchemy, Frater Albertus’ Alchemist’s Handbook is literally is worth its weight in gold.”–from the foreword by Israel Regardie, author o… [more below]
- Series: Weiser Classics
- Author: Albertus, Frater
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1578637651
- Language: English
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The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity
$19.95 Read moreReveals evidence of visionary plants in Christianity and the life of Jesus found in medieval art and biblical scripture–hidden in plain sight for centuries
– Follows the authors’ anthropological adve- Author: Brown, Jerry B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2016
- ISBN10: 1620555026
- Language: English
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Elucidation of Necromancy Lucidarium Artis Nigromantice Attributed to Peter of Abano: Including a New Translation of His Heptameron or Elements of Mag
$55.00 Add to cart- Author: Peterson, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0892541997
- Language: English
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Witchcraze: New History of the European Witch Hunts, a
$18.99 Add to cart“In the sixteenth century, a rise in sexual violence in European society was exacerbated by pressure from church and state to change basic sexual customs…As the centuries since have shown escalating… [more below]
- Author: Barstow, Anne L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 24 1995
- ISBN10: 0062510363
- Language: English
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Mysteries of the Far North: The Secret History of the Vikings in Greenland and North America
$35.00 Read morePresents evidence of early Norse settlement in Greenland and North America
– Explores in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestri-b- Author: Privat, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 164411447X
- Language: English
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Witch Hunts in the Western World: Persecution and Punishment from the Inquisition Through the Salem Trials
$17.95 Add to cartThis in-depth and comprehensive resource explores the intersection of religion, politics, and the supernatural that spawned the notorious witch hunts in Europe and the New World. Witch Hunts in the We… [more below]
- Series: Extraordinary World
- Author: Pavlac, Brian A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 080323290X
- Language: English
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Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet’s Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury Tales
$30.00 Read moreAcclaimed for centuries as the “Father of English Literature,” Geoffrey Chaucer enjoys widespread and effusive praise for his classic Canterbury Tales–and rightfully so. Still, even the greatest of a
- Author: Pugh, Tison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: January 17, 2024
- ISBN10: 0472133446
- Language: English
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Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses
$7.99 Add to cartLord Andrew Mabry, the second son of the Duke of Greystone, has no desire to marry. As the spare, he has no obligation to provide an heir and he rather enjoys spending his days and nights in play with… [more below]
- Author: Heath, Lorraine
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 19 2017
- ISBN10: 0062681257
- Language: English
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Suppression and Suspicion
$15.00 Add to cartEdmund Harkins has gone missing.
Few would confess to liking the man – a wife-beater and distinctly unsavoury character – so when some hungry pigs disinter his corpse in a shallow grave, there is hard- Series: Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon
- Author: Starr, Mel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 23, 2022
- ISBN10: 1782643540
- Language: English
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Beowulf
$4.95 Read moreThe story of one man’s triumph over a legendary monster, Beowulf marks the beginning of Anglo-Saxon literature as we know it today.
Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language. I- Series: Enriched Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1416500375
- Language: English
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The Summer Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
$23.99 Add to cartScandal, politics, sex, triumphs, and tragedies abound in The Summer Queen, the first novel in this stunning trilogy, by New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick
Young Eleanor has everythin
- Series: Eleanor of Aquitaine #1
- Author: Chadwick, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1402294069
- Language: English
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The Dance Tree
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0063274787
- Language: English
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Outlaw: A Novel of Robin Hood
$25.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Ben Kane, Outlaw is a rousing historical novel that mixes legend with fact to bring to life the time, the lives and the struggles of late 12th century England.
- Series: Outlaw Chronicles #1
- Author: Donald, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 12 2011
- ISBN10: 0312678363
- Language: English
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Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-Text
$14.95 Add to cartThis is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland’s own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring inter… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Langland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555265
- Language: English
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Montaperti: A Question of Loyalty
$31.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1039178073
- Language: English
