The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover (Last Templar Mysteries 24)
by Michael Jecks
Isabella, Queen of England, has been dispatched to France in an attempt to bring about peace between the two countries, and Baldwin must accompany her. But the day after their arrival, a servant is found murdered, with Baldwin's dagger lying next to the body. As Baldwin struggles to prove his innocence, the killer strikes again. With so many English enemies gathering in Paris, will Baldwin be able to expose the culprit in time to protect the English King?
'Harffy’s Dunston is a fantastic creation – old, creaking and misanthropic. The forest is beautifully evoked. A treat of a book' The Times. AD 838. Deep in the forests of Wessex, Dunston's solitary existence is shattered when he stumbles on a mutilated corpse. Accused of the murder, Dunston must clear his name and keep the dead man's daughter alive in the face of savage pursuers desperate to prevent a terrible secret from being revealed. Rushing headlong through Wessex, Dunston will need to...
The Fourth Horseman (Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries, #3)
by Sarah Woodbury
He never wanted to be king, but now there is no turning back.Alex has just become the king of the island nation of Sardonia. The second son of the king, he never expected to inherit the crown, never wanted to be king. Alex is not ready to take on a king’s responsibilities and suddenly finds himself the ruler of a country under attack from without and within.Pushed and pulled in different directions by those who love him and those who wish to destroy him, he must discover his identity and purpose...
We know her name. We know of her naked ride. We don't know her true story. We all know the legend of Lady Godiva, who famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry, covered only by her long, flowing hair. So the story goes, she begged her husband Lord Leofric of Mercia to lift a high tax on her people, who would starve if forced to pay. Lord Leofric demanded a forfeit: that Godiva ride naked on horseback through the town. There are various endings to Godiva's ride, that all the people of C...
Isabel and Chloe - The Journey Begins (French Wolf Trilogy)
by Samantha Hampstead
I, Richard Plantagenet (I, Richard Plantagenet Prequel, #1) (I, Richard Plantagenet, #2)
by J. P. Reedman
From acclaimed historical novelist Kathleen Givens comes a magnificently conceived, intricately detailed novel that brings to vivid life the tumult, adventure, and passion of thirteenth-century Scotland, when Norse invaders laid claim to the land and its people -- and an explosive clash of cultures, politics, and personal pride changed the world forever. 1263: On Scotland's western shore, the village of Somerstrath prepares for the joyous wedding celebration of Margaret MacDonald, the laird'...
The Prince and the Pauper (Bring the Classics to Life: Level 2 (Audio)) (Musicals S.)
by Mark Twain
A peasant changes places with a prince and both youths learn something about "pleasures and palaces."
Murder in the Holy City: An 11th Century Mystery Set During the Crusades (A Sir Geoffrey Mappestone Mystery, #1)
by Simon Beaufort
This is Jerusalem, 1100. On returning to the city following an exhausting desert patrol, Crusader knight Sir Geoffrey Mappestone hears screams coming from the house of a Greek baker and discovers that one of his closest friends, a fellow knight, has been murdered in the woman's bedchamber. But this is not the first suspicious death in the city: other knights and priests have also been killed, all with the same type of curved dagger with a jeweled hilt. Ordered to investigate the deaths by his li...