Medieval English

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.

♥ Malcolm has returned from the Crusades four years late, ready to be a true husband to his wife. However, life is not the same as he left it, and when she shows him the most shocking change of all, Malcolm must make a decision. Will he stay to have a second change with Kenzie? A hot and fast short novella – like a fevered kiss in the dark – full of passion, steam, and Medieval romance! Malcolm is a broken warrior. Now that he had the chance to return home after his time fighting in the Crusades under King Richard’s banner, all he wants is see the love his life, Kenzie, once more. ...

In this edition, we hear, translated into modern English, 20-some tales, told in the voices of knight and merchant, wife and miller, squire and nun, and many more. Some are bawdy, some spiritual, some romantic, some mysterious, some chivalrous. Between the stories, the travelers converse, joke, and argue, revealing much about their individual outlooks upon life as well as what life was like in late 14th-century England.

Queen Margaret knows she must protect the crown - and her son Prince Edward's claim to it - at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it is up to Margaret to fight for their inheritance. And as the Wars of the Roses rage on, her enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.

April 2022. When an unknown gunman sends David and William back to Earth Two, Michael, and Livia are left gasping along with the rest of their universe. Accepting that their respective employers are possible suspects, not to mention untrustworthy, the pair band together in the shooting's immediate aftermath, in an attempt to put the first few pieces of the puzzle together. But when an unexpected bout of time travel upends everyone yet again, Michael and Livia realize they are on their own, and this particular puzzle is one that they - and only they - can solve.

In her essay on Jacquetta, Philippa Gregory uses original documents, archaeology and histories of myth and witchcraft to create the first-ever biography of the young duchess who was to survive two reigns and two wars to become the first lady at two rival courts. David Baldwin, established author on the Wars of the Roses, tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a king of England for love, and Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes of Margaret Beaufort, the almost-unknown matriarch of the House of Tudor. The Women of the Cousins’ War will appeal to all.

This kiss is addictive. After unmasking a drug dealing fairy in St. Louis, Seren thought she was done with the magical drug market. But Seren and her Ambassador husband are drawn back to St. Louis when another version of Newt hits the streets, this one leaving burned corpses around the city. But a magical drug is only the beginning of Seren's problems in St. Louis; there's a sexy baron who insists the Goddess is calling them together and a mysterious group of soldiers who may or may not be allies. Drugs, sex, and violence—it's just an average assignment for the Twilight Star.

K.M. Grant pens an exciting tale of historical fiction set in the 12th century. Will is permitted to chose his own warhorse now that he has turned 13. Much to everyone's amusement, he selects a rather small chestnut. But Will sees something magical in this horse. As they accompany King Richard on a crusade to the Holy Land, the noble stallion galvanizes young Will with his displays of strength, courage, and loyalty.

In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance.

1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artifacts - coins, fragments of glass, human bones - which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes - about himself, his faith, and the history of his world - will be tested to destruction.

A young woman washes ashore on an island that hovers between the archaic and the modern. She has no memory of who she is. Because she is unmarked, belonging to none of the three factions on the isle, brutal Warlord Kultur holds her prisoner until he can discover who she is and what her agenda may be. He wants her and is cruel and ruthless to Sislla when she denies him. Sislla, as they name her, is in dire danger as the deadly Iminims are coming from across the sea. They come to war, and they will kill any who are unmarked. For a stranger to become marked, they must have sexual relations ...

Weak in battle, powerless at court, and absent in the bedroom: the English crown has rarely sat less easily than on the head of Edward II. Inheriting the Plantagenet throne in a powerful position, Edward needs a wife to continue the dynasty - but the beautiful, charming Isabella fails to stir his heart like his close friend Piers Gaveston. Slighted and ignored, Isabella takes a new lover: the ambitious nobleman Roger Mortimer. Seduced by Mortimer's treachery, Isabella plots with him to murder her husband and take the throne.

The thousand-year-old Imperium era is drawing to a close, and the threat of war and violence hangs over the land. With no magic or wealth, Lansius has to face this new reality on his own. Well, mostly. The squire Stefi is at his side as he leaves his new home to march with young Lord Arte against the invaders. When Lansius is separated from Stefi and their liege, he faces his greatest challenge yet: taking command of a ragtag group of misfits as they battle to save their people. And as he reluctantly climbs the ranks of power, others flock to his banner seeking glory or safety.

The Wars of the Roses were a tumultuous period in English history, with family fighting family over the greatest prize in the kingdom—the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor of these brutal and complex wars, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the crown? What made his Beaufort mother the great heiress of medieval England, and how exactly did an illegitimate line come to challenge the English monarchy? This book uncovers the rise of the Beauforts and tracks their fall during the 1460s and 1470s.

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.

When a stranger comes to Glenna Gordon's isolated island farm, she learns her whole life has been a lie. Lyall Roberston, Baron Montrose, carries a secret royal order to take Glenna to the father she has never known, a man so powerful he has hidden his daughter away to protect her from his enemies.

In The Knight at Dawn, Jack and Annie find peacocks for dinner and boys in skirts when the Magic Tree House transports them back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure. In this second book in the series, inquisitive, notebook-carrying Jack and his animal-charming younger sister, Annie, find themselves in the middle of an enormous castle. They can hear the beginnings of a feast under way in the Great Hall.

Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization, they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated.

♥ Sir Carrick is a respected knight for the Lord of Roxburgh. He is powerful, instills fear in everyone he commands, and is wed to the stunning Mirren. He has everything a noble knight could imagine. ♥ Except for one thing. Mirren’s passion for her mighty knight, Sir Carrick, knows no bounds. Her adoration for her loving husband is the foundation their marriage, and she gives him everything his heart desires. But there is one thing she cannot give him. As the Yuletide season approaches, their desperation to give each other the perfect holiday gift tears at the threads of their love. ...

"A captivating new voice in paranormal and historical romance! Emily Bold weaves a fine web of engaging characters and exciting action." – Tina Folsom, International Bestselling Author of the Scanguards series Adam Reed, the infamous Captain Blacksoul, has only one thing on his mind: to take revenge on the man who once scarred him body and soul. Driven by this desire, he crosses the seas in search of vengeance. When Josephine Legrand falls into Blacksoul's hands, she feels nothing but fear. But the unapproachable pirate soon plunges his captive into a sea of emotions, because despite her ...