6th Century Historic Fiction

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Confessions of a Pagan Nun
by Kate Horsley
A druid-turned-nun writes of faith, love, and loss in this “beautifully written and thought-provoking book” set at the dawn of Ireland’s Christian era (Library Journal) …

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Women in the Wall
by Julia O'Faolain
In sixth-century Gaul, the German princess Radegunda, escaping from her marriage to the Frankish king who murdered her parents, founds a convent at Poitiers where …

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Count Belisarius
by Robert Graves
The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the …
