Medieval Times & the Dark Ages

Journey through Medieval Times and the Dark Ages with these books. Explore history and culture, and discover the past.

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Kristin Lavransdatter

by Sigrid Undset

A Nobel prize winner in 1928, this trilogy deals with the life of a Scandinavian woman in the fourteenth century
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The Greenlanders

by Jane Smiley

Here is the compelling story of a family--the proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarson, his son, Gunnar, and his daughter, Margret. Echoing the simple power of the …
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The Brothers of Gwynedd

by Edith Pargeter

An epic quartet of novels telling the dramatic tale of Llewelyn, the first true Prince of Wales. Llewelyn has a burning vision: one Wales, united …
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The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
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Here be Dragons

by Sharon Kay Penman

"A masterful picture of Wales in the 13th century...vivdly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn and mystic." THE SAN DIEGO UNION Thirteenth-century Wales …
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Dictionary of the Khazars (M)

by Milorad Pavic

A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. …
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Unicorn's Blood

by Patricia Finney

A tale narrated by a defrocked nun explores the realm-shattering possibility of a stolen journal kept by the young Princess Elizabeth falling into the wrong …
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When Christ and His Saints Slept

by Sharon Kay Penman

The acclaimed author of The Sunne in Splendor and Falls the Shadow now begins a new trilogy, set in medieval England, during a time of …
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The Sunne in Splendour

by Sharon Kay Penman

A historical novel that re-creates the life of Richard III in fifteenth-century England, presenting the monarch as a gifted man and romantic hero who was …