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  • Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett

    Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Sixth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles , Checkmate takes place in 1557, where Francis Crawford of Lymond is once again in France, leading an army against England...
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    war  suspense  tudors  historical  fantasy  mystery  military  europe
  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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    war  suspense  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
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  • Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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    war  suspense  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
  • Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan is a masterpiece that has enthralled generations of Tamil readers. Many authors have written phenomenal books in Tamil literature after Kalki Krishnamurthy, but Ponniyin Selvan remains the most popular, widely-read novel...
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    war  suspense  historical  fantasy  mystery  length-long
  • Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1-Fresh Floods by Kalki

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Raajaraajan and the kings of Chozha Empire. Though written more than 60 years ago this saga is timeless, reeling the readers in its gripping plot which is interwoven with intrigue, conspiracies and romance...
  • The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle AgesJust as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series. --The Washington PostIt is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages...
  • The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett

    The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Fifth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles , The Ringed Castle leaps from Mary Tudor's England to the barbaric Russia of Ivan the Terrible. Francis Crawford of Lymond moves to Muscovy, where he becomes advisor and general to the half-mad tsar...
  • The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman

    The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Here, alive from the pages of history, is the compelling tale of a Celtic society ruled by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, on a collison course with a feudal realm of Edward I. WIth this last book in the extraordinary trilogy that began with HERE BE DRAGONS and continued in FALLS THE SHADOW, Sharon Kay Penman has written a beautiful and moving conclusion to her medieval saga...
  • Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

    Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 38 ratings
    Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people...
  • The Robber Knight by Robert Thier

    The Robber Knight by Robert Thier

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When you are fighting for the freedom of your people, falling in love with your enemy is not a great idea. Sir Reuben, the dreaded robber knight, has long been Ayla’s deadliest enemy. She swore he would hang for his crimes. Now they are both trapped in her castle as the army of a far greater enemy approaches, and they have only one chance: stand together, or fall...
  • The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen SagaIt is said that every man is haunted by one mistake...The year is 881. Ten years have passed since fifteen year old Ceridwen set out from her Priory home to make her own life. She has known love and loss, triumph and heartbreak...
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    medieval  historical  fantasy  vikings  length-long
  • Two Dragons by Octavia Randolph

    Two Dragons by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two DragonsDragons are said to guard treasure with their lives...Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An urgent need to stave off the hunger of his folk calls his younger brother Edwin, Lord of Kilton, to the Kingdom of Mercia, and though he fulfils his mission, finds the greater prize he sought out of reach...
  • Troy by Stephen Fry

    Troy by Stephen Fry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies...
    Categorized as:
    war  historical  fantasy  humor  ancient times
  • A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

    A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 41 ratings
    Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world...
  • The Blood Debt by Duncan M. Hamilton

    The Blood Debt by Duncan M. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A blade fit for a hero. An army for a tyrant. A reckoning long awaited, and a tale reaching its end. The riveting conclusion to the Wolf of the North trilogy by Duncan M...
  • The Robber Knight's Love by Robert Thier

    The Robber Knight's Love by Robert Thier

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ayla has uncovered a terrible secret: the man she loves is in fact her worst enemy. As a mighty army gathers to destroy her and her people, she must ask herself: will he join them to destroy her? Must she cut him out of her heart to survive? Or is there another way—a way to forgiveness and... love? Special Edition with secret chapters revealed and insights into Sir Reuben’s mysterious past...
  • Aztec by Gary Jennings

    Aztec by Gary Jennings

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America...
  • To the Sun by Octavia Randolph

    To the Sun by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An unpredictable journey with unforeseen consequences…On Gotland Sidroc wakes from a disturbing dream; one of his sons, Hrald or Yrling – perhaps both – are in trouble. Both are in far-off Angle-land, and beyond his reach.Eskil the Svear sails to the island, offering Sidroc a rare opportunity to gain untold riches, with equal risk to life for those joining the venture...
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    medieval  fantasy  historical  length-long
  • Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Heir of Hope by Morgan L. Busse

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you sacrifice to save mankind?The great city of Thyra has fallen and shadows spread across the land. Rowen Mar, the last Truthsayer, is taken before the Shadonae. But the Shadonae are not who she thought they were, and now they want to claim her as their own. Caleb Tala, former assassin and prince, is now a Guardian of mankind...
  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

    The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective...
  • The City of Tears by Kate Mosse

    The City of Tears by Kate Mosse

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Following on from the Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse's The City of Tears is the second thrilling historical epic in The Burning Chambers series, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown...
  • The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell

    The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail...
  • Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Dovetail by Karen McQuestion

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Hello Love comes a spellbinding new novel of enduring love, family secrets, and mysterious death.Joe Arneson’s ordinary life is upended by troubling dreams of himself as a different man in another place and time. It isn’t until he visits his estranged grandmother, Pearl, in her Wisconsin hometown that a startling connection emerges...
  • Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey

    Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Suddenly, it became hard to breathe and the sound of the engine throbbed in Eva’s head. The plane crashed and skidded. She heard the wail of sirens. The last thing she remembered was pulling her body across the tarmac an inch at a time—before her world went black.Sweetwater, Texas, 1943. Eva has always wanted to fly away...
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    war  historical  fantasy  military  length-medium
  • Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Heretic by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    With Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets...
  • The Dawn by Diana Knightley

    The Dawn by Diana Knightley

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magnus has built an empire. He is a king in 1292. He is a king in the 24th century. And there are centuries between that must be guarded. He and his family are living in the past, attempting to keep the historical record and the timeline orderly, and the succession of kings straight, but now they have a new villain, Asgall, who is coming to power...
    Categorized as:
    medieval  historical  fantasy  length-long
  • Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom of twentieth-century history. The setting is a small village in southwestern Anatolia in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Everyone there speaks Turkish, though they write it in Greek letters...
  • The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair

    The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A haunted chieftain. A lass without hope.What happens when their lives cross paths?Lennox MacVey, chieftain of Clan MacVey, is haunted by memories of being kidnapped as a child by a man named Egan. Now seven and twenty years old, the nightmares of the event are becoming clearer, beckoning him to right the wrongs committed against him.For Meg, life has become unbearable...
  • The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair

    The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A haunted chieftain. A lass without hope.What happens when their lives cross paths?Lennox MacVey, chieftain of Clan MacVey, is haunted by memories of being kidnapped as a child by a man named Egan. Now seven and twenty years old, the nightmares of the event are becoming clearer, beckoning him to right the wrongs committed against him.For Meg, life has become unbearable...
  • 빛과 그림자 by Ryu Hyang

    빛과 그림자 by Ryu Hyang

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 32 ratings
    주인의 명령에 신분을 속이고 결혼하게 된 하녀, 에드나. 일라이 공작을 싫어하는 자작의 딸 대신 결혼하게 됐지만 그에게 정체가 탄로 나는 건 시간문제였다...
  • A Court of Betrayal by Anne O'Brien

    A Court of Betrayal by Anne O'Brien

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR...The Welsh Marches, 1301Strong-willed heiress Joan de Geneville is married to Richard Mortimer, Earl of March, at just fifteen years old.Soon Joan finds herself swept up in a world of treacherous court politics and dangerous secrets as her husband deposes Edward II and rules England alongside Queen Isabella...
  • The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) by Snorri Sturluson

    The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) by Snorri Sturluson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Prose Norse Mythology (Classics), compiled by the Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, is a fundamental work for understanding the rich world of Norse mythology and Viking lore. This text is a comprehensive collection of stories about the gods, heroes, and creatures of Norse mythology, including tales of Odin, Thor, Loki, Freyja, and the creation of the world itself...
  • She Walks in Majesty by MaryLu Tyndall

    She Walks in Majesty by MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger around every corner. Intrigues in everyone’s past. And a romance that’s swoon worthy. She Walks in Majesty is all that and more, with a plot that twists and turns and truths that are hard-hitting...
  • On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples

    On Mother Brown's Doorstep by Mary Jane Staples

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The big event of the Walworth year was to be the wedding of Sammy Adams, King of Camberwell, to Miss Susie Brown. Everyone was looking forward to it, and Susie was particularly overjoyed when her soldier brother suddenly turned up on leave from service in India in time for the approaching 'knees-up'...
  • A Kingdom to Claim by Sian Ann Bessey

    A Kingdom to Claim by Sian Ann Bessey

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Aisley lost everything in a Viking attack. Now, working alongside the one man she trusts, she is ready to fight for her people—and for love.Wessex, AD 878Aisley’s young life was changed forever when her father accompanied King Alfred into battle and lost his life in a deadly skirmish with the Vikings...
  • The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, Donna Gillespie

    The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, Donna Gillespie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Spanning three generations, this historical novel tells the tale of Boudicca, the most famous warrior of ancient Britain, and Caradoc, the son of a Celtic king, who sets out to unite the people of the Raven and lead them against Rome. Caradoc's objective is not easily accomplished as the Roman army advances into Britain, raping Celtic women and burning villages to the ground...
  • Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell

    Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail...
  • The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph

    The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Young women with courage. Swords with names. Vikings with tattoos. Danger. Passion. Survival. Warfare. Sheep. And Other Good Things... The year 871, when England was Angle-Land. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors...
  • The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker

    The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander...
  • The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

    The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 28 ratings
    From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  war  historical  fantasy  mystery  20th century  m-m  queer
  • Of Daggers and Deception by A.L. Sowards

    Of Daggers and Deception by A.L. Sowards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years as a soldier and mercenary, Rasheed has retired from battle to run the bathhouse in Thebes with his friends Gillen and Eudocia. The simple life suits them, so when Venetian strangers come to town looking to hire the renowned crew, their answer is no...
  • Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham

    Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    A rip roaring high seas adventure set in Elizabethan England, when dashing privateers, known as sea hawks, banded together to guard their country and their queen against the Invincible Armada being amassed by Spain. Simon Dante, the Pirate Wolf, meets his match in battle and in love when he crosses swords with Isabeau Spence...
  • The Bloody Throne by S.C. Emmett

    The Bloody Throne by S.C. Emmett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Intricate, elegant and sharp as a blade―sweeping political fantasy at its finest." ―Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneA richly detailed epic of ambition, honor, and sacrifice, The Bloody Throne is the masterful conclusion to Hostage of Empire, a medieval East Asia-inspired fantasy trilogy. The great Zhaon empire is in turmoil...
  • The Clockmaker’s Wife by Daisy Wood

    The Clockmaker’s Wife by Daisy Wood

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The world is at war. And time is running out…London, 1940. Britain is gripped by the terror of the Blitz, forcing Nell Spelman to flee the capital with her young daughter – leaving behind her husband, Arthur, the clockmaker who keeps Big Ben chiming. When Arthur disappears, Nell is desperate to find him...
  • A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

    A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    I’m the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet. Yes, that Romeo and Juliet. No, they didn’t die in the tomb...
  • The Queen's Exiles by Barbara Kyle

    The Queen's Exiles by Barbara Kyle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    1572. Europe is in turmoil. In the Netherlands the streets are red with the blood of those who dare to oppose the brutal Spanish occupation. A vengeful faction of exiled English Catholics is plotting to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and install her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne. But amid the unrest, one resourceful young woman has made a lucrative enterprise ..
  • Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka

    Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    It is the dawn of the New Year, 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has been forced to open its doors to the West, igniting a clash of cultures and generations. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun’s castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has chosen this time to spread the word of their God...
    Categorized as:
    war  suspense  fantasy  historical  length-long
  • The Princess: A Medieval Romance by Claire Delacroix

    The Princess: A Medieval Romance by Claire Delacroix

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Princess Brianna of Tullymullagh is determined to marry only for love-until her father's holding is conquered and the king decrees that she must wed one of the victor's sons. Thinking she can outwit this condition, Brianna issues a the son who brings her a gift that makes her laugh will win her hand. Thus begins the Bride Quest of the three brothers Fitzgavin...
  • The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory

    The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Spies, poison, and curses surround her…. Is there anyone she can trust? In The Kingmaker’s Daughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England...
  • Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella

    Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Greenland, AD 1000More than her fiery hair marks Freydís as the daughter of Erik the Red; her hot temper and fierce pride are as formidable as her Viking father’s. And so, too, is her devotion to the great god Thor, which puts her at odds with those in power—including her own brother, the zealous Leif Eriksson...
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