Medieval

Historical fact and fiction are entwined in this engrossing story about the infamous William Marshal. He was the penniless young knight who was plucked from obscurity to become a royal favourite and went on to be described as 'the true Lancelot'. This is...

January 1304 and Hugh Corbett, devoted emissary of King Edward I, has been charged with yet another dangerous mission. Scrope, an unscrupulous manor lord, has reneged on his promise to hand over a priceless ornate cross he stole from the Templars during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780291376Author Candace RobbFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 455gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 142mm *...

1284 and Edward I is battling a traitorous movement founded by the late Simon de Montfort, the rebel who lost his life at the Battle of Evesham in 1258. The Pentangle, the movement's underground society whose members are known to practice the black arts,...

'An author who makes history come gloriously alive'The Times Elizabeth Chadwick's bestselling, award-winning first novel, and the start of the beloved Wild Hunt series.In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered,...

'Although I believe I will die here in this castle, my spirit will never be silent.'Ravenscraig Castle, Scotland. 1307When the castle she works in is sacked by the army of Prince Edward of England, kitchen maid Agnes Fitzgerald manages to escape north of...

*The Embroidered Book shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics ...

In 1300, an English privateer named 'The Waxman' was trapped and overrun by two powerful war cogs flying the streamers of the powerful Hanseatic League of North Germany. The ship was carrying a casket containing the 'Carta Mysteriosa', a collection of...

A clash of empires that will echo for eternity...AD 1071. Emperor Romanus Diogenes has rekindled the guttering flame of Byzantium, and a reinvigorated empire rises to meet the Seljuk threat. In the eastern borderlands, two vital strongholds hang in the...

'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann CleevesJohn Grey is visited at his London office by Thomas Cade, a shipbuilder, who tells Grey he has evidence that Samuel Pepys is taking substantial bribes in his position at the Naval Office. Grey...

'A rich, surprising and devastating story of a female institution long-forgotten' Marj Charlier, author of The Rebel Nun A heretical text, a vengeful husband, a forbidden love... It's 1310 and Paris is alive with talk of the trial of the...

'A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar breathes new life into stories you think you know' Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf Yaga lives deep in the Russian...

Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom. A short story featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy, from Parris's Sunday Times bestselling series. Even the dead have a story to tell... Naples,...

The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780291352Author M.J. TrowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 145mm * 20mm

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. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993076183Format PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint River Tree PrintPublisher River Tree Print

The first thrilling instalment in a legendary historical adventure series.Paris, 1307. The Knights Templar have been destroyed by Pope Clement, having been persuaded by a jealous king that they are corrupt devil worshippers. There is one survivor - a...

'A brutal, brilliant tale, told with verve and pace' Bernard CornwellIn the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king...HAUNTED BY A SINAugust, 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy...

'A great story ... Doherty's writing is evocative, providing richly detailed scenes of life in medieval Byzantium' World History EncyclopediaTragedy broke him. Revenge will remake him.AD 1046. The Byzantine Empire teeters on the brink of full-blown war...

The wolves of Odin land in Italy, and the tantalising scent of gold is in the air...AD 1043. Having escaped Constantinople with their lives - barely - but not their ship, Halfdan and the wolves of Odin are now mercenaries in the Byzantine army, sailing...

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800317444Author Diane Calton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 411g

Identifying the murderer of the Chancellor of the University is not the only challenge facing physician Matthew Bartholomew. Many of his patients have been made worse by the ministrations of a 'surgeon' recently arrived from Nottingham, his sister is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296210Author Cassandra ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm...

A spellbinding story of a young French prince and a Cornish girl caught up in the intrigue of the 10th Century English Court. '[Anya Seton] brought history so vividly to life' (Philippa Gregory)Merewyn has grown up in savage 10th Century Cornwall; a...

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series The second book in S. J. Parris's bestselling, critically acclaimed series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth I Autumn, 1583. Under Elizabeth's rule,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914945175Author C R DempseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint CRPMD Media LimitedPublisher CRPMD Media LimitedWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The wolves of Odin sail to the centre of the world: Constantinople.AD 1041. After successfully avenging the death of his father, Halfdan and the crew of the Sea Wolf seek adventure in strange new lands, far from their Scandinavian home.They join the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739837549Author Paula de FougerollesFormat PaperbackPage Count 365Imprint Careswell PressPublisher Careswell Press

'A rollicking adventure [with] the inventive twists and turns of a satisfyingly bustling plot.' New York Times 'Fantastic... Gerard Fox could be Jack Reacher's ancestor, 700 years ago. Highly recommended!' Lee Child First in a fast-paced historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780297248Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 135mm *...

There's no way out this time... An unputdownable medieval adventure from a master of the genreHaunted by guilt and his sins, archer Martin Kemp is in Scotland to collect on a debt when war breaks out afresh. The border erupts in bloody violence.Stalked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295497Author Paul DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 317gDimensions(mm) 204mm * 138mm *...

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The winter of 1353 has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296869Author Cassandra ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm...

'Excellent' Stewart Binns, author of the Making of England seriesThe fight for England began long before 1066...AD 1045. Godwin of Wessex, one of the most powerful earls in the country, prepares for the marriage of his daughter to King Edward of England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789590098Author Katharine TiernanFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Sacristy PressPublisher Sacristy PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Edmund Harkins has gone missing. Few would confess to liking the man - a wife-beater and distinctly unsavoury character - so when some hungry pigs disinter his corpse in a shallow grave, there is hardly an outpouring of grief. However, this...

The Welsh rebellion spreads like wildfire...1294 AD. Caernarfon Castle, a fortress in Edward Longshanks' chain of fortifications around Wales known as the Ring of Steel, has fallen to Madog and the rebellion.In the south, Garyn languishes in a dungeon...