Medieval Times
by Tracy Barrett
Anna Comnena has every reason to feel entitled. She's a princess, her father's firstborn and his chosen successor. Someday she expects to sit on the throne and rule the vast Byzantine Empire. Almost overnight, Anna sees her dreams of power wrenched from her and bestowed on her little brother. Bitter at the betrayal, Anna waits to avenge herself, and to seize what is rightfully hers.
by K.M. Grant
This enchanting new adventure story, set in medieval England, is the tale of two brothers, called by King Richard to fight in the Crusades; the fair maiden they both love; and the small stallion that binds them together.
by Michael Cadnum
Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel--part mystery, part history--chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard.
by Donna Do Napoli
In this re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis in the Middle Ages is an outcast. When the townsfolk of Hameln are affected by a grain mold, he survives an outbreak of madness, followed by a plague of rats.
by Lilli Thal
An action and adventure novel set during a dark period of the Middle Ages. A war between kingdoms results in one king mired in treachery and imprisoned, while his son is forced to work with an unpredictable jester, Mimus.
by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
In 1144, fifteen-year-old Lady Edith, having lost her husband and child and anxious to avoid marrying a man she detests, sets out from her home in Surrey to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
by Leigh Sauerwein
Song for Eloise is a tale of love and loss set in France at the end of the 12th century.
by Jane Yolen
The newly crowned King Arthur has yet to win the support of the people. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed or murdered. So Merlin creates a trick: a sword magically placed into a slab of rock that only Arthur can withdraw. Then he lets it be known that whoever removes the blade will rule all of England, and invites any man who would dare to try to pull out the sword. But then someone else pulls the sword out first ...

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