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Author
Series
Crispin Guest novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Crispin Guest is a disgraced knight, stripped of his rank and his honor - but left with his life - for plotting against Richard II. Having lost his bethrothed, his friends, his patrons and his position in society. With no trade to support him and no family willing to acknowledge him, Crispin has turned to the one thing he still has - his wits - to scrape a living together on the mean streets of London. In 1383, Guest is called to the compound of a...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Step back into the romance and primal conflict of the medieval period with this collection of fairy tales and folklore from the era. Equal parts charmingly quaint and bracingly brutal, this carefully curated volume is sure to engage and enthrall readers who are curious about the myth and folklore of the Middle Ages.
90) The golden braid
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 6
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, seventeen-year-old Rapunzel asks God for guidance as she tries to dutifully serve and obey her unpredictable mother, yet fulfill her dream of learning to read and marrying.
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 4
Language
English
Description
In this story loosely based on the Cinderella fairy tale, Gisela is determined to get an invitation to the ball being thrown for the duke's son, Valten, but meeting him may not lead to her happily-ever-after.
Author
Series
[Godmother series] volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fairy godmother-in-training is sent to help angry seventeen-year-old Tansy, who reluctantly is staying with her father and his new wife while her mother and sister are travelling, but the unfortunate result of this intended help is chaos and confusion.
94) Warrior's moon
Author
Publisher
Spirit Dance Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
They loved each other desperately. Never in all the kingdom has there been a more brave and protective champion. Nor such a loyal and capable maiden. He rescued her the first time when she was three years old in a killing storm. Years later, he was still occasionally rescuing her. 'Twas in him to be a hero, and she had a pure intrepid way of getting into the kinds of scrapes that took rescuing. With such a brawny, masculine guardian around, 'twould...
95) Lady of disguise
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Set in medieval England, eighteen-year-old Louisa teams up with the chivalrous knight, Sir Charles, to find hidden treasure and save her younger sister Margaret before their uncle marries her off.
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Language
English
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Description
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself. The word "medieval" conjures images of the "Dark Ages"--centuries of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery, and poor hygiene. But the myth of darkness obscures the truth; this was a remarkable period in human history. The...
100) The book of Boy
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.
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