Medieval
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River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
$18.95 Add to cartFollow an epic story of the Viking Age that traces the historical trail of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England to its origins thousands of miles east in India.
An acclaimed- Author: Jarman, Cat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365427
- Language: English
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
$20.00 Add to cartA major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones.
For more than one thousa- Author: Jones, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 06, 2020
- ISBN10: 0143108972
- Language: English
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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
$24.00 Add to cartThe Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge–a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness
- Author: Asbridge, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 08, 2011
- ISBN10: 0060787295
- Language: English
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The Only Witness: A History of the Shroud Of Turin
$25.99 Add to cartJesus’ burial cloth could be the most important Christian relic. Men and women risked their lives to save it – and destroy it. Can it survive war, famine, plagues, and earthquakes? Lives, reputations,
- Author: Powell, Guy R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1951310462
- Language: English
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The Door in the Wall: (Newbery Medal Winner)
$7.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL – An uplifting story of resilience set in medieval times about a boy who learns to overcome obstacles and ultimately save the castle. This historical fiction novel is a cla
- Author: De Angeli, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 01, 1990
- ISBN10: 0440402832
- Language: English
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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
$19.99 Add to cartNational Bestseller
“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”–Margot Lee Shetterly, Ne- Author: Puhak, Shelley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1639730753
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$14.95 Add to cartBoethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust…. [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Boethius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540543
- Language: English
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The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
$14.95 Add to cartAn entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English–and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers
Old Eng- Author: Videen, Hana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691237182
- Language: English
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
$19.99 Add to cartThe Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the ‘image’ d
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 30, 2012
- ISBN10: 1107604702
- Language: English
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Twinkind: The Singular Significance of Twins
$35.00 Add to cartAn arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history- Author: Viney, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 0691254753
- Language: English
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The Bible of Illuminated Letters: A Treasury of Decorative Calligraphy
$27.99 Add to cartStep into the luminous world of illuminated letters–where history, creativity, and mindful artistry converge. Transform blank pages into radiant masterpieces with the definitive guide to decorative c
- Series: Quarto Book
- Author: Morgan, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0764158201
- Language: English
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Revenge of the Stormbringer
$29.99 Add to cartSummer, AD 672. Princess Gelg�is has arrived in Cashel with her personal bodyguard, a troop of female warriors called the Daughters of the Storm. When one of them is found slain next to the sle
- Series: Sister Fidelma Mystery #34
- Author: Tremayne, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1448309808
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales
$6.99 Add to cartLively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Tales gathers … [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 1982
- ISBN10: 0553210823
- Language: English
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Eyewitness Viking
$16.99 Add to cartBecome an eyewitness to the world of Nordic raiders and traders and learn all about the culture and history of Vikings.
This picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour of the history and culture … [more below]- Series: DK Eyewitness
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: April 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593842391
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales
$8.94 Add to cartBeyond all doubt the greatest work of English literature before Shakespeare, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: September 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0199599025
- Language: English
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Lady of Disguise
$19.99 Read moreOnly the hidden treasure will allow Louisa and her sister to gain their freedom.
England, 1388: All her life, Louisa has dreamed of finding the rumored “Giant’s Treasure,” a collection of ancient, lost
- Author: Dickerson, Melanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 084070867X
- Language: English
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Weird Medieval Guys: How to Live, Laugh, Love (and Die) in Dark Times
$29.99 Add to cartLive, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys!
Explore what your medieval life would have been through a choose-your-own-adventure full of quizzes, how-to guides, diagrams and- Author: Swarthout, Olivia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1529908302
- Language: English
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The Name of the Rose
$19.99 Add to cart“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.”–New York Times
“Whether you’re into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rul
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063279630
- Language: English
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Ancient Italian Tarot
$23.95 Add to cartThis deck marks the coming of age of Tarot in Italy. The classic design of the Marseilles decks, reinvented by an anonymous artist, exemplifies 19th-century Italian art: detailed, symbolic, and richly… [more below]
- Series: Lo Scarabeo Decks
- Author: Lo Scarabeo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 08 2000
- ISBN10: 0738700266
- Language: English
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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”–Orlando Sentinel
The gripping true story of the duel to end all due- Author: Jager, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13, 2005
- ISBN10: 0767914171
- Language: English
