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1) Sorceress
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tormented by strange visions and voices, and bound by destiny to save the life of an innocent, Bryanna, the only one who can lift the curse of darkness, must place her trust in a mysterious and darkly sensual stranger when she is surrounded by evil.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior. What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time-and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost...
5) Everlasting
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Follows the relationship between Berengaria, who is forced into marriage with a nefarious squire, and her beloved Raven, a Scottish soldier determined to save her from an evil fate.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Formats
Description
Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit.
“A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review
For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the...
“A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review
For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A medieval melody begins in the prequel to the Song series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
Chandra de Avenell might look like a golden princess, but she fights like a warrior, dreams a warrior’s dreams, wears a warrior’s pride like a suit of armor. She wants to be strong, independent and free. She has no use at all for a husband.
Enter the man her father has selected for her....
Chandra de Avenell might look like a golden princess, but she fights like a warrior, dreams a warrior’s dreams, wears a warrior’s pride like a suit of armor. She wants to be strong, independent and free. She has no use at all for a husband.
Enter the man her father has selected for her....
10) Lapvona
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting leap yet. Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life's few consolations for Marek...
11) Lion's bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A sizzling novel of passion, peril, and searing sensuality from “a master among master storytellers” (Affaire de Coeur)—a magical weaver of spellbinding tales, enticing characters, and unforgettable romance.
The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding and powerful,...
The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding and powerful,...
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
14) Shadow music
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Action, drama, desire, revenge: Shadow Music includes all the necessary ingredients for romantics to plunge into the moors, mountains and magical myth of medieval Scotland.”—The Roanoke Times
Prized for her exquisite beauty, Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel, the daughter of one of England’s most influential barons, is a perfect bargaining chip for a king who needs peace in the Highlands: King John has...
Prized for her exquisite beauty, Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel, the daughter of one of England’s most influential barons, is a perfect bargaining chip for a king who needs peace in the Highlands: King John has...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade.
A small portion of this tale appeared in Once a Week, July-September, 1859, under the title of "A Good Fight".)
The Cloister and the Hearth is a historical novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries.
17) Timeline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Crichton's new novel opens on the threshold of the twenty-first century. It is a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly between two points, without wires or networks. Computers are built from single molecules. Any moment of the past can be actualized — and a group of historians can enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century
feudal France.
Imagine the risks of such a journey.
Not...
feudal France.
Imagine the risks of such a journey.
Not...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Talese/Doubleday/Anchor
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
This remarkable audiobook will challenge your preconceptions of the Dark Ages. Written by internationally-acclaimed historian Thomas Cahill, it paints an accessible and revealing portrait of medieval times. As Europe reaches intellectual stagnation and decline, Ireland bursts forth as a vigorous haven of scholarship in its first century of literacy. How the Irish Saved Civilization will change forever the way we look at our past, and ourselves.
20) Grayling's song
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a medieval kingdom, Grayling finds self-confidence when her mother is turned into a tree by evil forces and Grayling must venture into the wilds to reverse the spell.