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Review: A Turbulent Priest: The Story of Thomas Becket by Jemahl Evans

July 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Judging from the picture, I thought I was downloading a massive three novels. But no, this a regular-length book in…

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Review: Son of York by Amy Licence

June 18, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Blurb Amidst the bloodshed of the Wars of the Roses and the turmoil of Lancaster versus York, a true warrior…

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Review: Kindred Spirits: Ephemera by Jennifer C. Wilson

June 14, 2020 admin 4 Comments

Blurb The afterlife is alive with possibility… In this collection of stories, we follow kings and queens as they make…

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Review: In The Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant

June 7, 2020 admin Leave a comment

This book is the sequel to “Blood and Beauty” about the fascinating and unscrupulous Borgia clan. Actually, as depicted, only…

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Review: Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau

June 1, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Blurb The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America’s Playground. The…

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Review: Machiavelli, A Renaissance Life by Joseph Markulin

May 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Blurb This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of fifteenth-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli’s rise from…

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Review: Rags of Time by Michael Ward

May 18, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Blurb London. 1639.Thomas Tallant, a young and ambitious Spice Merchant, returns from India to find his city in turmoil. A…

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Empress Theodora and the Medieval Origins of Women’s Rights, Guest Post by Douglas A. Burton

May 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There are many currents that flow into the story of women’s rights. Many cultures from early Judaism to Ancient Greece…

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Review: Fortune’s Child, A Novel of Empress Theodora by James Conroyd Martin

May 4, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Blurb Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard’s apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary…

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The Early Life of El Cid, Guest Post by Stuart Rudge

April 30, 2020 admin 1 Comment

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the man who would come to be known as El Cid, the Campeador, started out from…

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