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  Agincourt

  by Bernard Cornwell

  Originally titled "Azincourt".Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all... (more)
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  Shieldwall

  by Justin Hill

  The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of boyhood and destined to become one of his country's great warriors. When Ethelred's son Edmund... (more)
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  Robin: Lady of Legend

  by R. M. ArceJaeger

  In the heart of England, an outlaw—daring and noble—rises to power. In the hearts of the English, a hero is born. Eight hundred years later, the tales live on about the cunning, skill, and honor of their champion Robin Hood. But what if one detail has been lost in the recall? What if Robin Hood wasn't the man we thought him to be—what if he wasn't a man at all?Robin of Locksley is eighteen years old and... (more)
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  Saxon : the book of dreams

  by Tim Severin

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  Poseidon's Spear (Long War 3)

  by Christian Cameron

  The third instalment in the epic story of Arimnestos, tracing the conflict between the Greeks and Persians.
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  The Bleeding Land

  by Giles Kristian

  The bestselling historical novelist Giles Kristian begins an epic new trilogy, set against the tumultuous backdrop of the bloody war that divided a nation and tore families apart.   England. 1642. War is coming. The rift between King and Parliament has widened and armies muster, ready to fight for their religious and political ideals. Nothing is so destructive as civil war, and for the Rivers family, the raising... (more)
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  Hugh de Singleton: Book 1

  The Unquiet Bones

  The First Chronicle of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon

  by Melvin Starr

  A young woman's remains are found in the castle, and a surgeon is challenged to dissect the mystery and uncover the truth.
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  Raven: Book 1

  Blood Eye

  by Giles Kristian

  A Viking adventure, packed with battles, blood and gore, Raven is historical fiction at its very best, and marks the debut of an outstanding new talent. For two years Osric has lived a simple life, apprenticed to the mute old carpenter who took him in when others spurned him. But when Norsemen from across the sea burn his village, Osric is taken prisoner by these warriors. Their chief, Sigurd the Lucky,... (more)
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  Wolf Hall Trilogy: Book 1

  Wolf Hall

  by Hilary Mantel

  In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel presents a picture of a half-made society on the cusp of change, where individuals fight or embrace their fate with passion and courage. With a vast array of characters, overflowing with incident, the novel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death.
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  Remarkable Creatures

  by Tracy Chevalier

  In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye- From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world-s creation and stimulating debate over our origins.... (more)
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  Raven: Book 2

  Sons of Thunder

  by Giles Kristian

  The sequel to Giles Kristian's acclaimed historical debut, Raven: Blood Eye , this brutal, bloody and unputdownable novel continues the story of the Viking Raven and his warrior brotherhood. Never betray a Fellowship and expect to get away with your life... Raven and his Wolfpack of Norsemen have been double crossed. The traitor Ealdred seeks to sell a holy book to the Emperor Charlemagne which will ensure... (more)
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  Raven: Book 3

  Odin's Wolves

  by Giles Kristian

  We lusted for an even greater prize...the one prize that can never be lost or stolen or burnt. And we would find it in Miklagard...Raven and the Wolfpack have suffered. Good men have died, treasure has been lost. But to Norsemen such as these there is something more valuable than silver: fame - for fame is the saga-story that a warrior leaves behind when he dies. Now the Fellowship sails in search of... (more)
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  The Return of the Native

  by Thomas Hardy

  A new edition of Thomas Hardy's timeless novel of two pairs of mismatched lovers. One of Hardy's classic statements about modern love, courtship, and marriage, The Return of the Native is set in the pastoral village of Egdon Heath. The fiery Eustacia Vye, wishing only for passionate love, believes that her escape from Egdon lies in her marriage to Clym Yeobright, the returning "native," home from Paris and... (more)
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  Pillars of the Earth: Book 1

  The Pillars of the Earth

  by Ken Follett

  A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.
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  Crowning Mercy

  A Crowning Mercy

  by Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells

  Passion and Destiny The civil war that is tearing England asunder in the year 1643 has not yet touched Dorcas Slythe, a secretly rebellious young Puritan woman living in the countryside south of London, who longs to escape the safe, pious tyranny of her father. The chance appears with the arrival of Toby Lazender, dashing scion of a powerful royalist family. It is he who renames her "Campion," awakening her to... (more)
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  Viking Trilogy: Book 1

  Odinn's Child

  by Tim Severin

  Steeped in bloody battles and brooding Norse mythology, this epic saga follows the exploits of Viking adventurer Thorgils Leiffson. A fine, page-turning trio of tales that sweeps the reader back in time. Our story begins in the year 1001. The young child, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Brattahlid in Greenland to be brought up by a young woman—Gudrid. Thorgils is a... (more)
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  Matthew Shardlake Mysteries: Book 1

  Dissolution

  by C. J. Sansom

  Exciting and elegantly written, Dissolution is an utterly compelling first novel and a riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell,... (more)
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  Wallaby Track (Outback Sagas)

  by Aaron Fletcher

  Vowing to use his doctoring skills to help other settlers survive in the beloved outback territory of his forebears, Stephen Brendell meets Deirdre Kerrick, a courageous young woman determined to preserve her family's destiny. Original.
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  Naval Adventure of Alan Lewrie: Book 10

  Sea of Grey

  by Dewey Lambdin

  Captain Alan Lewrie returns for his tenth roaring adventure on the high seas. This time, it's off to a failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of Haitian independence. Beset and distracted though he might be, it will take all of Lewrie's pluck, daring, skill, and his... (more)
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  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

  by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

  Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.