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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In 13th century Europe, political turmoil is the order of the day and the Fool's Guild and its agents - jesters, jugglers, and knaves to a man - works behind the scenes to manipulate events, trying to maintain a balance of power.
Theophilos, a member of the Guild known by many names, is still recovering from his last mission during which he was severely wounded and nearly lost his life but, in the person of Viola, found himself an apprentice and...
Author
Series
Justin de Quincy mysteries volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
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English
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"Working as a Wench--i.e., waitress--at a cheesy medieval- themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Kit Sweetly wishes she could be a Knight like her brother. She has the moves, is capable on a horse, and desperately needs the raise that comes with knighthood, so she can hold a spot at her dream college and help her mom pay the mortgage. Company policy allows only guys to be Knights. So when Kit takes her brother's place, clobbers the Green Knight,...
7) My Lady Jane
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Series
Lady Janies volume 1
Language
English
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Description
On the eve of her marriage to a stranger, sixteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey is swept in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway--described by Louise Penny as "a captivating amateur sleuth"--and DI Nelson have their summer vacations horribly disrupted by a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones"--
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Series
Silver bowl trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: The silver bowl.
"At King Alaric's urging, Molly sets off on a quest for a magical loving cup (a goblet that binds people together), and her journey leads her to the hidden city of her ancestors, which proves to be as dangerous as it is mysterious"--
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The medieval Age of Faith was transformed by the 14th-century disasters of famine, plague, and warfare. Learn how these upheavals caused many to question their understanding of faith and the world. Learn how within Christendom, China, and the lands of Islam, people responded by blaming rulers or by appealing to God directly, forcing key changes both within these faiths and in secular society.
11) Grayling's song
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Language
English
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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.
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Series
Bryant and May mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Drawn together by a series of bizarre murders involving beheaded victims, the members of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit search for clues beneath the medieval buildings of St. Pancras Church, where they unearth a disturbing history of Christian rites and pagan rituals.
13) A dowry of blood
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English
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"Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things...With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband"--
15) The horseman
Author
Series
West Country trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Somerset, 1911. The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched. Leo, a talented rider and son of the underkeeper to the head groundskeeper, grows up alongside the master's spirited daughter Charlotte"--
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English
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"In this book, Bill Hammack, better known as The Engineer Guy, takes us on a whirlwind tour of how humans built the world we know today. From the grand stone arches of medieval cathedrals to the mundane modern soda can, Hammack explains the golden rule of thumb that underlies every new building technique, every technological advancement, and every creative solution that leads us one step closer to a better, more functional world. Perfect for readers...
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English
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For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The strange notion of a space-time abyss from which not even light escapes seemed to confound all logic. Now Marcia Bartusiak, author of Einstein's Unfinished Symphony and The Day We Found the Universe, recounts the frustrating, exhilarating, and at times humorous battles over one of history's most dazzling ideas.
Bartusiak...
19) Shadow scale
Author
Series
Seraphina volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Seraphina, half-dragon and half-human, searches for others like her who can make the difference in the war between dragons and humans in the kingdom of Goredd"--
20) Jolly foul play
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Daisy and Hazel must solve another murder at Deepdean when a bullying Head Girl turns up dead on Bonfire Night"--
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