"A history of England from the Norman Conquest through the twentieth century, told through the stories of ordinary women"--

Hotel Glencovie, 2013 Researching her family tree brings Moirag McLellan to the Highlands and a foreboding castle-turned-hotel. She goes to sleep alone surrounded by modern amenities, but awakens in a room lit only by candles-;and occupied by a gorgeous kilted man. And he's far too real to be just an erotic dream...; Glencovie Castle, 1715 Though Gavin MacIver doesn't know how the lusty wench in barely-there clothing came to be in his bed, he knows...

The sea-king's warrior bride  Legendary shield maiden Sayrid Avildottar will marry no man unless he first defeats her in combat. And in powerful sea-king Hrolf Eymundsson she has finally met her match.  Hrolf may have won her lands-;and her body-;but can Sayrid welcome a stranger to her bed? The world of fighting is all she knows! With a husband intent on seducing his new bride, perhaps, just this once, Sayrid will discover that surrender can...

Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl.Selwyn sends Catheryn a love letter as a joke, disguising it as though it is from one of her father's thanes. Catheryn is fascinated by the letter, and cannot imagine who would be capable of sending a poem of such imagination...

Journey into the wilderness of northwestern Europe between the sixth and tenth centuries, an oft forgotten time in a mystical and magical place where the terror of the wilderness was surpassed only by its potential for salvation. This unique audiobook features 7 original songs-musical illustrations composed and performed by the author and her collaborators. In “Wild”, Amy Jeffs journeys-on foot and through medieval texts-from landscapes of desolation...

Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown. The FitzWarins are as proud as they are true, and when Fulke is accused by John of cheating during a game of chess, he cannot help but respond. Thus begins...

The natural desire to visit places which have been the scene of memorable actions, or the abode of distinguished personages, had from a very early period drawn pious pilgrims from the east and the west to view those spots which had been hallowed by the presence of the Son of God. The toils and the dangers of the journey were unheeded, when set in comparison with the bliss of pouring forth prayer on Calvary, and bathing in the waves of Jordan, whose...

Enshrouded within the annals of French history, a tale of unimaginable horror and perversion emerges. It is the story of Gilles de Rais, an aristocratic warrior revered as one of France's wealthiest and most respected men, and known as a close companion to none other than Joan of Arc herself on the battlefield. Yet, beyond the chivalrous façade, he devolved into a monstrous serial killer, acquiring the macabre moniker of Bluebeard. His horrifyingly...

José Soto Chica, el autor del exitoso Imperio y bárbaros. La guerra en la Edad Oscura, regresa con un volumen que aborda una época crucial en la historia de España, el tiempo que hace de bisagra entre la Antigüedad y el Medievo, el tiempo del primer reino que se enseñoreo sobre toda la península ibérica, el tiempo de los visigodos. Rastreando los nebulosos orígenes de los godos en Escandinavia, el libro acompaña a estos en una migración...