c 1000 CE to c 1500

November, 1471. The newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. The discovery of the body of an unexpected visitor, found murdered in a locked room in her London townhouse, heralds the start of a series of increasingly menacing incidents which threaten Mar...

The frontier zone of Archenfield in Herefordshire is a no-man's-land, which acts as a bulwark between Norman-controlled English soil, and the Welsh border. Soldier Ralph Delchard and lawyer Gervase Bret arrive in Hereford for what looks like one of their more straightforward assignments from the ...

A love story, set both in medieval England and the Holy Land, this novel describes the attraction between a quiet, convent-raised young woman and the exiled illegitimate son of a Norman earl.

How do you recover when half your neighbours are dead from history's cruellest plague? In 14th century Meonbridge, after the Black Death moves on, tensions between the manor's lord and his tenants deepen into violence. When the men can't find a resolution, the women must step forward to stop Meon...

October, 1376. Owen Archer is summoned by sheriff Sir Ralph Hastings regarding a stripped and bloodied body discovered on the road north to York. Could it be connected to an attack on a carter and his labourers who were transporting stone destined for St Clement's Priory? The carter fled, but his...

Zhu Yuanzhang is riding high after her victory - one that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. However, Zhu isn't the only one with imperial aspirations. Courtesan Madam Zhang plots to steal the throne for her...

From the author of 'Miles to Go before I Sleep' comes 'I, Julian,' the account of a medieval woman who dares to tell her own story, battling grief, plague, the church and societal expectations to do so.

Europe, Spring 1486. Facing a grisly death if captured alive, veteran mercenary and Plantagenet henchman Sir John Hawker and his unlikely band of misfits return to Venice to attempt to free the woman he left behind there months before. Braving the spies and militia of the Serene Republic, Hawker ...

April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Geoffrey Chaucer abandons his plans when an old friend appeals for help. His former guardian has been found dead in his bedroom at his Suffolk castle, the door locked from the inside. Who among the castle's inhabitants is a cold-hearted kill...

Daughter of an ousted king, descendant of ancient druids, as a child it is prophesied that one day Gruoch will be Queen of Alba. When she is betrothed to Duncan, heir elect, this appears to confirm the prophecy. She leaves behind her home, her family and her close friend MacBethad, and travels to...