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Showing posts with label 12th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12th century. Show all posts
Monday, October 6, 2025

Review: Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood

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Synopsis: Worcestershire, September 1145. A Templar knight is found dead in the Forest of Wyre, clutching a bloodstained document naming a ...
Monday, July 3, 2023

The White Ship by Nicholas Salaman

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Based on a true story, this tale of passion and revenge brings the past to life. Normandy in 1118 is a hotbed of malcontent barons kept in f...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Review: Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England by James Turner

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Synopsis: The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. W...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Review: A Taste For Killing by Sarah Hawkswood

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Synopsis: January, 1145. Godfrey Bowyer, the best but least likeable bow maker in Worcester, dies an agonising death by poisoning. Although...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Review: Royal Mysteries: The Medieval Period by Timothy Venning

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Synopsis: Royal murder mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. Here are some of the most haunting and even horrific episode...

Review: The Two Isabellas of King John by Kristen McQuinn

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Synopsis: King John of England was married to two women: Isabella of Gloucester and Isabelle of Angouleme. The two women were central to sh...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Review: Wolf at the Door by Sarah Hawkswood

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Synopsis: All Hallow’s Eve, 1144. The savaged body of Durand Wuduweard, the solitary and unpopular keeper of the King’s Forest of Feckenham...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

The Suda - The Byzantine Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100

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The Suda , the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world’s first encyclopedias and lexicons. Cr...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

The Brus Family in England and Scotland 1100-1295 by Ruth Blakely

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Robert de Brus, the "conquisitor of Cleveland, Hartness and Annandale", who came into England among the followers of Henry I, was ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The Valley Beyond: A Daughter's Bond by TS Nichols

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TS Nichols, a passionate writer with an interest in medieval history who is currently retired and resides in New Jersey, has completed his m...

The Book in the Cathedral by Christopher de Hamel

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From The Guardian : On Christmas Day 1170, Thomas Becket delivered a sermon to a packed chapter house at Canterbury. His theme was the death...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Review: River of Sins by Sarah Hawkwood

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Synopsis: July 1144. Ricolde, ‘the finest whore in Worcester’, is found butchered on an island a few miles up the River Severn. How did she...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Review: The White Ship by Charles Spencer

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Synopsis: The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Charles...
Thursday, September 3, 2020

Review: Joan, Lady of Wales: Power and Politics of King John's Daughter by Danna R Messer

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Synopsis: The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. For the Age of Pri...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Review: Anna Komnene and the Alexiad by Loulia Kolovou

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Synopsis: Anna Komnene is one of the most curious figures in the history of an intriguing empire. A woman of extraordinary education and in...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Review: Bernard of Clairvaux - An Inner Life by Brian Patrick McGuire

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Synopsis: In this intimate portrait of one of the most consequential men of the Middle Ages, Brian Patrick McGuire delves into the life ...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Books: The Crusades

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Medicine in the Crusades:  Warfare, Wounds and the Medieval Surgeon by Piers D. Mitchell This is the first book to be published on any asp...