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Written by: Noah Gordon
Published by: Time Warner Paperbacks
Submitted By: Rebecca Symes
This is the story of a boy who becomes orphaned at the age of 9 in the year 1021. He is apprenticed to a barber-surgeon and in his travels he meets a Jewish physician who inspires his desire to become…
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Written by: Steve Berry
Published by: Fawcett Books
Submitted By: Brian Cummings
The Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man- and the subject of one of history’s most intriguing mysteries. German troops invading the Soviet Union seized the Room in 1941. When the allies started their bombing,…
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Written by: Justin Pollard
Published by: John Murray Publishers
Submitted By: Ann Madonna
If anyone wonders why Alfred is called The Great, they have only to read this book. Actually, it’s not only a biography but an overview of everything that was happening in England during this time period. The book is a…
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Written by: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Published by: Washington Square Press
Submitted By: Breno Barlach
Great book about Alexander the great. It’s the first of a great trilogy.
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Written by: Edited by Geoffrey Brooks
Published by: Pen and Sword
Submitted By: Eddie Sharman
A fantastic read if somewhat short the story of Sepp Allerberger one of only a handful of Privates who earned the Knights Cross in World War two. The descriptions of his actions really convey the squallor of life and the…
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Written by: Tim Severin
Published by: Pan Macmillan
Submitted By: Alistair Griffith
The first two books of the Viking trilogy follow the adventures of Thorgils Liefson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna,an Irish noblewoman gifted with second sight. He is raised in Iceland and Greenland, and has adventurs in Vinland, Ireland,…
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Written by: David J. Horne
Published by: Authorhouse
Submitted By: Andrewina Henry
This saga is set in modern day and in the darkAges of King Arthur. It is a fast paced novel and the action scenes are fantastically real. The ending is also not what I had expected. A great read, and…
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Written by: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Published by: Hippocrene Books Illustrated Edition 1996
Submitted By: David M. Dunaj
A splendid account of the late medieval struggle between an oppressive Order of the Teutonic Knights and the peoples of Poland and Lithuania. A novel of many memorable characters set against the customs and codes of late medieval life. It…
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Written by: Octavia Randolph
Published by: Xlibris Corporation
Submitted By: Kate Smith
For those who enjoyed Bernard’s ‘The Last Kingdom’ and ‘The Pale Horseman’, here’s another excellent novel set in the same time period, against the background of the struggle between the Danish invaders and Alfred the Great in 9th-century England. It’s…
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Written by: J.K. Rowling
Published by: Scholastic (US) Bloomsbury (UK)
Submitted By: Jonathan Wood
Simply put, number six is worth the hype. If you still haven’t started this series or if you think these books are for kids only, you are missing out. Rowling is an excellent writer with an incredibly vivid imagination and…
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