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Till about the Year of Grace 860 there were no kings in Norway, nothing but numerous jarls, essentially kinglets, each presiding over a kind of republican or parliamentary little territory, generally striving each to be on some terms of human neighborhood with those about him, but, in spite of "Fylke Things" (Folk Things, little parish parliaments), and small combinations of these, which had gradually formed themselves, often reduced to the unhappy...
62) The Nameless Day
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The Crucible trilogy volume 1
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The Black Plague. The Pestilence. Disease and death haunt every town and village across 14th century Europe and none are immune from its evil. Some see the devastation of their world as a sign from God for Man's wickedness.
But Brother Thomas Neville sees this swath of death as something much more. Neville is a man beset by demons. Or is it angels? He has had a visitation from none other than the Archangel Michael, who commands Thomas to a mission....
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The Crucible trilogy volume 3
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The world that the former monk Thomas Neville knows is crumbling about him. The Holy Mother Church of Rome is losing its power and men are coming to question the nature of religion and the role of those who rule them by sword and cross.
Thomas knows that it is not merely the dawning of a new time for men to try to think and judge for themselves but it is a direct result of the rift in the fabric of the world, where demons have escaped their prison...
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When the Black Death enters England through the port in Dorsetshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is-or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church cites God as the cause, and fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for wickedness.
But Lady Anne of Develish has her own ideas. Educated by nuns, Anne is a rarity among women, being both literate and knowledgeable. With her brutal husband...
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Stolen as a child and raised in the wood of Evilshaw as servant to a witch, Birdalone ultimately escapes in her captress's magical boat, in which she travels to a succession of strange and wonderful islands. Among these is the Isle of Increase Unsought, an island cursed with boundless production, which Morris intended as a parable of contemporary Britain and a vehicle for his socialistic beliefs. Equally radical, during much of the first quarter of...
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USA Today–Bestselling Author: "Expertly laced with danger and sweetened with sensuality, Taming the Highlander is an absolute delight." -Booklist
Lady Jocelyn MacCallum had always believed she would marry for love. But the price of her brother's freedom was to become fearsome Connor MacLerie's new bride-a bargain that could cost Jocelyn her life.
From the moment she looked into Connor's sternly handsome face, Jocelyn began to hope that the...
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Silver bowl trilogy volume 2
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"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"--
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La fascinante historia de la evolución de la Corona de Castilla del siglo X al XVIII.
Desde Alfonso VI y la conquista de Toledo, los Trastámara y la caída del reino de Granada hasta el Siglo de Oro y esplendor de la Monarquía Hispánica y su expansión europea, americana y asiática.
Una historia política y cultural de Castilla desde una perspectiva historiográfica novedosa.
La Corona de Castilla tuvo durante la época medieval y moderna una...
70) Conquests
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Can an innocent forced into marriage find peace? Homeless and vulnerable, the helpless Anglo-Saxon Avis is compelled into marriage with a Norman invader. She had no choice but to take him as her husband,Accept the invaders,Become his. What can two strangers do to discover happiness? Can the unlikely couple redeem the sins of battle by planting the seeds of love or will their union wither in the drama of conquered England? From bestselling author,...
71) Borderland Bride
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In the wilderness of 14th century Northumbria, Lady Isabel discovers just how dangerous the Borderlands can be. With the loss of her voice and her hearing, there is little hope left for her.But when a brooding knight rescues her, she vows never to become a victim again and buries the secrets of her past in the hope that those hunting her will never find her in the Borderlands.Jake is astonished to come across the beautiful Isabel, near to death, on...
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"Love is for peasants," Eleanor said. "We make alliances. And I intend to make a very good one."
Beautiful and brilliant, Eleanor is the daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, whose glittering court is the twelfth-century birthplace of courtly love. For all of the duke's boasts that Eleanor has the brains of a man and the soul of a warrior, everyone knows that a girl of fifteen cannot possibly hold the richest dukedom in France. Everyone, that is, except...
73) The Quest
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Fighting for his son . . . Rolf of Dragonwyck is better known as the Dragon. This man of myth and legend has always lived by the strength of his sword and fierce reputation. The only chink in his armor--his beloved young son, being held hostage by the pitiless Earl of Seabrook. When Fate gives him an option to turn the tables, he takes the chance. Captured by the Dragon . . . Swept away from Seabrook by the Dragon's trick, Lady Annice defies this...
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To Captain James, duty means everything. He's worked hard to ensure the safety of the people of Thornewall and now the border reiver threat is gone and the recovery from the plague is well underway, he finds himself questioning his life.The arrival of the vibrant Ellise only confuses him further. When he catches Ellise thieving, instead of wanting to let the law deal with her, he finds he longs to take a more personal approach… a much more personal...
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Flamenca es la bella esposa de Archimbaut, un caballero enamorado y celoso que la recluye en una torre, sólo le permite salir a los oficios religiosos y a tomar baños medicinales. En tanto, el virtuoso Guillermo se enamora de oídas de ella, la espía y apenas logra atisbar su rostro; aunque, con la ayuda de Amor, ambos se conocen en los sueños. Luego de largas dubitaciones, llegan los encuentros y el abandono a los placeres.
El román de Flamenca...
76) Queen of Swords
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Queen in all but name, one woman's battle to rule her kingdom, from the Court of Jerusalem to the glorious city of Byzantium.
Melisende was the oldest daughter of Baldwin of Jerusalem, a princess of the Franks and, since she had no brothers, heir to the Crusader Kingdom. The crown would go to the man who married her, and after to her son.
But Melisende was a strong woman; the law that forced her to marry instead of taking the crown in her own name...
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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...
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Ceri, a Welsh wisewoman, has been in love with her half-Norman, half-Welsh overlord from afar for years. But Lord Taliesan doesn't even know she exists until Ceri decides to cast a web of enchantment over him, but it will only last for as long as he remains in their village. But eventually, against his will, Lord Taliesan is brought back to the castle and he forgets Ceri. But Ceri follows him, hoping that a deeper kind of magic will make him remember...
79) Heart of a Lion
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She has once been a beautiful noblewoman called lady Isabeau, betrothed at birth to the handsome squire Jared de Navarre. But, all that changed when the Crusades began, and Isabeau was abducted, transported to the torrid climes of the Mideast, and sold...
Jared had journeyed east, vowing to stay until he found his lady...but there his hopes died and his heart hardened. Now called the Black Lion, he is a fierce mercenary, about to begin a dangerous...
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We know her name. We know of her naked ride. We don't know her true story.
We all know the legend of Lady Godiva, who famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry, covered only by her long, flowing hair. So, the story goes, she begged her husband Lord Leofric of Mercia to lift a high tax on her people, who would starve if forced to pay. Lord Leofric demanded a forfeit: that Godiva ride naked on horseback through the town. There are various...