 | THE GENTLE INFIDEL by LAWRENCE SCHPPNOVER
Buy used from: $0.01 Super look at the period of Byzantine/Ottoman clash that lead to the fall of Constantinople.
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 | Burnished Blade by Lawrence Schoonover
Buy used from: $26.58 Another great from an HF master.
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| Key of Gold by Lawrence Schoonover
Buy used from: $1.40 Very interesting portrayal of medicine and the role of doctors in the late Middle Ages-Early Renaissance.
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| The Prince of Omeya (Laurel-leaf Mayflower book) by Anthony Fon Eisen
Buy used from: $0.01 Out of print, but worth the search. Deals with the coup that took the Umayyad dynasty from power in the Middle East and sent them to Spain.
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 | The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books) by Gillian Bradshaw
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $0.91 Archimedes is explained in an understandible way with a very good story.
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 | The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Highly readable tale about Elizabethan court intrigue.
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 | The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 L'Amour wrote non westerns, and this is the best. It deals with a young man in the greater Mediterranean during the 12th century. It is very rich in contemporary knowledge, and quick to read, despite its 450+ pages.
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 | A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Great little story set in medieval Korea. Appropriate for all ages.
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 | A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.26 Elenor of Aquitane and her time. Very well written, and historically accurate.
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 | The Second Mrs. Gioconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Story of Leonardo and his surroundings near the time of the painting of the Mona Lisa.
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 | The Buccaneers (The High Seas Trilogy) by Iain Lawrence
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 Exciting tale of the sea in the late 18th/early 19th centuries.
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 | The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.61 Terriffic story of the Maya told through the eyes of a young female heroine.
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 | The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.30 Outstanding story of the building of a cathedral in the late middle ages. However, be aware that this is very graphic in depicting violence and sex-including rape! But it is very informative on medieval construction techniques and lifestyles.
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 | Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn) by Morgan Llywelyn
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.40 Brian Boru and his times. Sometimes graphic on sex. Good historical detail.
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