Cecelia Holland
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Cecelia Holland has written an extraordinary novel that ranges between two eras thousands of years apart and between two cultures as different as can be imagined, yet with striking similarities. Valley of the Kings re-creates an ancient Egypt that for centuries has been shrouded in mystery. It was a time of religious and political upheaval - the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten's religious reforms had been defeated by the power of the Priests of Amun, and...
Author
Series
Corban Loosestrife novels volume 6
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Raef Corbanson and his companions are catapulted into a struggle for the throne between contenders from Wessex and Denmark when they return to Raef's home in the Viking town of Jorvik in England and learn of a plot to overthrow Ethelred II.
5) Jerusalem
Author
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomine Tuo da gloriam. "Not to us, O Lord, but to Your Name give glory." This motto highlights the vows of chastity and humility taken by the Knights Templar. But, it also speaks to their role as ferocious warriors, passionately and bloodily seeking out glory for their God. Set in the Holy Land in 1187 A.D., Cecelia Holland's historical novel masterfully explores the conspiracies and political maneuvers leading up...
6) Dragon heart
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Where the Cape of the Winds juts into the endless sea, there is Castle Ocean, and therein dwells the royal family that has ruled it from time immemorial. But there is an Empire growing in the east, and its forces have reached the castle. King Reymarro is dead in battle, and by the new treaty, Queen Marioza must marry one of the Emperor's brothers. She loathes the idea, and has already killed the first brother, but a second arrives, escorted by more...
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