14th century

After the French king's courier is killed by a crossbow in a tavern, a barmaid seeks the assistance of fourteenth-century detective Crispin Guest, who soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder, one that could draw France and England into war.

The creator of Richard Sharpe offers this second volume in his new series about the quest for the Holy Grail. Thomas of Hookton is a loyal soldier of Edward III during the Hundred Years War. He is sworn to find his father's killer, a villain who stole a priceless relic.

A novel spanning two worlds caught in the midst of a horrific crisis ranges from a fourteenth-century Europe devastated by the Black Death to a near-future world in which survivors of a deadly plague struggle to rebuild the broken bonds of civilization.

In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.

A Yale history professor travels back in time to 15th century France and gets stuck, unable to return to the present. His colleagues organize a rescue and on landing in France become involved in the Hundred Years War.

In 1355, Margaret of Ashbury has clerics refuse to help her write a book. Starvation persuades Brother Gregory to take on the task and we discover a very resourceful woman.

In late-fourteenth-century England, Finn, a master illuminator, works on an English translation of the Bible, but fears that if his work is discovered he will be persecuted by the Church.

In Kingsbridge during the year 1327, four children witness two men being killed in the forest; and years later, even though they have grown apart, they are connected by what they saw.