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Summary: "Some men strive for greatness. And some men find themselves thrust into the role of their nation's saviors. Such are the two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic, commoner in medieval British history; the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHYAckroyd, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACKCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Bâtard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CORCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poiters and French King John II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Cornwell 2013Sharratt, Mary
Summary: Bishop's Lynn, England, 1413. At the age of forty, Margery Kempe has nearly died giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can't trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich and confesses that she has been haunted by visceral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHACornwell, Bernard.
Summary: While fearsome French and Scottish armies sharpen their blades for war, English archer Thomas of Hookton is given a special mission. Sent to norhern England, he searches for the ultimate weapon - the Holy Grail. Legend tells that the Grail was once held by Thomas' family, so he is the ideal man to look for it. But he's not the only one tracking the omnipotent relic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CORCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: While fearsome French and Scottish armies sharpen their blades for war, English archer Thomas of Hookton is given a special mission. Sent to norhern England, he searches for the ultimate weapon - the Holy Grail. Legend tells that the Grail was once held by Thomas' family, so he is the ideal man to look for it. But he's not the only one tracking the omnipotent relic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002
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Summary: In London's Smithfield Prison in 1305, condemned patriot William Wallace imparts the remarkable story of the Scottish Wars of Independence to a priest in the pre-dawn hours before his execution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHYCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. Young Thomas, the only survivor, vows to avenge the murder of his townsmen and recapture the holy treasure that a black-clad knight stole from the church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CORCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: After surviving a vicious attack on his village in 1343 A.D., archer Thomas of Hookton joins the army of King Edward III as he prepares to launch an invasion into France, but his quest for vengeance takes him on an epic quest for the Holy Grail. A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor, a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2005
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Summary: "Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray, she experiences firsthand the violence of a sadistic husband and a kingdom constantly at war. To survive with her young son in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Richard, the second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne from his brother, before embarking on the Third Crusade, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping brother, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PENYolen, Jane.
Summary: As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2002
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: FIC YOLWiley, Jesse
Summary: It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENWiley, Jesse
Summary: A family must survive the dangerous ford of the wild Snake River along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC GREMeek, James
Summary: "Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEEJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JENAlcott, Louisa May
Summary: Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION AlcGarwood, Haley Elizabeth.
Summary: This is a tale of a warrior, Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and granddaughter of William the Conqueeror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writers Block 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FAN GARWOHolsinger, Bruce W.
Summary: London, 1385. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers--including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford--England's young, still untested king, Richard II, is in mortal peril, and the danger is only beginning. Songs are heard across London--catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the end of England's kings--and among the book's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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Summary: ""A rip-roaring tale. full of twists and turns...A fast-moving, thoroughly enjoyable yarn." --Kirkus Reviews on King's Man Robert, Earl of Locksley, returns in the latest in Angus Donald's compelling historical novels, reimagining one of the most indelible figures in folklore--Robin Hood. King Richard I, the Lionheart, is engaged in a bloody war to drive the French out of Normandy. Using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DONMaitland, Karen.
Summary: In 1348, as the Black Plague holds England in it's grip, nine strangers attempt to outrun death. Each member has their own story to tell and each has a secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2008