Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Dericott tales volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in medieval England, eighteen-year-old Louisa teams up with the chivalrous knight, Sir Charles, to find hidden treasure and save her younger sister Margaret before their uncle marries her off"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuries created the modern world.
We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
Brittany, 1066
Elise saved her family from ruin by marrying Simon, Count of Rennes. Yet this is no mere marriage of convenience--Elise has already fallen in love with her new husband. Intending to please him, Elise sets out to be the bold and seductive woman she thinks Simon desires--even though she's an inexperienced, innocent virgin.
On this their wedding day, Simon is determined to skillfully arouse his new wife and initiate her into the pleasures...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Balkans, 1371
After conquering the Serbian army in battle, bands of Ottoman warriors terrorize the land, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. As one of the few survivors of a deadly attack on her village, Magdalena is determined to protect her newly orphaned niece. When a group of battle-weary Serb warriors offers to lead Magdalena and her charge to safety, a flame of hope flickers to life for the desperate woman, burning...
Author
Language
English
Description
The sea-king's warrior bride
Legendary shield maiden Sayrid Avildottar will marry no man unless he first defeats her in combat. And in powerful sea-king Hrolf Eymundsson she has finally met her match.
Hrolf may have won her lands-;and her body-;but can Sayrid welcome a stranger to her bed? The world of fighting is all she knows! With a husband intent on seducing his new bride, perhaps, just this once, Sayrid will discover that surrender can...
8) Love Letters
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl.Selwyn sends Catheryn a love letter as a joke, disguising it as though it is from one of her father's thanes. Catheryn is fascinated by the letter, and cannot imagine who would be capable of sending a poem of such imagination...
Author
Language
English
Description
Passion blooms when a beautiful brewer shares an accidental kiss with a nobleman's son in this medieval romance by a USA Today–bestselling author.
A marriage had been foretold-but 'twas not the one Trystan DeLanyea sought. The village seer would have him wed, not to an icy Norman beauty, but to the saucy and sensuous Mair, who'd baited and teased him since childhood, and now offered a most inconvenient-and thoroughly inescapable-passion!
Though...
Author
Language
English
Description
What does it feel like to create a life on your terms? Where your health, relationships, finances and mindset are all supercharged with positive momentum and intent?
The 4 Pillars offers a template on how to shape your life towards fulfilment in these areas; where you learn to master your health, take control of your relationships, grow your finances and develop a clear and positive mindset.
The 4 Pillars is your roadmap to a better life.
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Hay secretos que solo se descubren paso a paso... página a página
Del autor de El enigma de Vivaldi llega El secreto del peregrino, una apasionante aventura de intriga ambientada en la Edad Media, con París, Venecia y el camino de Santiago como grandes escenarios. La historia de un escríbano que se convertirá en peregrino para llevar a cabo una peligrosa misión: descifrar los misterios de la alquimia ocultos en el Livro de Abraham el Judío....
Author
Language
English
Description
The natural desire to visit places which have been the scene of memorable actions, or the abode of distinguished personages, had from a very early period drawn pious pilgrims from the east and the west to view those spots which had been hallowed by the presence of the Son of God. The toils and the dangers of the journey were unheeded, when set in comparison with the bliss of pouring forth prayer on Calvary, and bathing in the waves of Jordan, whose...
Author
Language
Español
Description
José Soto Chica, el autor del exitoso Imperio y bárbaros. La guerra en la Edad Oscura, regresa con un volumen que aborda una época crucial en la historia de España, el tiempo que hace de bisagra entre la Antigüedad y el Medievo, el tiempo del primer reino que se enseñoreo sobre toda la península ibérica, el tiempo de los visigodos. Rastreando los nebulosos orígenes de los godos en Escandinavia, el libro acompaña a estos en una migración...
Author
Series
Language
Français
Description
"Est-il possible d'abandonner complètement un passé tumultueux qui tourmente, même si dans le présent, on a trouvé le bonheur le plus sublime ?" Après son mariage, Edwin aspirait uniquement à fonder une famille. Cependant, tout s'effondre lorsque des fantmes qu'il pensait depuis longtemps oubliés reviennent le hanter. Il doit maintenant retourner là d'o il vient pour tenter de les enterrer une fois pour toutes. Diana a lutté ardemment pour...
16) Almodis
Author
Language
English
Description
Repudiated, kidnapped, excommunicated, desired.At a time when a noblewoman's purpose is to produce heirs, Almodis resolves to create her own dynasty. Almodis' path to power and happiness is fraught with drama. Forbidden love and murder underpin this extraordinary story based on the life of a scandalous female lord whose descendants went on to rule in France, Spain and England.Almodis de la Marche was 'afflicted with a Godless female itch', according...
17) Duplicity
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jess" wasn't a prince. There was no prince. In fact, Jess might be a criminal.So, why would Aylee Hembry even consider handing her safety over to him and his ragamuffin band of soldiers?She had already been run out of her town by one unscrupulous man - she would not trust her life to a another who refused to tell her his real name.Unfortunately, she saw no easy path back to her home and away from the stranger's camp. Not only would she have to brave...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the churchyard of the village of Orkesta, just north of the city of Stockholm, there are two eleventh century rune stones. One of them, in a few brief words, tells the world of the extraordinary achievements of Ulf of Borresta, who lived nearby. During a long career as a Viking raider, he became extremely rich on the proceeds of extortion: Danegeld. The carved runes mention the names of real Norse historical figures with whom he ravaged the English...
19) The Gammadion
Author
Language
English
Description
A mission for the princes of Europe precipitates Venetian nobleman Giovanni di Montercervino into romance and danger at the court of Arghun, Mongol ruler of Persia.Arghun, the great-great-grandson of Temuchin, is dying. But there are those who would hasten his death for political reasons, while others would sacrifice his wife Nadia for personal ones. Beautiful and talented, but victim of a barbaric Mongol marriage law which passes her from ruler to...
Author
Language
English
Description
An epic historical novel enmeshed in thrilling Welsh history! For lovers of Cornwell's The Last Kingdom series, you must read Arianwen Nunn's books!!
It is 1109 and the Welsh warrior and firebrand, Owain ap Cadwgan abducts Princess Nest and her children from the castle she shares with her husband, Gerald of Windsor. Henry, Norman king of England, furious since Nest is also his lover and mother of his son, begins a manhunt to find Owain and Nest....
In Inter-Library Loan Service
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Pasco County Library System can be requested from other Inter-Library Loan Service libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try submitting a Purchase Suggestion. Submit Purchase Suggestion