An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Pamela Marcantel
Paperback - 592 pages
Publisher - St. Martin’s Griffin; St Martin’s Griffin Ed edition (March 15, 1998)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4 stars
Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly:
Extensively researched, Marcantel’s earnest retelling of the story of Joan of Arc traces the saint’s life from […]
Allure
1) Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 225)
2) The patch along the top of a castle or town wall, providing access to any part of the wall circuit behind the cover of the parapet.
(Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 246)
Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland by Jeff Janoda
Paperback - 360 pages
Publisher - Academy Chicago Publishers (May 2008)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
Editorial Review from Booklist:
This detail-rich novel is a retelling of a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga written by an unknown author. The original document arose from the colonization of Iceland […]
Hoarding
[hawr-ding, hohr-]
Wooden galleries erected on the face of a castle’s battlements to enable the defenders to fire on men attacking the base of the wall. (Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 249)
Odinn’s Child: The Heroes of the North Live On (Viking Trilogy) by Tim Severin
Paperback - 400 pages
Publisher - Macmillan UK; New Ed edition (September 1, 2005)
Average Customer Review on Amazon - 4.5 stars
Editorial Review from Booklist:
Severin offers the first installment in a projected trilogy. Thorgils, son of Norse chieftain Leif the Lucky and fey Celtic […]