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  • Balian d’Ibelin
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    Book I in the Award-Winning Jerusalem TrilogyB.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree, Historical Novel Society Editor's ChoiceHollywood made him a blacksmith; Arab chronicles said he was "like a king."He served a leper, but defied Richard the Lionheart.He was a warrior and a diplomat both.This is the first book of a three-part biography of the historical Balian d'Ibelin. ...
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    25,90 €

  • The Last Crusader Kingdom
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    John d'Ibelin, son of the legendary Balian, will one day defy the most powerful monarch on earth. But first he must survive his apprenticeship as squire to a man determined to build a kingdom on an island ravaged by rebellion. The Greek insurgents have already driven the Knights Templar from the island, and now stand poised to destroy Richard the Lionheart's legacy to t...
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    24,43 €

  • Defender of Jerusalem
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    The Christian kingdom of Jerusalem is under siege. The charismatic Kurdish leader, Salah ad-Din, has succeeded in uniting Shiite Egypt with Sunnite Syria and has now declared jihad against the Christian kingdom. While King Baldwin IV struggles to defend his kingdom from the external threat despite the increasing ravages of leprosy, the struggle for the succession threatens to t...
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    30,47 €

  • A Heroic King
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    Come and take them!Book III in the Leonidas TrilogyPersia has crushed the Ionian revolt and is gathering a massive army to invade and punish mainland Greece, but in Sparta the dangers seem closer to home. The Eurypontid king Demaratus is accused of being a usurper, while the Agiad king Cleomenes is going dangerously mad. More and more Spartans turn to Leonidas, Cleomenes's ...
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    30,26 €

  • A Peerless Peer
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    Sparta at the start of the fifth century BC is in crisis. The Argives are attacking Sparta's vulnerable island of Kythera, but King Cleomenes is more interested in meddling in Athenian affairs. His co-monarch, King Demaratus, opposes Cleomenes' ambitions, and soon the kings are at each other's throats. Exploiting this internal conflict, Corinth launches a challenge ...
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    30,44 €

  • A Boy of the Agoge
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    The smaller of twins, born long after two elder brothers, Leonidas was considered an afterthought from birth -- even by his mother. Lucky not to be killed for being undersized, he was not raised as a prince like his eldest brother, Cleomenes, who was heir to the throne, but instead had to endure the harsh upbringing of ordinary Spartan youth. Barefoot, always a little hungry, a...
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    16,71 €

  • Spartan Slave, Spartan Queen
    Helena P. Schrader / Helena PSchrader
    In ancient Sparta during the Second Messenian War, two women, one beautiful and one ugly, are captured and enslaved in the same raid. This is the story of how each responds to their new situation and the women they meet in Sparta. Niobe’s beauty is so great that it captures the attention of the Messenian leader, Aristomenes. He makes her a cherished concubine-until the Spartan ...
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    14,76 €