The Lady and the Unicorn is a tour de force of history and imagination. Tracy Chevalier masterfully unravels the mystery behind one of the art world’s great masterpieces—a set of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. These tapestries appear to portray the seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown—until now.

Paris, 1490: A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries to celebrate his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, and sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the nobleman's house—mother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-waiting—before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven.

There, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has to finish the tapestries—his finest, most intricate work—on time for his exacting French client. The results change all their lives—lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

In The Lady and the Unicorn, Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry—an extraordinary story exquisitely told.

Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Set in the beautifully imagined medieval Japan, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth.

Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, exploring the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm. Join Lord Otori Takeo and Lady Shirakawa Kaede as they navigate the challenges posed by the corrupt Otori lords, the newly-risen lord, and the Tribe, who have honed their supernatural skills to see Takeo defeated.

It is a climactic end to the trilogy, as painful and beautiful as all the rest. Experience the magic and intrigue of the Otori clan in this captivating tale.

The Disorderly Knights is the third volume in The Lymond Chronicles, a highly renowned series of historical novels by Dorothy Dunnett. Set in 1551, it follows the adventures of Francis Crawford of Lymond as he is dispatched to embattled Malta. His mission: to assist the Knights of Hospitallers in defending the island against the Turks. However, the greatest threat to the Knights lies within their own ranks, where various factions secretly vie for power.

Back in Scotland, Crawford establishes a trained force of mercenaries and encounters Joleta Malett, a beautiful and wilful teenager. Through her brother, Graham Reid Malett, a knight of St John of Jerusalem, Crawford is enticed to Malta to aid in the Order's defense against the Turkish forces of Suleiman. This section of the book closely follows historical events, capturing the essence of the era with beautifully constructed prose.

This historical romance is an exhilarating adventure, set in the mid-1500s and focused around the flawed hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond. The series begins and ends in Crawford's homeland of Scotland, following his journey through centers of power in Scotland, France, Malta, Stamboul (Constantinople), and Russia. He develops as a leader in war and politics, with the potential to rule a country, but at the expense of his humanity, family, and companions.

The language, culture, customs, political intrigue, warcraft, and ethos of the time are captured vividly, making this book a must-read for lovers of historical fiction and adventure.

"Tous maudits, jusqu'à la septième génération !" : telle est la funeste malédiction que le chef des templiers, depuis les flammes du bûcher, lance au visage de Philippe le Bel, roi de France.

Nous sommes en 1314 et la prophétie va se réaliser : pendant plus d'un demi-siècle, les rois se succèdent sur le trône de France, mais n'y restent jamais bien longtemps. D'intrigues de palais en morts subites, de révolutions dynastiques en guerres meurtrières, c'est la valse des rois maudits...

L'avenir de la France se joue pendant ces quelques années noires, période trouble de l'Histoire. Une époque extraordinaire, jamais ennuyeuse, comme romanesque...

L'auteur l'a bien compris, lui qui conte les histoires secrètes du royaume et des hommes, de leurs passions comme de leurs faiblesses qui bien souvent bouleversèrent le sort de la France.