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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
n the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her, that only Quasimodo can prevent. Victor...
Author
Series
Hinges of history volume 5
Publisher
N.A. Talese
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, after her seven brothers are falsely accused of murder and treason, eighteen-year-old Delia flees their cruel stepmother and becomes a seamstress at Westminster Palace, hoping to gain their release, with Sir Geoffrey's assistance.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 484 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our culture's birth, of the emergence of our civilization...
12) Knight
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the age of knighthood, covering such aspects as arms, armor, training, ceremonies, tournaments and the code of chivalry, and the Crusuades.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 636 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names--from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet...
15) Castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
27 p. : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Language
English
17) Medieval society
Author
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
18) Life in a castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes different kinds of castles, their purposes, how they were built, and what it was like to live in a castle, looking particularly at the roles played by women and children.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Get ready...as the daughter of a local official, you're about to get a glimpse of the high life, working as a servant in an enormous castle. It sounds grand, but things are about to get very hot in this medieval castle.