This is the strange, compelling story of Roger Bacon. Ambitious, impatient, mutinous, Bacon was a man of his times with a vision reaching far beyond even our own day. Subject to the harsh, narrow confines of Church-dominated "science", Bacon dared to venture into the deep waters of theory, risking deadly accusations of heresy and black magic. Against a vividly realised backdrop of thirteenth-century England, Paris and Rome, James Blish wrote an engrossing account of this lonely...

Marwen is the only child of the king. When she inherits his kingdom, the powerful men of the aristocracy look upon her as nothing but a girl - a figurehead to be manipulated and married off. The prince of a neighboring territory looks upon her as a prize of war - and an easy way to seize the neighboring crown. Although she is cunning and ruthless, Marwen does not stand along against her enemies. She has allies among the people who still cherish the memory of the ancient hill queens. Above all...

A King named Henry ruled over Norman baron and Saxon peasant alike, in a country torn by strife. Then the knight who called himself Pendragon appeared, a skilled warrior with snow-white skin and sightless eyes like scarlett hell. He claimed descent fro Arthur, the King of legend, and rode with the fair Rosamund, herself of the blood of Merlin, greatest of all the ancient mages. The two came seeking the birthright of a people far, far older than Norman or Saxon. And because of their quest, crown...

Hidden City. The final volume in the Tamuli series. The ultimate battle between Blue Rose and Klael must be fought - though Ehlana is held prisoner by the enemy in the Hidden City, defended by Klael. The time for strategy and hope is past.