Historathon 2024 - hosted by tenar

500-1500 CE
Q2: April through June.
All books added
The Bible Illuminated: How Art Brought the Bible to an Illiterate World by Karen York

The Bible Illuminated: How Art Brought the Bible to an Illiterate World

Karen York

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Queens of the Crusades by Alison Weir

Queens of the Crusades

England's Medieval Queens #2

Alison Weir

542 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge

The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones

Thomas Asbridge

14 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

14 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir

Queens of the Conquest

England's Medieval Queens #1

Alison Weir

592 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history informative slow-paced
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill, Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

The Hinges of History #1

Thomas Cahill, Thomas Cahill

7 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

David Gibbins

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

784 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth

The History of the Kings of Britain

Geoffrey of Monmouth

373 pages • first pub 1136 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous informative slow-paced
The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction by Morris Rossabi

The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Morris Rossabi

136 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious slow-paced