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0393058255 Night of Sorrows
Author: Frances Sherwood; Buy New: $22.46

Set at the twilight of the Aztec empire, April 1519 through The Night of
Sorrow, La Noche Triste, June 30, 1520, this novel tells the engrossing
story about the Conquistador Cortes and the Aztec Princess Malintzin.

031234841X Shadow of the Lords
Author: Simon Levack

In 1517 The Aztec capital is awash with fears and rumors that
Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, has returned. But Yaotl, the chief
minister's slave, has more to worry about, as he searches for his
missing son. 

0312980353 Circle of Stars
Author: Anna Lee Waldo Buy New: $7.50

A good deal of this unusual novel takes place in North America (around Mississippi) as the legendary Welsh explorer Madoc finds himself blown across the Atlantic.  

0060959436 The Discovery of Chocolate
Author: James Runcie Buy New: $13.95

The year is 1518 and the discovery of chocolate in the New World, and
its subsequent importation back to Europe, will have grave consequences for one young conquistador.

17th Century Americas

See Note.

0060753277 Ariel
Author: Grace Tiffany; Buy New: $16.99

Retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starting with Columbus's arrival in America.

1906070016 Jamestown Woman
Author: Sue Allan;

Part of a trilogy about women in the New World.

0704311658 Dare
Author: Philip Jose Farmer

We now know what happened to the Lost Colonists of Roanoke--They were  abducted by aliens! Well, that's one less mystery for us to ponder.  BP

1400049571 Feathered Serpent
Author: Colin Falconer Buy New: $11.86

A novel of the Aztec woman Malinali and the Conquistador Cortes.

074329033X Malinche
Author: Laura Esquivel Buy New: $17.21 

The passionate and tragic love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortes and his interpreter, the Aztec woman, Malinalli.

0061161543 Ines of My Soul
Author: Isabel Allende Buy New: $10.17 

A novel of Dora Ines Suarez (1507-1580) the spirited conquistadora who helped found the nation of Chile.

0821744852 Deepwater
Author: Pamela Neal Jekel 

A family saga beginning with the founding of Roanoke Colony.

0841453942 Croatan
Author: Mary Johnston

The Lost Colony of Roanoke.

0553247018 Tall Woman
Author: Harry S. Gibbons

The story of Virginia Dare, the first child born to the Roanoke Colony.

0979051606 The Rising Shore - Roanoke
Author: Deborah Homsher Buy New: $11.86

With the number of historical novelists writing about the Roanoke Colony, it's a wonder it ever got lost!  NH

0060821809 The Last Witchfinder
Author: James Morrow Buy New: $10.85 

The daughter of England's greatest witchfinder, disgusted by her father's work and the horrendous suffering and death it brings to countless women, vows to end the laws that permit these atrocities, even though it consumes most of her life, takes her from England to America, and even to court to stand trial as an accusd witch herself.

Note:  Definitely pushing the definition of "medieval" here.. but until there are more novels set in the Americas before 1600 AD.. better than nothing.  We are trying to keep these earlier than 1610.

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