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Helena P. Schrader
The dramatic story of the Berlin Airlift 1948-1949 is the subject of the "Bridge to Tomorrow" Series. Book II, "Cold War," focuses on the heroic efforts of the RAF and…
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Helena P Schrader
Find out more about the twelfth and thirteenth-century women inhabitants of Outremer.
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Helena Schrader
Berlin 1948: In the ruins of Hitler's capital, former RAF officers and an ex-ATA woman pilot start an air ambulance company, but when a Russian fighter brings down a British…
Three tales that explore the problems of coping with injury, family commitments in wartime, and PTSS. Whether facing plastic surgery after defacing burns or disciplinary action for cowardice, this book…
Set against the backdrop of the Sixth Crusade, Rebels against Tyranny takes you from the palaces of privilege to the dungeons of despair as three courageous young people get caught…
Against the backdrop of the Holy Land in the thirteenth century, award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader tells the story of a vengeful emperor attempting to obliterate opposition in a tale…
First published as Chasing the wind. –Title page verso
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Award-winning biographical novel about Balian d'Ibelin, the defender of Jerusalem against Saladin, during the Third Crusade.
In ancient Sparta during the Second Messenian War, two women, one beautiful and one ugly, are captured and enslaved in the same raid. This is the story of how each…
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Riding the icy, moonlit sky– They took the war to Hitler. Their chances of survival were less than fifty percent. Their average age was 21. This is the story of…
Book I in the Award-Winning Jerusalem Trilogy
B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree, Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice
Hollywood made him a blacksmith; Arab chronicles said he was like a king.
He served…
While all Tegea believes Antyllus’ chariot could bring Tegea an unprecedented Olympic victory, Antyllus knows that he lacks a driver capable of coaxing the best out of his team. Out…
Messenia is in revolt, and the Messenians have been out-witting Sparta’s crack troops. On the advice of Delphi, Sparta requests that Athens appoint a new Supreme Commander for Sparta’s army…
The destruction of Knights Templar by Philip IV of France is the focus of this, the third and last of Schrader’s Templar Trilogy after The Cypriot Knight and Sir Jean…
The smaller of twins, born long after two elder brothers, Leonidas was considered an afterthought from birth – even by his mother. Lucky not to be killed for being undersized…
Sparta at the start of the fifth century BC is in crisis. The Argives are attacking Sparta’s vulnerable island of Kythera, but King Cleomenes is more interested in meddling in…
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Book III in the Leonidas Trilogy
Persia has crushed the Ionian revolt and is gathering a massive army to invade and punish mainland Greece, but in…
John d'Ibelin, son of the legendary Balian, will one day defy the most powerful monarch on earth. But first he must survive his apprenticeship as squire to a man determined…
A crusader in search of faith, a lame lady in search of revenge, and a king who would be saint. St. Louis’ Knight takes you to the Holy Land in…
The Christian kingdom of Jerusalem is under siege. The charismatic Kurdish leader, Salah ad-Din, has succeeded in uniting Shiite Egypt with Sunnite Syria and has now declared jihad against the…
Helena Page Schrader
Explains why the American female WASP pilots failed and the British ATA were praised by their fellow male counterparts. Includes many famous wartime female pilots.
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For the first time ever, this book offers a much-needed comprehensive and introductory overview of the tumultuous era of the Crusades.
