12 Top historical books like The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett

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The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca…

"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

If you liked the historical plot in The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Borton de Treviño's I, Juan de Pareja book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

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3. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gray Vining's Adam of the Road book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Silver Branch

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone els…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

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5. Flame Over Tara

By: Madeleine A. Polland , Omar Davis , Madeleine Polland

3.66

Format: 320 pages,

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Similar categories in Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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6. Mara, Daughter of the Nile

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds her… read more

Similar categories in Eloise Jarvis McGraw's Mara, Daughter of the Nile book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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7. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

By: E.L. Konigsburg

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

While waiting in heaven for divine judgment to be passed on her second husband, Eleanor of Aquitain… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

Similar categories in Eleanore Myers Jewett's The Hidden Treasure of Glaston book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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9. The Sherwood Ring

By: Elizabeth Marie Pope

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family's ancestral e… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Sherwood Ring book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy

10. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson, Daria M. Sockey

11. God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah

By: Joanne Williamson , Daria M. Sockey

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A never-before published tale by the author of the best -selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reade… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Williamson's God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. A Murder for Her Majesty

By: Beth Hilgartner

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen … read more

Similar categories in Beth Hilgartner's A Murder for Her Majesty book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

13. A Single Shard

By: Linda Sue Park

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more

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14. The Beduins' Gazelle

By: David Bowers , Frances Temple

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a… read more

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15. The Trojan War

By: Olivia E. Coolidge

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensi… read more

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16. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Samurai Detective, #1)

By: Dorothy Hoobler , Thomas Hoobler

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a… read more

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17. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A… read more

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18. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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19. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

Similar categories in Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Golden Goblet book and Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

20. The Singing Tree

By: Kate Seredy

3.50

Format: 306 pages,

Life on the Hungarian plains us changing quickly for Jancsi and his cousin Kate. Father has given J… read more

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21. Banner in the Sky

By: James Ramsey Ullman

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared t… read more

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12 must-read fiction books like The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett

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I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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The Silver Branch

Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

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Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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Margaret Lovett

3.97

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The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

3.66

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The Arrow Over the Door

Joseph Bruchac , James Watling

3.92

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