15th Century
The Rose of York: Fall from Grace
While Worth’s ambitious novel offers a sympathetic representation of King Richard the Third, she also depicts him as humanly flawed…
Leonardo’s Shadow, Or My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant
The ongoing popularity of Leonardo da Vinci in fiction often obscures his preeminent place as the Renaissance’s most gifted and…
The King’s Women
1403. The middle of the Hundred Years War. The wolves are circling France. We follow the fortunes of the Dauphin…
I, Mona Lisa
In her follow-up to 2005’s The Borgia Bride, Jeanne Kalogridis brings to life the woman behind the enigmatic smile of…
The Beloved
The Beloved is the third in a trilogy, now set in Flanders during the exile of Edward IV. Warwick is…
A Play Of Knaves
A Play of Knaves, the third in the Joliffe Mysteries series (a spin-off of Frazer’s well-known Sister Frevisse mysteries) finds…
Incantation
Editors' choice
Encaleflora, a tiny village in Spain, has been home for the deMadrigal family for over five hundred years. Estrella, sixteen…
Warrior Girl
1428 France. This is the story of Joan of Arc. France and England are at war .At this period, France…
The Last Queen
This is the story of Juana “the Mad” of Castile, daughter to Isabel and Fernando and sister to Catherine of…
The Secret Supper
Leonardo da Vinci is the patron of thrillers these days – despite the fact that he was, and indeed one…
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