15th Century
Wild Rose
Maternal love isn’t restricted to those who carry a child for nine months, as Alice Moore is about to…
The Columbus Affair
This is a conspiracy thriller, a Quest that keeps closely to the rules of the genre, rules which Steve Berry…
The Tigress of Forlì: The Life of Renaissance Italy’s Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
Caterina Sforza, born in 1463, lived a full life. The illegitimate daughter of the future Duke of Milan, she was…
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
There was something serendipitous about reading this book in a week that modern scientists took a step closer to the…
1494: How A Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
“How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half” is the subtitle but could also have possibly…
The Midsummer Crown (Roger the Chapman Mysteries)
This is a locked room mystery with a fascinating historical backdrop. It is set in England during the months in…
The Broken Land
In this third of four books set in 1400 CE among “The People of the Longhouse” (who most of us…
The Women of the Cousins’ War
This collection of essays is a gift to those who love historical fiction. It not only functions as a history…
The Last Days of Richard III
John Ashdown-Hill is a historian and member of the Royal Historical Society and the Richard III Society. With several nonfiction…
A Place Called Armageddon
The fall of Christian Constantinople to the Turks is a historical fact, but knowing this in no way detracts from…
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