15th Century
The Dawn Country
The Dawn Country concerns the peoples of the Iroquois in the generation before the coming of their great peacemaker Deganawidah,…
The Master of Bruges
The title of the book refers to Hans Memling the painter (1430 – 1494), the central character. With the Duke…
Queen By Right
Anne Easter Smith has written three well-researched and entertaining books featuring the children and grandchildren of Richard, Duke of York…
Fire in the Sky
In 1540, Hernando De Soto led hundreds of Spanish soldiers into the interior of southern North America. Searching for gold…
A Play of Piety
Editors' choice
I have been a fan of Margaret Frazer’s medieval mysteries about Dame Frevisse. This novel is the sixth of another…
Pale Rose of England
Sandra Worth’s Pale Rose of England focuses on one of British history’s more obscure heroines: Lady Catherine Gordon, the highborn…
Queen of Cities
The year is 1453, and the army of Turkish Sultan Mehmed is camped outside the walls of Constantinople while the…
The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou
In her latest novel, Susan Higginbotham takes on the task of redeeming yet another maligned historical figure: Margaret of Anjou,…
The Virgin Widow
During the War of the Roses, Anne Neville, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, is a young woman from one of…
Kabbalah of Stone
Kabbalah of Stone primarily takes place in 1491 in Girona, Spain, and follows the story of Domingo Fontclara, a scribe…
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