16th Century

The Phoenix of Florence

By Philip Kazan - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The author returns to Renaissance Italy with The Phoenix of Florence. Onorio Celavini, a commander in the Medici’s feared policy force, investigates ...Read Review

The Serpent’s Mark (The Jackdaw Mysteries)

By S. W. Perry - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, has returned to Suffolk to the family farm. Heartbroken, he is mourning the death of his ...Read Review

A Web of Silk (An Ursula Blanchard Mystery)

By Fiona Buckley - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1582, Ursula Blanchard receives a summons from Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Queen Elizabeth. As this is book 16 in this popular series, the ...Read Review

Mira’s Way (The Miramonde Series)

By Amy Maroney - Published 2018

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Mira’s Way, though one of a series, is a stand-alone story that grips from start to finish. It tells the dual tales ...Read Review

Swords in the East (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries Omnibus)

By P. F. Chisholm - Published 2018

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the latest in a series following the historical figure of Robert Carey, a lawman on the English/Scottish border in the ...Read Review

Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarroti

By Linda Cardillo - Published 2018

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A Renaissance woman, wife, mother, poet, diplomat, spiritual reformist, and lover – all labels for Vittoria Colonna that omit the essence of this unique ...Read Review

Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O’Malley

By Tony Lee - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1546, young Grace O’Malley is the daughter of a powerful chieftain in Western Ireland. “Black Oak” O’Malley wants his daughter to ...Read Review

Swords in the East (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries Omnibus)

By P. F. Chisholm - Published 2018

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is a compendium edition of two previously published books, part of a series on Robert Carey, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I ...Read Review

Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII’s Sister

By Melanie Clegg - Published 2018

Genres:

Nonfiction

None of the Tudor royal family has lacked attention from historians and novelists, but perhaps the one who has attracted the least coverage ...Read Review

Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4

By Alison Weir - Published 2019

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Anna of Kleve (or Anne of Cleves as she is known to most English readers) is the least known of Henry VIII’s ...Read Review