16th Century
The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
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Catherine Fletcher opens up the ‘Pandora’s Box’ of 16th-century Italy. This era is known most obviously for the flowering of individual artistic ...Read Review
The Final Puzzle: An Untold Akbar Birbal Story
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At the height of the 16th-century Mughal Empire, wise and witty Raja Birbal is Emperor Akbar’s dearest friend and most trusted advisor. ...Read Review
Ghost of the Bamboo Road: A Hiro Hattori Novel (A Shinobi Mystery)
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Japan, January 1566: Master ninja Hiro Hattori, Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo, and Mateo’s housekeeper, Ana, are on a secret mission to Edo. They ...Read Review
Sin Eater
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An act of petty thievery changes the course of May Owens’ life in this richly imagined tale set in the late 16th century. ...Read Review
The Forgotten Sister
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The Forgotten Sister is a timeslip novel, based in Tudor England and the present day. In the 16th century Amy Robsart is married ...Read Review
The Everlasting
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Andiamo a Roma! We’ll visit the Eternal City four times in Katy Simpson Smith’s brilliant new novel The Everlasting, set in ...Read Review
A Place in the World: Book 3, The Miramonde Series
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In this third in the Miramonde series, set in 1505, grieving the loss of a daughter, Miramonde de Oto and her husband Arnaud move ...Read Review
Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen (UK) / Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen (US)
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This is a superb novel about a young queen who was the victim of powerful and ambitious persons around her. Neglected by her ...Read Review
Raphael, Painter in Rome
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Stephanie Storey follows up her stunning debut, Oil and Marble, a novel about the rivalry between Leonardo and Michelangelo, with another brilliant novel ...Read Review
Shadows of Hemlock (Apricots and Wolfsbane)
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Having betrayed those she holds dear, assassin Aselin Gavrell is faced not with the prestige and independence she imagined, but with a life ...Read Review