16th Century
The Book of Madness and Cures
Editors' choice
That this is a book of madness is immediately obvious; Doctor Ernesto Mondini has become unhinged. His final letter arrives…
Sacrilege
S.J. Parris offers the reader a multisensory, cinematic experience surrounding the deadly black plague of London in 1584. Sacrilege, her…
Queen without a Crown: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery
In this ninth installment in the series, Ursula, now happily remarried and living a quiet existence as Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting, seeks…
Iago
Iago, Shakespeare’s famous villain, has escaped from Cyprus, leaving a trail of corpses behind him. He falls into the hands…
At the King’s Pleasure (Secrets of the Tudor Court)
The successful author of Pleasure Palace, Between Two Queens and By Royal Decree returns us to the ever-popular Tudor court…
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
In mid-16th-century Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus, a reclusive canon of the Catholic Church, had labored for decades over an astronomical treatise…
The Queen’s Agent
In the time of Elizabeth I, 16th-century England was in turmoil – Protestants against Catholics, wars with Spain, and a…
Cross My Heart
Venice, 1585. Confined to a convent for the six years since her mother’s death, 16-year-old Laura lives for her memories…
The Choosing Time
This is a charming and simple look at young love amidst religious tensions in 16th-century France. Gisele de Bonnerot comes…
Shakespeare’s Mistress
We all know that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, albeit unwillingly, because she was pregnant with their first child, a…
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