16th Century
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
The Saracen’s Mark (The Jackdaw Mysteries)
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Despite its length (I don’t like books over 400 pages) I enjoyed this book, the third in Perry’s Mark series and to ...Read Review
On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind
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Most people have heard of Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Golden Hind. It is less well-known that for nine ...Read Review
The Mirror & the Light (Wolf Hall Trilogy 3)
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Following Anne Boleyn’s beheading in May 1536, chief councillor Thomas Cromwell’s star has never shone brighter in Henry VIII’s eyes. But ...Read Review
The Lost Boys of London (Bianca Goddard Mysteries)
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First one small boy then another has been found hanging from the wall of a church in London. Bianca Goddard is very afraid ...Read Review
Anne and Louis: Rulers and Lovers (Anne of Brittany Series)
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In Renaissance Europe, marriages determine the fate of nations. Thanks to careful planning by her mother, young Claude, daughter of Anne of Brittany ...Read Review
Scent of Danger (An Ursula Blanchard Mystery)
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In February 1586, fifty-something Ursula Stannard is Queen Elizabeth I’s illegitimate half-sister, as well as a sometime agent run by spymaster Sir Francis ...Read Review
Blood Countess (A Lady Slayers Novel)
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Children/Young AdultMystery/CrimeThriller
Blood Countess is a historical tale of gothic suspense and horror set in 16th-century Hungary. Sixteen-year-old Anna, a gifted healer, comes to the ...Read Review