16th Century
The Bones of Avalon
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England 1560, and the young Queen Elizabeth is still settling into her new throne. Whilst trying to usher in a…
Heresy
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The name Giordano Bruno is carved deep into the gravestone of Inquisition heretics. He was burned at the stake in…
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
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Catherine de Medici came to the French court as a reluctant princess: young and naive, and yet somehow she knew…
Between Two Queens
When you are lady in waiting to three of Henry VIII’s queens, there is a very fine line you must…
Secrets of the Tudor Court
This is another Tudor novel, this time seen from the perspective of Mary Howard, cousin and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn,…
Till the Day Go Down
The border country between England and Scotland is a lawless and dangerous place in the mid-16th century, so when Harry…
Her Highness’ First Murder
This mystery, set in 1546, features thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, as a detective out to find a…
The Queen’s Governess
Kat Ashley, who looked after Elizabeth I through much of her childhood and adolescence, and kept her love and loyalty…
The Betrayal
As the novel begins we are straight away in the world of Elizabethan London as Lucy waits with her two…
The Devil & Maria d’Avalos
The year is 1590; the setting rich with art, magnificent architecture, lavish costumes. Yet all is not right in Denmark……
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