16th Century

A Tudor Turk (The Chronicles of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel)

By Rehan Khan - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Istanbul, 1591. Sultan Murad III has been robbed. The Staff of Moses, a priceless symbol of wealth and power, has been stolen from his ...Read Review

Acts of Faith: Part 1 of The Inquisition Trilogy

By Martin Elsant - Published 2020

Genres:

Portugal, 16th century. Aristides is a seminary student when he first meets Maria Lopes. Maria’s father, Diego, is a wealthy merchant from ...Read Review

The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance

By Catherine Fletcher - Published 2020

Genres:

Nonfiction

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

By Juhi Ray - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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)

By Susan Spann - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Megan Campisi - Published 2020

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

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

By Nicola Cornick - Published 2020

Genres:

Time-slip

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

By Katy Simpson Smith - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

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

By Amy Maroney - Published 2019

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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)

By Alison Weir - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

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