16th Century
Michaelmas Tribute
Editors' choice
The Brehon Judge, Mara, returns in this second historical murder mystery set in the Burren in north-west Ireland. It is…
The Secret Bride
Another episode in today’s Tudormania. The story of Mary Tudor, Henry VIII’s younger sister, is relatively unknown to the reading…
The Sixth Wife
Set during the reign of England’s Edward VI, Suzannah Dunn’s fictionalized account of the final two years of the life…
The Messiah
Author Marek Halter was born in Warsaw and at age five crawled with his family through the sewers to escape…
Out of the Storm: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther
It is a testament to the enduring legacy of Martin Luther than biographies of this 500-year-old figure continue to…
The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster. Eight years previously he had lodged with the…
As High as the Heavens
It is 1568, and a group of loyalists plan to rescue Mary Queen of Scots from her imprisonment in Lochleven…
The Lady Grace Mysteries: Haunted
(1) 1570. Queen Elizabeth is on her summer Royal Progress and the court is staying with Reynold Waldegrave, 5th Earl…
A Fire Within
In 16th-century Scotland, Caitlin, cherished sister of the head of the Campbell clan, is abducted by Dar, an outcast from…
The Reavers
The Reavers is a saucy fantasy romp in the vein of MacDonald Fraser’s Pyrates. It is set in the border…
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