16th Century
Flights of Angels
In what is said to be the final instalment of the exciting Nicholas Talbot adventures (though, never say never), octogenarian…
The Bloodletter’s Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia
Born to King Rudolf’s mistress, young Giuglio believes his mother a whore. If he had been born to the queen,…
Aztec Revenge
Hernan Cortez arrived and conquered the Aztec empire, treating former rulers as slaves and workhorses. Now in 1569, Juan the…
Laws in Conflict
The latest in the series The Burren Mysteries about Mara the “lady judge” (or the “brehon” in Gaelic) crackles with…
Cervantes Street
This novel takes the biography of the creator of Don Quixote as the starting point for a tale of love…
The Warrior
Loosely based on the bloody rivalry between the MacLeods of Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat, Margaret Mallory has woven…
Sacred Treason
This is the first volume in a trilogy of political thrillers set in Elizabethan England. The protagonist, William Harley, although…
I, Jane
This book proves that even the most ordinary lives can become extraordinary. Growing up as the plain daughter of an…
The Venetian Contract
The novel begins in Constantinople and focuses on the character of Feyra. She is (of course) beautiful, intelligent, and has…
Stravaganza: City of Swords
This time-slip historical fantasy, the sixth in the Stravaganza series, moves between 21st-century London and 16th-century Italy, a country of…
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