16th Century
The King’s Damsel
The Tudor court during Henry VIII’s reign was a dangerous place to serve, as Thomasina (Tamsin) Lodge discovers when her…
Elizabeth I
From the threat of the First Armada to the queen’s deathbed, this novel sweeps through the reign of Elizabeth and…
Shadow of Night
Vampires, witches, and daemons once again unite and wage war in this second of Deborah Harkness’ All Souls trilogy. Beginning…
Keeper of the King’s Secrets
In her first book, In a Treacherous Court, Michelle Diener introduced Susanna Horenbout, court artist, and John Parker, dangerous courtier,…
Madame Serpent
The first volume of Jean Plaidy’s Catherine de Medici trilogy, this story begins with her unfortunate childhood as an orphan…
The Queen’s Head
This paperback is a reissue of the first of the Bracewell Elizabethan mysteries originally published in 1988. Nicholas Bracewell is…
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England
‘Sometimes the past will inspire you and sometimes it will leave you weeping.’ This is history for everyone: the political…
The Wild Queen
The Wild Queen is Carolyn Meyer’s latest entry in her Young Royals series, and it’s truly a uniquely fictionalized account…
Raphael: A Passionate Life
Raphael Santi was the painter who did the most to bring art forward from its mediaeval traditions into the glories…
The Sun and Stars
Elizabeth Adair’s first novel, The Sun and Stars, is set in the court of Henry VIII, amid all the splendor…
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