17th Century
The Gentleman Poet: A Novel of Love, Danger, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest
After a violent storm separates their battered ship from a fleet carrying settlers and provisions to Jamestown Colony, the one…
The Countess
Erzsébet Báthory is sent to marry Hungarian nobleman Ferenc Nádasdy in the 16th century. She suffers her husband’s indifference toward…
The Siege of Derry 1689: The Military History
This is a study of one of the most iconic episodes in Irish history, the Siege of Derry. The war…
The Pindar Diamond
Editors' choice
In 1604 a travelling band of entertainers arrive at an almost deserted village in southern Italy. A dissolute man offers…
Corrag
Editors' choice
Sometimes you start reading a book, and while you know it’s good, suddenly it will dawn on you that it’s…
Deceptions: A Jamestown Novel
Catherine Parke is the central character in Ms. Clay’s latest historical novel. Catherine does not intend to deceive anyone, but…
Cupids
In 1610 the Englishman John Guy established a colony at Cupers Cove, Newfoundland (now known as Cupids), at the behest…
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
Mercy Lewis is an orphan of the French and Indian War, beautiful but doomed to servitude in the Putnams’ Puritan…
Baroque
Inspired by real events and people in early 17th-century Rome, this novel follows the exploits of young painter Mario Minitti,…
A Game of Sorrows
Following on from the excellent The Redemption of Alexander Seaton comes the next novel following the adventures of the teacher-hero…
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