17th Century
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
1611. Japan. Twelve-year-old Jack’s ship is attacked by brutal ninja pirates and his father and all the crew are murdered.…
The Queen’s Devotion
The Queen’s Devotion, a novel in Plaidy’s Queens of England series, is a reprint of the previously published William’s Wife,…
In The Shadow of the Sun King
Madeleine Clavell is devastated when her estate is overtaken by the king’s dragoons. As a Huguenot in Catholic France, she…
The Courtier’s Secret
In 1682, the Court of Versailles is in its heyday. The reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, is at…
Garlands of Gold
Set in 17th-century Rotterdam, this is the tale of Saskia, a lady’s maid to a wealthy merchant’s wife. Saskia’s real…
Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
This is not so much a “historical detective story” as a forensic travelogue of the remains of scientist/mathematician/philosopher Rene Descartes,…
God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
God’s Executioner opens in October 1649 with the seizing of the Charlemont fort in County Armagh and continues through to…
Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall
In 1692 Samuel Sewall, age 44, was one of the nine judges presiding over the Salem witch trials. Eve Laplante,…
Quest
Quest is the story of the fourth of Henry Hudson’s voyages to try to discover the Northwest Passage to…
The Merry Monarch’s Wife
The Merry Monarch’s Wife is the re-release of Jean Plaidy’s 1991 biographical novel (originally titled The Pleasures of Love) about…
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