17th Century
Conceit
The Great Fire of London is the framing device for Mary Novik’s insightful portrait of famous and obscure 17th-century Londoners.…
The Painted Lady
This is Restoration comedy, the eighth whodunit in the popular Redmayne series. Christopher Redmayne, the young architect, is making his…
Mistress of the Sun
Editors' choice
In her first novel in eight years (following the international success of her Josephine B. trilogy), Sandra Gulland has chosen…
Tiger Claws: A Novel of India
In The Temple Dancer, John Speed immersed the reader in the mid-17th century Mogul Empire and, though that novel can…
Loyal in Love: Henrietta Maria, Wife of Charles l
Plaidy’s eighth novel in her Queens of England series, a reprint of the 1983 title Myself, My Enemy, brings readers…
The Dragons of the Storm
Captain John Smith, upon his election as president of the Jamestown Colony in the 1620s, wishes to organize the colonists…
The Golden Tulip
Love is in full bloom in this Laker reprint, set against the rich backdrop of 17th-century Holland. Francesca Visser is…
The Butcher of Smithfield
London 1663: Lord Clarendon’s spy Thomas Chaloner returns from a foreign assignment to an unfriendly greeting from his unreasonable paymaster.…
Calligraphy of the Witch
Calligraphy of the Witch explores the horrors of the Salem witch trials through the eyes of a Latina slave. Concepción…
The Principessa
Editors' choice
We first met the Firemaster, Francis Quoynt, embroiled in the Gunpowder Plot in the pages of The Firemaster’s Mistress. As…
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