17th Century
The Mountain of Gold
Young British naval captain Matthew Quinton is on his third mission, hunting down Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean when his…
Bride of New France
In 1656 King Louis XIV declared, “We expressly prohibit and forbid all persons of either sex… able-bodied or invalid, sick…
The King’s Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
The Mancini sisters were the crème de la crème of 17th-century French society. Born and raised in Rome, they found…
The Orphanmaster
Editors' choice
Jean Zimmerman has written a fascinating saga of early Manhattan Island – part mystery, part horror story, and part love…
Maiden from the Sea
Seventeenth-century historical, time-slip, paranormal, castaway narrative – Maiden from the Sea is a novel that defies easy categorization. The main…
Thirst
Venice in 1613 can be a brutal place. Captain Lorenzo Contarini witnesses a prime example when he sees a newborn…
Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne
1606. It is five months since the death of the Moghul emperor Akbar, and his son Jahangir is crowned as…
Ladies in Waiting
Three young women from different walks of life find themselves in the high position of serving the wife of the…
The Prodigal
During the late 17th century on the Atlantic Ocean, primarily in the West Indies, pirates roam the high seas looking…
Bitter Greens
Having long loved the Rapunzel fairy tale, I couldn’t wait to start reading Kate Forsyth’s latest novel. Bitter Greens not…
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