17th Century
Tamed by a Highlander
1685: Highlander Connor Grant has served in the king’s army since he was no more than a lad. Now he…
Deliverance From Evil
The witch hysteria in Salem Village is familiar territory for fiction, but Frances Hill informs her novel with her own…
Mist Over Pendle
This is a new edition of Robert Neill’s classic 1951 tale of the notorious 1611 Pendle witch trials. Young orphan…
A Corruptible Crown
The title is a quote from Charles II’s last speech, though the king makes no appearance in the story. Chapters…
Before Versailles
Editors' choice
In Koen’s fourth fine novel (after Dark Angels, 2009), Louis XIV’s reign as French monarch is unique in unpredictable ways.…
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Who would have guessed that the earliest human blood transfusion was in 1667? Or that it transfused a dog’s blood…
The World Turned Upside Down
The story opens in mid 17th-century England with Elizabeth Clark witnessing the death of her father at a clandestine church…
Reprobates
There is a large body of writing about the English Civil War, the events leading up to it and the…
Newton and the Counterfeiter
Isaac Newton is celebrated for his part in the English scientific revolution, but it his part in the contemporary financial…
Father of Lies
Fourteen-year-old Lidda has spent much of her life feeling different from others around her in Salem village. Then, she starts…
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