Romance
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…
The Serpent Garden
Riley’s exquisite tale begins in England in 1514 and follows the life of Susanna Dallet, daughter of a Flemish artist.…
The Galliard
Young Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after years of exile and is immediately caught up in the religious…
The Secret Bride
Another episode in today’s Tudormania. The story of Mary Tudor, Henry VIII’s younger sister, is relatively unknown to the reading…
The Sixth Wife
Set during the reign of England’s Edward VI, Suzannah Dunn’s fictionalized account of the final two years of the life…
Figures in Silk
Vanora Bennett’s debut was the fascinating Portrait of an Unknown Woman. In her second novel, she turns her attention to…
Gladiatrix
Gladiatrix is set in the 2nd century, at the height of the Roman Empire, whose rulers were a discordant mix…
Deep Magic
Set in Britain in AD 132, the second book in Nash’s Druids of Avalon series describes the struggle of a…
Lavinia
Editors' choice
I’ve always wished I could write Ms. Le Guin’s lucid prose. In so few words she can create a world…
Counting the Stars
Ancient Rome in the late Republic was an unsettled place: violence, corruption and murder were a tangible part of the…
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