Renaissance
The Promise
As a teen, Alonsa falls in love with Miguel, a Gypsy living on her merchant father’s land. When she realizes…
Sacred Hearts
In Renaissance Italy the Council of Trent moves to purge convent life of the contamination of the outside world, the…
The Nostradamus Prophecy
Sixteenth-century France, a country divided by sectarian hatred: Protestant Huguenots versus Catholics. The weak King Charles is ruled by his…
The Smile
The Smile is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult novels. Many of her previous…
Apology For The Woman Writing
Editors' choice
France in the 16th century. Marie de Gournay is a self-educated “difficult” child whose life is centred in her dead…
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…
The Merchant’s Mark
Augie Morrison had ordered a quantity of books from the Low Countries, planning on keeping some for himself, giving some…
The Messiah
Author Marek Halter was born in Warsaw and at age five crawled with his family through the sewers to escape…
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