2007
Peony in Love
Editors' choice
Enter the enticing world of the Peony Pavilion, a 16th-century Chinese opera now entwining the lives of three Hangzhou women…
The Dante Trap
In his cell in a noisome dungeon languishes The Black Orchid,Venice’s most dashing swordsman, secret agent and lover. But he…
The Blood of Flowers
For those of you who are cosmically tired of the endless spate of historical fiction set in Ireland/England—yes, there is…
My Lady Judge
Editors' choice
On the eve ofthe first of May, 1509, people from all over the Burren, on the western seaboard ofIreland, climb…
Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess of Castlemaine and King Charles II
Editors' choice
Having previously provided a fictional memoir of Sarah, first Duchess of Marlborough (Duchess, an Editors’ Choice), Scott brings to vivid life another of the 17th…
Lady Merry’s Dashing Champion
A case of mistaken identity leads Meriel St. Thomas into a world of courtly intrigue and sensual delights she never…
Daughters of the Doge: A Novel of Renaissance Venice
This is the second in the Richard Stocker series, quickly following on from the first novel published in 2006, In…
The Fall of Rome
Attila is dead. The Western Roman Empire is tottering. As every source of order crumbles, life, already brutish and short,…
A Play of Isaac
A 15th-century company of players come toOxford, where, as well as their planned performances at theCorpus Christi festival, they are invited…
The Whale Road
This is Robert Low’s first part of a Viking trilogy, and his first novel. Robert Low has been a writer…
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