Ballantine
The Map of Lost Memories
Fay’s debut novel begins in Shanghai in 1925, the second part takes place in Saigon, and the third is set…
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
Editors' choice
While Lee and McClellan spar in the Eastern theater of what has become a full-blown war, Union and Confederate forces…
A Dangerous Inheritance
Being born with royal blood running through the veins can be a most significant disadvantage. Alison Weir, getting into stride…
The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Bestselling author C.W. Gortner’s latest novel examines the life of Isabella of Castile, one of the most famous women in…
The Columbus Affair
This is a conspiracy thriller, a Quest that keeps closely to the rules of the genre, rules which Steve Berry…
A Christmas Homecoming
Perry’s 2011 Christmas novella has little to do with Christmas: the reader looking for holly and ivy will be disappointed.…
Sister Queens
Sister Queens is the story of two daughters of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Their Most Catholic Majesties,…
Becoming Marie Antoinette
Becoming Marie Antoinette, the first in a planned trilogy about the life of the Archduchess of Austria and Queen of…
Jane Austen Made Me Do It
Jane Austen continues her afterlife as the Scylla and Charybdis of women’s fiction, luring innocent writers ever closer until she…
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
Thanks to her famous sister and Philippa Gregory, the subject of Alison Weir’s latest biography hardly needs an introduction. Unfortunately,…
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