Century
Rebels and Traitors
Editors' choice
Like many an adolescent, Gideon Jukes is a young man rebelling against family constrictions and looking for his own path…
The King’s Mistress
The story is based on the theory that Alice Perrers’ first husband, Janyn Perrers, was embroiled in some dark secret…
Alexandria
This marks the nineteenth outing for the Roman informer (private detective) Marcus Didius Falco. Each book in the series centers…
Darkness Rising
If we talked about historical novels like a pâtissier then amongst the rich and deeply satisfying tortes would be the…
A Vigil of Spies
The time is September 1373 and the Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, is dying in his palace at Bishopsthorpe. Princess…
Empire Rising
Mesopotamia, 3157 BC. A bloody tyrant is dead in Akkad, and the city is ruled by erstwhile wild man, Eskkar,…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
Lieutenant Fury
1793. In France, the Royalists are clinging to power in Toulon, but the Republicans are gaining ground. Lieutenant Fury, returning…
Tilly True
Tilly True is another of Dilly Court’s sagas set in Victorian London. It’s a big read, over 500 pages, spanning…
Barbary Coast
Avast m’hearties! All lovers of nautical tales in Hornblower fashion: here’s another series for you to enjoy. James Hayter is…
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