New American Library
The Virgin Widow
During the War of the Roses, Anne Neville, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, is a young woman from one of…
Notorious Royal Marriages
Sex! Intrigue! Scandal! Carroll’s newest offering chronicles well-known matrimonial pairings among European royals during the last 900 years. With a…
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…
Mademoiselle Boleyn
Robin Maxwell returns to the subject of her debut (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn) in this colorful and imaginative…
Stalking Ivory
American Jade del Cameron returns in her second mystery, following Mark of the Lion. In her first adventure, Jade, who…
Too Great a Lady
Elyot (the pseudonym used by actress-novelist Leslie Carroll for her historical novels) presents a sweeping, emotionally intense portrait of Emma,…
Queen of Shadows: A Novel of Isabella, Wife of King Edward II
In her own time, Isabella, the much maligned wife of the English king Edward II, was known as the She-Wolf…
The King’s Nun
French children still, albeit reluctantly, celebrate Charlemagne’s birthday. They do so because he is considered the inventor of schooling. Indeed,…
When Gods Die
Apparently Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is having a rough year. Having just managed to clear himself of murder earlier…
Duchess: A Novel Of Sarah Churchill
Editors' choice
This wonderful fictional biography of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, whisks the reader into a period rife with intrigue, love, sex,…
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