Anne Clinard Barnhill
Tudor Survivor: The Life and Times of Courtier William Paulet
In Tudor Survivor, Margaret Scard has provided a biography of one of the most consistently successful courtiers of the Tudor…
The Virgin Cure
Editors' choice
Ami McKay’s second novel is set in the tenements of lower Manhattan about five years after the end of the…
Keeper of the King’s Secrets
In her first book, In a Treacherous Court, Michelle Diener introduced Susanna Horenbout, court artist, and John Parker, dangerous courtier,…
The Sun and Stars
Elizabeth Adair’s first novel, The Sun and Stars, is set in the court of Henry VIII, amid all the splendor…
The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican
Dr. Catherine Fletcher, who teaches at Durham University, England, has researched an often overlooked piece of the puzzle to Henry…
Heading Out to Wonderful
In Robert Goolrick’s second novel, Charlie Beale arrives at Brownsburg, Virginia in 1948. Beale is carrying two suitcases; one is…
Hazel Creek
Larimore’s Hazel Creek is set in the mountains of North Carolina, near Bryson City and Asheville, and tells the story…
The Cove
Ron Rash’s new novel has all the elements I particularly enjoy in fiction: the story is set in the North…
Sup with the Devil
Barbara Hamilton’s third book in the Abigail Adams Mystery series is set on the cusp of the American Revolution, and…
An Affair with Mr. Kennedy
In her debut historical romance, Jillian Stone takes us to Victorian England and Scotland Yard. Cassandra St. Cloud, a young…
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