C.W. Gortner
Death and the Devil
Set against the backdrop of the building of one of the world’s largest cathedrals and the power struggles between the…
Roma
Steven Saylor, the award-winning mystery writer of the Roma Sub Rosa series, undertakes the multigenerational historical saga in his latest…
Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine De’Medici
Carolyn Meyer’s “Young Royals” series offers its readers the opportunity to both learn and be entertained by history’s most fascinating…
Angelica
Nothing is as it seems in internationally bestselling author Phillips’ third novel. Set in Victorian England, this tale of the…
A Respectable Trade
Fans of Gregory’s phenomenally successful Tudor novels will encounter a more somber, pensive writer in A Respectable Trade. Re-issued by…
Leonardo’s Shadow, Or My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant
The ongoing popularity of Leonardo da Vinci in fiction often obscures his preeminent place as the Renaissance’s most gifted and…
Ysabel
Guy Gavriel Kay has mesmerized readers with his realistic, historically-steeped novels set in alternate versions of actual eras and places.…
Lady of the Light
In her phenomenal 1994 debut novel, The Light Bearer, Donna Gillespie introduced readers to the Germanic warrior and seer, Auriane,…
I, Mona Lisa
In her follow-up to 2005’s The Borgia Bride, Jeanne Kalogridis brings to life the woman behind the enigmatic smile of…
Revenge of the Rose
A minstrel with a secret; a brawny impoverished knight who wins fame as a jousting champion; an emperor in search…
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