Heather Domin
The Myth of Bloody Mary
This fascinating biography of Mary Tudor cuts through centuries of assumption, legend, and demonization to reveal a more even-handed portrait…
The Secret Wife of Louis XlV: Francoise d’Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon
When Françoise d’Aubigné was born in a French prison cell to a disgraced criminal and the warden’s daughter, no…
Staff Publication: Hugh and Bess
Susan Higginbotham’s debut novel The Traitor’s Wife told the story of Eleanor, wife of Hugh le Despenser, intimate of King…
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer’s classic 1931 novel tells the story of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his rise to power…
Staff Publications: The Traitor’s Wife
At age thirteen young Eleanor de Clare, favorite niece of King Edward II, becomes the wife of Hugh le Despenser.…
Germania
Germany, 1945: the final days of the Third Reich. As the Allies close in, the upper echelons of the Nazi…
The Treasure
In this sequel to 1996′s Lion’s Bride, two popular side characters get a passionate story of their own. Lady Selene…
Scarlet
Editors' choice
In the second book of his King Raven trilogy Stephen Lawhead continues his re-imagination of the Robin Hood legend as…
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
The latest beneficiary of Alison’s Weir’s biographical attentions is the little-known but often reviled Katherine Swynford, the long-time mistress and…
The King’s Pleasure
Originally published in 1969, Norah Lofts’s novel about the life of Katherine of Aragon is being reissued again for the…
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