Ilysa Magnus
The Lady Elizabeth
Editors' choice
How does a Princess Elizabeth become a Lady Elizabeth within a matter of days, the four-year-old wants to know? Her…
Terra Incognita
This is the second installment in the trials and tribulations of our memorable hero, Medicus Gaius Petreius Ruso, a Gaul…
Daughter of York
In Easter Smith’s second voyage into the lives and hearts of the children of the House of York, Margaret is…
Vienna Blood
Editors' choice
In this, the second installment of the Liebermann Papers, Tallis, a practicing clinical psychologist, beautifully evokes the upheaval in the…
The Cliff House Strangler
In this, Tallman’s third Sarah Woolson mystery, the spunky late 19th-century attorney deals with the titled investigation while working to…
Harlot Queen
Originally published in 1970, this is another Lewis “oldie but goodie.” The story of the She-Wolf, Isabel of France, who…
The Witch’s Trinity
Editors' choice
Mailman’s second historical novel, set in the small German town of Tierkinddorf between 1507 and 1510, explores the horror of…
Wife to the Bastard
Originally published in 1967, this is one of those oldies but goodies, but its age, sadly, shows a bit around…
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Editors' choice
In this, journalist Vanora Bennett’s first novel, Meg Giggs, adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More, springs brilliantly to life. Surrounded…
A Beautiful Blue Death
Yet another Victorian mystery series, you say? Yes… and this one starts off with a bang! Intelligent, witty, clever and…
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