Marilyn Sherlock
Lady of the English
Maud, or Matilda, is the dowager empress of Germany and the only surviving legitimate child of Henry I, his son…
The Leopard Unleashed
This is Elizabeth Chadwick’s third book and follows on where The Running Vixen left off, continuing the story of Guyon,…
The Maid
The Hundred Years War and the story of Joan of Arc are inextricably linked in the pages of history, and…
The Quiet Twin
Set in an apartment block in Vienna at the beginning of World War II, this is a story of murder…
She-Wolves
When one thinks of English Queens, one of the first to come to mind is Elizabeth I, but she could…
The Anatomy of Ghosts
1786. John Holdsworth, a small-time bookseller, was faced with near bankruptcy following several unfortunate incidents: the drowning in the Thames…
The Armour of Achilles
The Armour of Achilles is the third in what I assume is to be a quartet of books retelling the…
The Secret History of Costaguana
In 1904, Joseph Conrad published Nostromo, set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, claiming that his information came…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
The Philosopher Prince
Set in 355 AD, the book follows on an earlier novel by Waters, Cast Not the Day. It opens with…
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