15th Century
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
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No mud, no lotus. This aphorism captures the essence of Lisa See’s latest novel: pithy, yet entertaining; thought-provoking, yet down-to-earth; dark, yet ...Read Review
Dulcinea
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15th-16th century Spain. Dolça Llull Prat, the young, artistic daughter of a Barcelona aristocrat, lives a carefree life of luxury until ...Read Review
He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, 2)
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Parker-Chan completes her award-winning historical fantasy epic begun in She Who Became the Sun, returning to its fascinating blend of medieval Chinese history, ...Read Review
Fair Rosaline
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet hints at Romeo’s involvement with Rosaline before Juliet. But were there others? This is addressed in Solomons’ ...Read Review
The Queen’s Scribe (Sea and Stone Chronicles)
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When Estelle, daughter of the Grand Master Jacques de Milly’s falconer in Rhodes, arrives at the Cyprus royal court in summer 1457, she ...Read Review
Margaret of Austria
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History, as most of us know it and are taught it, is filled with the names of kings and emperors. Few women make ...Read Review
Wheel of Fortune
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Wheel of Fortune is the first in a series, The Tarnished Crown, set during the Wars of the Roses. If you are expecting ...Read Review
The Serpent of Division (Alyce Chaucer 1)
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During the final years of the Wars of the Roses in 1466, Alyce Chaucer, granddaughter of Geoffrey, is relocating to her palace in Ewelme ...Read Review
Three Fires
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This short, vibrant novella from acclaimed Scottish author Denise Mina immerses the reader in the life of Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican priest. In ...Read Review
A Blackened Mirror (Memoirs of the Borgia Sibyl)
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1489, Italy. Giulia Farnese longs for a marriage that will take her away from her village, and though she is of good family, her ...Read Review