15th Century

The Importance of Sons: Chronicles of the House of Valois

By Keira Morgan - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The Importance of Sons focuses on Duchess Anne of Brittany and Countess Louise d’Angoulême, and their open rivalry over who would ...Read Review

The Hearts of All on Fire

By Alana White - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Florence, 1473. Guid’Antonio Vespucci, Doctor of Law, is already preparing for a case when a guest at his home for a festival dies ...Read Review

Hawker and the King’s Jewel (The Swords of the White Rose series, 1)

By Ethan Bale - Published 2022

Genres:

Adventure

It’s 1485, and the eve of the Battle of Bosworth, when King Richard unexpectedly summons Sir John Hawker. Hawker, a middle-aged knight with ...Read Review

Isabel of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy

By Isabel Stilwell - By Martha Stilwell D’Andrade (trans.) - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1429, the Convent of São Bento de Avis, and Isabel, Princess of Portugal, contemplates marriage to Philippe, Duke of Burgundy. It’s a ...Read Review

Sea of Shadows (Sea and Stone Chronicles)

By Amy Maroney - Published 2022

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This is the second novel in the Sea and Stone Chronicles set on the Greek island of Rhodes, which was ruled by the ...Read Review

Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc

By Katherine J. Chen - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

You might think Joan of Arc’s tale has been told enough times, but this detailed, lived-in portrait puts the legendary historical figure ...Read Review

All the Seas of the World

By Guy Gavriel Kay - Published 2022

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Rafel ben Natan and his business partner, Nadia bint Dhiyan, have been hired by two ‘fiercely dangerous’ corsairs to help assassinate the khalif ...Read Review

City of Liars

By Michelle Fogle - Published 2021

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The home to which Joachim Déulocresca returns is not the same one that he left. Fear and hate, tinged with greed—all ...Read Review

Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose (UK) / The Last White Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York (US)

By Alison Weir - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Elizabeth of York, whose marriage to Henry VII united the Houses of York and Lancaster after the Wars of the Roses, is not ...Read Review

Heart of the Impaler

By Alexander Delacroix - Published 2021

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Steeped in 15th-century blood, Delacroix has brought Transylvanian and Wallachian history vividly to life. The fact that one central character is a young ...Read Review