16th Century
Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo series, 3)
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This is the third book to feature Cesare Aldo, an officer of Florence’s criminal court. As the title suggests, heat is at ...Read Review
The Ghost Theatre
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In a fantastical yet mostly recognizable Elizabethan London, teenage Shay, a member of a bird-worshipping religion, joins up with a troupe of boy ...Read Review
The Apostates (The Seton Chronicles Book 3)
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Antwerp, 1549: Mainard, a converso married to Bethia, a Scots Catholic, prepares to move his family to Venice. Ultimately, Bethia, her brother Will (a ...Read Review
The Queen’s Player: The Lost Years of William Shakespeare Book 2
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The Queen’s Player is the second in a trilogy, The Lost Years of William Shakespeare, set during the golden age of Elizabethan ...Read Review
A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England
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This gripping biography shines a light on the turbulent life of a hidden woman in history – Alice Spencer, an ancestor of Princess Diana. ...Read Review
The Sinner’s Mark: Volume 6 (The Jackdaw Mysteries)
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This is sixth in Perry’s Elizabethan Jackdaw Mysteries series, and we know Nicholas Shelby, Bianca, Rose and Ned from the earlier books. ...Read Review
The Forenoon Bride
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In 1591 England, young Elizabeth Hilliard falls deeply in love with William Bateman, son of an aristocratic Norwich family, unbeknownst to him. She begins ...Read Review
The African Samurai: The Incredible Story of Yasuke
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An African child is taken by slavers. His ‘ownership’ is sold to Indian merchants. He is trained to fight, and kill, and forget ...Read Review
The Heretic’s Servant
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Molly is servant to the Sherbourne Family and has cared for her beloved mistress, Kate, since they were both little more than children, ...Read Review
Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, Book 7)
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1588. Giordano Bruno finds himself in Prague at the request of both Elizabeth I’s spymaster, Walsingham, and his old friend and colleague, Dr ...Read Review