16th Century

The Serpent and the Rose

By Catherine Butterfield - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This is a beautifully written novel about Marguerite de Valois, princess of France during the 16th century wars between Catholics and Huguenots. Her ...Read Review

By Any Other Name

By Jodi Picoult - Published 2024

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Picoult’s novel is a dual-time interplay between Elizabethan poet, Emilia Bassano, and Melina Green, an aspiring contemporary playwright struggling in an artistic ...Read Review

The Tower

By Flora Carr - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A pregnant Mary Stuart, known usually as Queen of Scots, is taken to the isolated, bleak water-girt island of Lochleven Castle in the ...Read Review

Highland Surrender (Sons of Sinclair, 5)

By Heather McCollum - Published 2023

Genres:

Romance

When Norse warrior Erik Halverson lands in Scotland with his band of Wolf Warriors, he has a mission: abduct Hannah Sinclair on the ...Read Review

I, Caravaggio

By Eugenio Volpe - Published 2023

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), known by his birthplace, Caravaggio, was a towering figure in Baroque painting, known for intense, sometimes grotesque psychological realism and ...Read Review

The Maiden of Florence

By KATHERINE. MEZZACAPPA - Published 2024

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From the opening, harrowing pages to the final quiet and amazingly satisfying ending, this is a magnificent historical novel. The Maiden of Florence ...Read Review

The Familists: A Tale of Faith, Family and Survival in 16th Century Europe (The Seton Chronicles)

By V E H Masters - Published 2023

Genres:

Saga

Sixteenth-century Europe is a complicated place—especially from a religious perspective. Where there was once one true faith, there are now at least ...Read Review

Mary I: Queen of Sorrows (UK) / The Passionate Tudor (US)

By Alison Weir - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A lot has been written about Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and queen regnant of England, in the last 25 years. Most of ...Read Review

Shades of Death: Murder at the Court of Elizabeth I (Catrin Surovell Tudor Mysteries)

By Angela Ranson - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

Queen Elizabeth is no stranger to gossip or court intrigue, but in 1560, barely two years after taking the throne, her romantic attachment to ...Read Review

Kiss of Frost and Flame

By Ken Czech - Published 2023

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

The Cossack invasion of Siberia in 1581 is the militaristic and cross-cultural backdrop for this fascinating novel. It is a land inhabited and traversed ...Read Review