16th Century
The Nostradamus Prophecy
Sixteenth-century France, a country divided by sectarian hatred: Protestant Huguenots versus Catholics. The weak King Charles is ruled by his…
A World Away
Set in the 1580s in England and Virginia, this is the love story of Nadie, a Native American girl from…
The Last Divine Office: Henry Vlll and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Beginning in 1536, claiming the loftiest motives, Henry VIII began the dissolution of the monasteries of England. As Geoffrey Moorhouse…
Here Was a Man: A Novel of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth l
Here Was a Man, by bestselling author Norah Lofts, has been reissued, and like all of Lofts’s works, is…
The King’s Daughter
While Thomas Wyatt leads a rebellion against Queen Mary Tudor for marrying the Spanish Philip, spunky Isabel Thornleigh and…
Secrets of the Tudor Court: The Pleasure Palace
Jeanne Popyncourt is eight years old in 1498 when she and her mother, a lady-in-waiting to Anne of Brittany,…
King’s Fool
Originally published in 1959, King’s Fool tells the story of Will Somers, whose quick wit attracts the attention of…
Tudor Rose
This novel tells the fascinating real-life story of Rose Hickman, née Locke. Nearing the end of her life, she…
The King’s Rose
As The King’s Rose opens, fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard has a new suitor—Henry VIII, who soon plans to make her his…
The Smile
The Smile is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult novels. Many of her previous…
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