16th Century
The Right Hand of the Sun
Editors' choice
What is the most dramatic and extraordinary adventure ever recorded? My vote must go to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico in…
The King’s Pleasure
Originally published in 1969, Norah Lofts’s novel about the life of Katherine of Aragon is being reissued again for the…
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary Stuart and the Death of Henry Darnley
When Mary Stuart is executed for plotting the downfall of her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, many believe that…
The Wise Woman
In another reissue of her previously published work (this novel was originally released following the bestselling success of her Wideacre…
My Lady of Cleves
The story of Henry VIII’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, is eloquently told in this reissue from the late English…
The House of Allerbrook
This entertaining if slightly overlong followup to The House of Lanyon, which like its predecessor is set on rural Exmoor…
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary Stuart and the Death of Henry Darnley
When Mary Stuart is executed for plotting the downfall of her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, many…
The Wise Woman
In another reissue of her previously published work (this novel was originally released following the bestselling success of her Wideacre…
The House of Allerbrook
This entertaining if slightly overlong followup to The House of Lanyon, which like its predecessor is…
Midnight Never Come
Elizabeth I is believed by many to be one of the greatest monarchs in English history. But what if some…
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