17th Century
Catherine of Braganza
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In 1640, after 60 years of domination by a succession of Spanish monarchs, the Portuguese overthrew their unwelcome masters and elected John, the 8th Duke ...Read Review
The King James Men
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Supreme irony: spending one’s days translating former versions of the Bible into a new King James Version in early 1600s England while ...Read Review
The Familiars
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The Familiars is set in 17th-century Lancashire. It tells the story of the trial of the Pendle witches from the point of view ...Read Review
Sunwise
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When Jane’s lover, Tom, returns from the navy, he finds Jane unhappily married to his rival. Helped by an old priest, they ...Read Review
The Peddler of Wisdom
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This rather strange historical fantasy is set in a remote Provençal mountain pass in the first half of the 17th century when ...Read Review
Talbot Company: A Story of War and Suffering
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This is the story of a ‘free company’, a band of mercenaries drawn from across Europe, in their tumultuous journey across a continent ...Read Review
An Abiding Fire: Murder and Mystery in Restoration London (Thomazine and Major Russell Thrillers Book 1)
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When a woman with the Puritan name Fly-Fornication Coventry is strangled and her house burned, suspicion falls on her not-quite-so-Puritan brother, Thankful-for-His-Deliverance Russell. ...Read Review
A Murder Most Spanish (Domingo Armada Historical Mystery)
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A young man falsely accused of murder, a dark secret that some are willing to protect at all costs, and a world-weary constable ...Read Review
Canticle
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In 17th-century Spain, Fray Martin de Sepulveda is living in relative obscurity after a scandal nearly brought him unwanted attention from the Inquisition. ...Read Review
Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh
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It’s said that good non-fiction should be as gripping as a tense murder-mystery. With this fascinating biography, Anna Beer has indeed met ...Read Review