17th Century
Act of Oblivion
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This novel tells the story of the hunt for the regicides of Charles I, principally Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, William Goffe. Whalley ...Read Review
The Poison Machine (A Hunt and Hooke Novel, 2)
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London, 1679. Harry Hunt, assistant to Robert Hooke, the renowned scientist and architect, feels humiliated after the failure of one of his experiments demonstrated ...Read Review
Béjart’s Caravan
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Set in 17th-century France, the title’s caravan shuttles actors from the Augusto Troupe through villages, towns, and the countryside. The actors form ...Read Review
The Gallery of Beauties: A Venice Beauties Mystery
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This debut mystery set in Renaissance Venice is a delight to read, especially for those who have visited the city. The Rialto, the ...Read Review
A Diamond in the Dust: The Stuarts: Love, Art, War: 1
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London, 1649: This novel opens with Charles Stuart’s walk towards the scaffold, through the Palace of Whitehall, remembering the paintings that used to ...Read Review
The Leviathan
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This book starts with some beautiful writing and has a great sense of place and time. We are at the end of 1643, and ...Read Review
The Pudding Lane Plot (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner, 15)
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London 1666. The city is completely unsettled. The population is recovering from the plague, and rumours are spreading everywhere about a Second Coming when ...Read Review
An Art, a Craft, a Mystery
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This book is a rare thing indeed: a historical novel in poems. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I began reading ...Read Review
The Winter Garden
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Nicola Cornick’s latest timeslip novel looks at the Gunpowder Plot and its leader, Robert Catesby, a Catholic who planned to blow up ...Read Review
Anatomy of a Heretic
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The wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia off the coast of western Australia in 1629 sets in train a story of human depravity ...Read Review