17th Century
The Three Musketeers
Lawrence Ellsworth provides a vibrant, modern-day English translation of the classic high adventure, The Three Musketeers, first released by Alexandre…
The Soldier’s Return
Germany, 1636, and the Thirty Years’ War is raging in central Europe between Protestants and Catholics. It is also dividing…
Blood’s Game
Having successfully reimagined Robin Hood in the bestselling Outlaw Chronicles, Angus Donald turns his storytelling talents to Restoration London and…
Black Robe
The black robe of the title is a Jesuit missionary, Father Laforgue, who arrives in 17th– century French Canada hoping…
Peculiar Ground
Set in both the 1660s and the 1960s, this debut novel explores the workings of a fictional English manor house…
Traitor’s Knot
Elizabeth Seton is shunned as a traitor’s daughter after her father’s actions in the English Civil War, and her mother’s…
The Cardinal’s Man
With this book we are back in 17th-century France, with Louis XIII on the throne. He became king at the…
Reign of the Marionettes
This historically charged novel takes place during the late 17thcentury counter-reformation under Charles II. The Duke of York, his heir, has…
This Deceitful Light
This book, set against the English Civil War, begins with the Battle of Newbury in 1643. The plot includes the…
Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars
One of Charles I’s more attractive qualities was his affection for his wife and children, whose privileged existences were shattered…
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