17th Century
The Master of Measham Hall
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1665: Charles II has returned from exile and is now king, but the Civil War still casts its long, dark shadow, intensified by the ...Read Review
The Cry of the Hangman (A Lucy Campion Mystery, 6)
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This sixth Lucy Campion mystery is set in 1667 London, a time of rebuilding after the devastation of the Great Fire. The narrative delves ...Read Review
Redemption
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Guilt and vengeance prevent Captain Francis Hacker from finding solace from God after his daughters’ murders. As the second year of civil war ...Read Review
Fate Accompli (The Water Nymph Gospels)
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Tuscany, 1603. The Petasos men have accepted their curse, destined to make hats forever. Attempts at any other trade have been, literally, earth-shattering. All ...Read Review
The Bloodless Boy
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In 1678, the exsanguinated body of a boy is discovered on the banks of London’s River Fleet. Harry Hunt, working as an assistant ...Read Review
The Lion Ascendant (The van Raveyck series)
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Flemish surgeon’s apprentice Frans Michielszoon van Raveck enters the Polish-Swedish 1626-29 War in the service of King Gustav. Biggins’ “fascination with “the ...Read Review
Cunning Women
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In 1620, a Lancashire hamlet lies abandoned, haunted by its many plague victims. A destitute family has found shelter in a hovel, shunned and ...Read Review
The Amber Crane
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Set mostly in the Baltic port of Stolpműnde during the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), this novel travels occasionally to the time of the ...Read Review
The Dangerous Kingdom of Love
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England, 1613, and Francis Bacon travels to the royal palace at Theobalds, to be told by King James that he will be elevated to ...Read Review
The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and The Making of Rome
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When asked to name an artist who contributed to Rome’s beauty, Michelangelo is probably the first that comes to mind. Here Loyd ...Read Review