17th Century
Shakespeare’s Witch (Pages of Darkness)
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Against the backdrop of the development and pre-production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth in 1606, sorcerer siblings Tom and Sarah Wynter attempt to fulfill ...Read Review
Secrets of the Chocolate House (Found Things)
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This is the second novel in a planned series. Readers should be sure to pick up a copy of The Little Shop of ...Read Review
The Firefly Witch
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This is the first book in a series named Bold Women of the 17th Century and is supposedly “historical fiction with a bit ...Read Review
The Midnight Midwife
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Almost luxurious in its period detail and style, The Midnight Midwife rings with emotional honesty and historicity. In late 17th-century England, never-married Abigale ...Read Review
Severed Knot
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January 1652, during the English Civil War: Scottish leader Iain Locharbaidh Johnstone is a prisoner of war in Westminster, until he is sold into ...Read Review
Tidelands
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Danger fills England in 1648. King Charles I has been dethroned and is held captive by followers of Oliver Cromwell. Puritan Christians scour the ...Read Review
Milady
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Spy. Seductress. Poisoner. Villainess. The untold story of the Countess de Winter, better known as Milady, the scheming femme fatale in Dumas’ The ...Read Review
The Devil’s Slave (Frances Gorges Historical Trilogy)
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In 17th-century England, misogyny, lust, and religious bigotry drive most of King James I/VI’s decisions, according to Tracy Borman, who continues ...Read Review
The Glass Woman
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Rósa Magnusdottir’s mother is ill, hungry and coughing away in the chill and mud of their croft in a late 17th-century ...Read Review
Cromwell’s Women
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The cover of Cromwell‘s Women features a Victorian painting of Cromwell’s mother and wife begging him to spare the life of ...Read Review