17th Century
Between Two Kings: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
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Thirty years after he arrived in Paris, d’Artagnan is still a lieutenant in the Musketeers serving the 21-year-old son of the Spanish ...Read Review
Bitter Magic: Inspired by the True Story of a Confessed Witch
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Based on the 1662 trial of Isobel Gowdie, Bitter Magic introduces us to Mister Harry, a Covenanter priest seeking to expel witches from the ...Read Review
The Puritan Princess
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The period from 1649 to 1661 was the first and only time in English history, since Aethelstan ruled a united England in the 10th century, ...Read Review
The Royal Secret
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Set in London in 1670, The Royal Secret is the fourth of Andrew Taylor’s novels featuring James Marwood and Cat Hakesby. Marwood is ...Read Review
The Orphan of Good Hope
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In 1683, Johanna Timmerman is one of eight orphaned girls being sent from Amsterdam to the Cape of Good Hope to marry rich burghers ...Read Review
The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of Europe’s Most Famous Prisoner
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In 1669, French soldiers arrested Eustache d’Auger. He was jailed without formal charges or trial, not uncommon for those who displeased the all-powerful ...Read Review
Tooth of the Covenant (The American Novels)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne had some less than hidden skeletons in the family closet – he was the great-great-grandson of John Hathorne, one of the foremost ...Read Review
Poison Priestess (Lady Slayers)
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Times are difficult for women of little means in 17th-century France, especially if they are young, poor orphans working in the candle-making sweatshop ...Read Review
The Pulse of His Soul
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Genealogist Smith novelizes the life of John Lothropp, a Separatist minister who broke with the Anglican Church and became a forgotten Founding Father: ...Read Review
Hour of the Witch
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How far will a woman go to escape an abusive husband? In Puritan Boston in 1662, divorces are rarely granted, but Mary Deerfield, a ...Read Review