17th Century
Pleasing Mr Pepys
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Deb Willett is employed in the household of the diarist Samuel Pepys as a companion for his wife. She is there to help ...Read Review
Intrigue in Covent Garden (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner)
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We are in the year 1665. Plague is still haunting London, and King Charles I, with all his court, plus anyone else rich enough ...Read Review
I Was Cleopatra
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Abrams, author of numerous biographies and nonfiction books for young readers, has created a detailed guide to Shakespeare’s world and theater in ...Read Review
Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin
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In 1607, three English ships, and about a hundred settlers and crew landed in Chesapeake Bay in what will later become Virginia. They are ...Read Review
Destroying Angel: The Seeker 3
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In this, the third Seeker mystery, Damien Seeker is sent to Yorkshire, his native county, to prepare for the rule of the newly ...Read Review
The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist
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In the mid-17th century, Francis Willughby and John Ray set out to redefine how we understand the natural world. They embarked on ...Read Review
City of Crows
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It is 1673. Charlotte Picot is urged by her dying husband, Michel, to take their son and flee their fever-ridden village of Saint-Gilles for ...Read Review
Open Sea
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Captured by pirates, Catalina “Len” and her mother are taken to England, a move that forces her mother into prostitution when no ransom ...Read Review
The Great Level
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England during the interregnum in the 17th century. Jan Brunt, a Dutch engineer, is employed to assist in drawing up plans for the ...Read Review
The Council of Twelve (A Hangman’s Daughter Tale)
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Oliver Pötzsch weaves a riveting, historical thriller against the backdrop of 1672 Bavaria. Hangman Jakob Kuisl’s family is swept into political intrigue, ...Read Review