17th Century
Anatomy of a Heretic
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The wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia off the coast of western Australia in 1629 sets in train a story of human depravity ...Read Review
Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
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This biography is an absorbing, well-written examination of the life and influence of one of Britain’s most reviled consorts, Henrietta Maria, wife ...Read Review
Daughters of the Deer
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Canadian writer Daniel’s poignant historical novel, her adult fiction debut, reveals important truths about Indigenous women’s lives. The daughters of the ...Read Review
Cinder & Glass
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Cinder & Glass is best described as a Cinderella tale without the fantasy elements. In 1682 during the reign of the Sun King, King ...Read Review
The Green Lady
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In late 16th- and early 17th-century Scotland, Alexander Seton had the most impeccable connections: godson to Mary, Queen of Scots, guardian to her ...Read Review
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
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Can pirates be boring? Probably never, but certainly not when Keith Thomson describes them. His rollicking new book seems too good to be ...Read Review
The Fire Cats of London
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This is a tale of the Great Fire of London retold from the point of view of a captured wild cat, Asta. Although ...Read Review
The Winter Dress
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In 2014 there was an amazing discovery off the island of Texel in Holland. Shipwreck divers found a chest containing a woman’s silk ...Read Review
Susanna Hall: Her Book
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Falkner’s debut novella covers three summer days in 1643, when Henrietta Maria, queen to Charles I of England, was traveling south to meet ...Read Review
One for All
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Tania de Batz finds Paris of 1655 a place of exorbitant wealth and grinding poverty. Because of social unrest, the king is protected by ...Read Review