17th Century

Secrets of the Chocolate House (Found Things)

By Paula Brackston - Published 2019

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Time-slip

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

By Amanda Hughes - Published 2018

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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

By Annelisa Christensen - Published 2019

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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

By Cryssa Bazos - Published 2019

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Romance

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

By Philippa Gregory - Published 2019

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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

By Laura L. Sullivan - Published 2019

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Adventure

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)

By Tracy Borman - Published 2019

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Biographical Fiction

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

By Caroline Lea - Published 2019

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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

By Julian Whitehead - Published 2019

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Nonfiction

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

Elizabeth of Bohemia: A Novel about Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen

By David Elias - Published 2019

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Biographical Fiction

Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I of England, narrates her own story in Elias’s wide-ranging novel. Her life encompasses many seismic events, ...Read Review