17th Century
The Heretic’s Daughter
With The Heretic’s Daughter, debut author Kathleen Kent has taken the tragic story of Martha Carrier, a victim of the…
The Sun King Rises
Orphaned Gabriel de Pontbriand has fled the stifling conformity of the country life his uncle has planned for him for…
A Death in Gascony
Sarah D’Almeida’s fourth installment in her mystery series with Alexander Dumas’ famous 17th century Musketeers as sleuths gets off with…
Marlborough: England’s Fragile Genuis
John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, is a difficult subject for a biographer. In his early years he is a…
Sword of the Highlands
Readers are whisked back in time in this sexy tale set in the Scottish Highlands. Magdalen Deacon, a curator at…
Quest
Quest is the story of the fourth of Henry Hudson’s voyages to try to discover the Northwest Passage to…
Restoration Lady
If, like me, you have read and enjoyed Mayflower Maid and Jamestown Woman you will be eager to read the…
The Merry Monarch’s Wife
The Merry Monarch’s Wife is the re-release of Jean Plaidy’s 1991 biographical novel (originally titled The Pleasures of Love) about…
Conceit
The Great Fire of London is the framing device for Mary Novik’s insightful portrait of famous and obscure 17th-century Londoners.…
The Painted Lady
This is Restoration comedy, the eighth whodunit in the popular Redmayne series. Christopher Redmayne, the young architect, is making his…
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