17th Century
The Pindar Diamond
Editors' choice
In 1604 a travelling band of entertainers arrive at an almost deserted village in southern Italy. A dissolute man offers…
Corrag
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Sometimes you start reading a book, and while you know it’s good, suddenly it will dawn on you that it’s…
Deceptions: A Jamestown Novel
Catherine Parke is the central character in Ms. Clay’s latest historical novel. Catherine does not intend to deceive anyone, but…
Cupids
In 1610 the Englishman John Guy established a colony at Cupers Cove, Newfoundland (now known as Cupids), at the behest…
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
Mercy Lewis is an orphan of the French and Indian War, beautiful but doomed to servitude in the Putnams’ Puritan…
The Madman of Venice
Ned Fletcher is excited to learn that his employer, London merchant Matthew Ashby, will set out for Venice in the…
Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon
1613, Japan. In his third adventure, young Jack Fletcher is continuing at the samurai training school, this time struggling to…
Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword
1612, Japan. This is Jack Fletcher’s second samurai adventure. Now thirteen, he has been adopted by the venerated samurai Matamoto…
The Tulip Virus
This mystery neatly ties together events in Alkmaar, Holland in the 17th century with those in London in the present…
The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare
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London 1613, and William Shakespeare returns from Stratford to the oppressive reign of King James. On visiting Sir Walter Raleigh…
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