17th Century
Exit the Actress
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Nell Gwynn has been enjoying a revival in historical fiction of late, and it is no wonder. She’s the quintessential heroine, her ...Read Review
The Darling Strumpet
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First-time author Bagwell’s presentation of a familiar and popular Restoration-era character brings to life the players, wits, wenches, and mistresses who populated ...Read Review
Deceptions: A Jamestown Novel
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Catherine Parke is the central character in Ms. Clay’s latest historical novel. Catherine does not intend to deceive anyone, but only wishes ...Read Review
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 so ...Read Review
The Pindar Diamond
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In 1604 a travelling band of entertainers arrive at an almost deserted village in southern Italy. A dissolute man offers them the prospect of ...Read Review
The Countess
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Erzsébet Báthory is sent to marry Hungarian nobleman Ferenc Nádasdy in the 16th century. She suffers her husband’s indifference ...Read Review
The Gentleman Poet: A Novel of Love, Danger, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest
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After a violent storm separates their battered ship from a fleet carrying settlers and provisions to Jamestown Colony, the one hundred and fifty ...Read Review
The Wolves of Andover
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Kathleen Kent’s debut book, The Heretic’s Daughter, was one of the most memorable novels I read last year. Kent’s second ...Read Review
Pirates of the Levant
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The sixth novel in the Captain Alatriste series is a rousing sea adventure that takes place in the Mediterranean and the Levant. Seventeen-year-old Íñ...Read Review
Magdeburg
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Richardson’s first novel takes as its backdrop the Siege of Magdeburg in 1631, one of the more brutal passages of play in the ...Read Review