17th Century

Kill The Shogun: A Samurai Mystery

By Dale Furutani - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the third in the trilogy that began with Death at the Crossroads and Jade Palace Vendetta, all set in 17th century ...Read Review

Artemisia

By Alexandra Lapierre - By Liz Heron trans. - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

  This extraordinary novel is a must read for anyone remotely interested in Baroque Italy, art, or painter Artemisia Gentileschi. I have very ...Read Review

The Abyssinian

By Jean-Christophe Rufin - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureThriller

Abyssinia, cut off from Westerners for generations, is an irresistible goal for a number of Western contingents at the start of the 18th ...Read Review

Sor Juana’s Second Dream: A Novel

By Alicia Gaspar de Alba - Published 1999

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This lovely novel can be read without any previous knowledge of the famous Mexican nun. The author evokes the feel of 17th century ...Read Review

The Blind in Darkness

By Stephen Lewis - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Old Man Powell is found murdered in his cabin, the crime disguised as a scalping. The natural suspect is Massaquoit, an Indian whom ...Read Review

The Samurai’s Wife

By Laura Joh Rowland - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Normally the most absorbing aspect of even a historical whodunit is the plot, but in Rowland’s superb Sano and Reiko series her ...Read Review

Dorcas Good: The Diary of a Salem Witch

By Rose Earhart - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Choosing to tell the tale of the 1692 Salem witches as a diary written by one of them seemed like a brilliant idea to ...Read Review

Soul of the Sacred Earth

By Vella Munn - Published 2000

Genres:

Except for a brief prelude set in 1599, the events in this book take place during the summer and fall of 1628 in what is ...Read Review