Biographical Fiction
The Ground is Burning
Editors' choice
In the autumn of 1502, Cesare Borgia is at the height of his power and notoriety. Leonardo da Vinci works…
Lady of the English
Maud, or Matilda, is the dowager empress of Germany and the only surviving legitimate child of Henry I, his son…
To Be Queen
Few women in the High Middle Ages have proven as complex, powerful, and enigmatic as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Through sheer…
Devil’s Consort
The story arc of Devil’s Consort takes Eleanor of Aquitaine from her marriage to Louis Capet, future King of France,…
The Maid
The Hundred Years War and the story of Joan of Arc are inextricably linked in the pages of history, and…
The Way
In a debut certain to spark conversation, Kristen Wolf takes the story of Christianity and spins it in an entirely…
Love Amid the Ashes
Mesu Andrews’ debut novel is ambitious; she sets herself the task of retelling the story of Job, the “good” man…
Bathsheba
Married to Uriah, a loyal and pious soldier who is often away serving King David, the beautiful Bathsheba frequently finds…
The King’s Man
With The King’s Man, Pauline Gedge concludes her trilogy begun in The Twice Born and Seer of Egypt about enigmatic…
Conspirata
In Imperium, we saw Cicero rise from humble origins to achieve the highest office of Rome. Now, in the second…
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