Biographical Fiction
The Sixth Wife
Set during the reign of England’s Edward VI, Suzannah Dunn’s fictionalized account of the final two years of the life…
Christ the Lord:The Road to Cana
The saga of Anne Rice—from lush pseudonymic S&M erotica, through vampires and witches given flesh-and-blood reality we common mortals never…
The Messiah
Author Marek Halter was born in Warsaw and at age five crawled with his family through the sewers to escape…
Mary of Nazareth
When Herod’s mercenaries make one of their nighttime raids on Nazareth, quick-thinking young Miriam—later renamed Mary by census officials—helps the…
The Twice Born
Editors' choice
After tackling the revolt against the Hyksos in her superb Lord of the Two Lands trilogy, Pauline Gedge returns in…
Scottsboro
In Alabama in 1931, young people hitching rides on a freight train have a brawl. A group of white…
King Henry
1915. America is debating its response to the war in Europe. Enter Henry Ford, self-made billionaire and owner of…
Avenging Victorio
The New Mexico Territory of the 1880s was a land in transition. American settlers were faced with a hostile country…
Scapegallows
Editors' choice
A ‘scapegallows’ is one who deserves and has narrowly escaped hanging. One such is Margaret Catchpole, born in Suffolk, who…
Lady Macbeth
As the descendant of Scottish kings, young Gruadh is a valuable prize, as a man who marries her can claim…
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