English Civil War
Aphra Behn: A Secret Life
This revised and updated version of Janet Todd’s masterful biography of Aphra Behn shines a light on one of the…
The Cavalier Historian
Robert Hardwick has been hired to help develop an English Civil War-period themed attraction at Marston Manor. While paging through…
The Witchfinder’s Sister
Editors' choice
It’s 1645 in England as Alice Hopkins, a lost and penniless widow, returns to her brother Matthew’s home. Her once-shy…
The Tyrant’s Shadow
This is a passionate, richly imagined story set during Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth in London, with scenes also in the New…
The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and Her Lover
In 1647, the English Civil War is over (for the moment), and King Charles I is now Cromwell’s prisoner, having…
The Book of the Needle
England and Wales in the early-to-mid 17th century. Arise (or Rhys) Evans tells his story, in an ostensible memoir and…
The Velvet Cloak of Moonlight
Coincidentally, this title came up for review while I was planning a trip to Raglan Castle in South Wales, and…
The King’s Revenge
King Charles I was executed in 1649, his death warrant signed by 57 men.Twelve years later, the monarchy restored, King…
The Black Friar
Following in the forbidding footsteps of The Seeker, winner of the CWA 2015 Historical Dagger, The Black Friar sees Damian…
A Masterpiece of Corruption
As a huge fan of Tyler’s Ethelred and Elsie series, I was very happy to receive this to review and…
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