Renaissance
Shadow of Madness
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Cesare Aldo is back – and this time it’s personal. In a quest to find out more about his background, he sets out ...Read Review
Pale Mistress
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As children in 16th-century Venice, Bianca and Iago are friends, and because he is four years older, she follows him slavishly. All children ...Read Review
The Venetian Lady of Skradin
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This character-driven, meticulously researched historical novel brings Catarina Dandolo Šubić, a Venetian noblewoman, from her sheltered childhood in Venice to Split, where her ...Read Review
The Emperor of Seville
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Spain, 1586. There has been a murder of an important banker, Sandro Grandoni, and so magistrate Bernardo de Mendoza has been sent to discover ...Read Review
Mercutio
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In Mercutio, Kate Heartfield has written an enchanting prequel to the tale of Romeo and Juliet which centres many people’s favourite character: ...Read Review
The Lion’s Silk: The Isfahan Deception
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This book, more an extended novelette than a traditional novel, tells the tale of Alessandro de’ Medici, a lesser heir to the family ...Read Review
Hiding the Flame
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Hiding the Flame is the second volume in the Women of Renaissance Florence series. It is a portal to another world, transporting us ...Read Review
The Lost Diary of Lucrezia Borgia
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Teague blends historical fiction with elements of adventure, religious mystery, and Christian inspirational fiction, framing the narrative around the discovery of a lost ...Read Review
Heart
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Heart by Jonathan Chalstrey opens in 1506 Seville, where sixteen-year-old Hernando Bustamante serves as apprentice to the curious and determined Doctor Bartolo. What begins ...Read Review
Graceless Heart
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Graceless Heart is advertised as Isabel Ibañez’s first foray into adult fiction, having previously written YA novels. I’m not sure ...Read Review
