Tudor
Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife (Six Tudor Queens 6)
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Chronicling Katharine Parr’s life from her first marriage through to the end of her fourth is a huge accomplishment. Through Katharine’s ...Read Review
A Fine Madness
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At the beginning of the reign of King James I, the ageing Thomas Phelippes, a talented decipherer once employed by Sir Francis Walsingham, ...Read Review
All Manner of Things
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All Manner of Things is based on the life of Katherine of Aragon. Narrated by Maria de Salinas, a friend and confidante of ...Read Review
The Importance of Pawns: Chronicles of the House of Valois
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In 1514, Anne of Brittany, wife of Louis XII of France, is dying. Louise d’Angoulȇme, mother of the king’s cousin, Franç...Read Review
The Heretic’s Mark (The Jackdaw Mysteries 4)
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This is the third Jackdaw novel which I have reviewed for the HNS, and which I enjoyed as much as ever. S. W. ...Read Review
Shake Loose the Border (Border Reivers Book 3)
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This is the third in the Border Reivers series. It is 1548, and Batty Coalhouse is considering his future. As England’s war in ...Read Review
The City of Tears
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While Minou Reydon-Joubert, her Calvinist husband, Piet, and their children ready themselves for the journey to Paris, where the marriage between Henry III ...Read Review
The Last Blast of the Trumpet
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This third and final volume in the novelization of the life of John Knox takes the Scottish reformer from his return to his ...Read Review
The Bridled Tongue
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In England in 1586, 28-year-old Alyce Bradley has learned to be “silent and obedient and not draw attention.” Twelve years ago, her outspoken ways ...Read Review
Imperfect Alchemist
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In 1573, two bright young girls lead very different lives. Wealthy aristocrat Mary Sidney is learning her place as the only surviving daughter of ...Read Review