Tudor
Knives in the South
1592. Knives in the South is the second chronicle of the adventures of Sir Robert Carey, swashbuckling dandy and cousin…
Searcher of the Dead
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It’s 1593, and since fleeing Elizabethan London after her husband’s murder, Bess Ellyott has been living in her brother’s house…
Lady Mary
1527. Eleven-year-old Princess Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon, are at the Palace…
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen
Set in Tudor England, this novel is about the third Queen to Henry VIII. Katherine of Aragon is divorced for…
The Cursed Wife
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As the wife of a successful London merchant, Mary lives a contented life. Loved by her husband and respected by…
The Assassin of Verona
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Venice. Three players, Oldcastle, Hemminges and young William Shakespeare, disguised as the English ambassador and his servants, have discovered a…
Black Tudors
Were there Africans in Tudor and Jacobean England? How did they fare? What kind of lives did they lead? How…
Publish and Perish
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It is an art to bring the past to life, an art at which Ms Castle excels. Through a myriad…
Fools and Mortals
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This is a complete change of scene, time and character from Sharpe and Uhtred, previous well-beloved characters in Cornwell’s fiction.…
Queen of Martyrs
Uncertainty is the byword of Mary Tudor’s tumultuous life. Kept away from her father, King Henry VIII, until shortly before…
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