Tudor
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
Editors' choice
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…
The Gryphon at Bay
1489: Hugh, the Second Lord Montgomerie, has just lost his father and is now given substantial power as a member…
A Column of Fire
This engrossing book is the third novel in Ken Follett’s Kingsbridge series. The first two were worldwide best sellers and…
The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London
As the subtitle suggests, this is the saga of the executions of dissidents from the birth of the future Mary…
Witchborn
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1577. Elizabeth I has returned England to a moderate Protestantism. However, some think that her cousin, the Catholic Mary, Queen…
The Raven’s Widow
Jane Parker Boleyn has had a mixed reception throughout history; she is thought to have been a scheming, wily woman.…
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