2006
A Scandalous Publication
When Charlotte Wyndham first crosses swords with Sir Max Talgarth, the sparks inevitably begin to fly. She feels aggrieved by…
Revenge of the Rose
A minstrel with a secret; a brawny impoverished knight who wins fame as a jousting champion; an emperor in search…
Liberation Movements
For those not familiar with Steinhauer, this is far from being a brain candy novel. It requires work and attention,…
The Women Of The House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune and a Dynasty
In 1695, twenty-two-year-old Margaret Hardenbroeck arrived in the colony of New Amsterdam. Margaret wasn’t anyone’s dependent, but a factor, a…
Girl In A Red Tunic
At the end of the 12th century, England is in the grip of a very cold winter. Food is short…
The Boleyn Inheritance
Editors' choice
Gregory’s latest novel focuses on the lives of three women, all of whom bear witness to the Boleyn family’s legacy:…
The Blanchard Brothers Film Company
It’s hard to imagine a time when box office numbers for the weekend didn’t dominate Monday’s news and movie stars’…
The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men Who Introduced the World to Itself
In The Ambassadors, Jonathan Wright’s stated purpose is to show how influential ambassadors have been “in the encounters, collisions, and…
The Dawning Of The Day: A Jerusalem Tale
The Dawning of the Day is a tale of understanding another culture, told in a graceful, charming and intelligent prose.…
The Last Wife Of Henry VIII
Erickson is well known to lovers of royal non-fiction. Only with her previous novel, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette,…
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