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Queen By Right
Anne Easter Smith has written three well-researched and entertaining books featuring the children and grandchildren of Richard, Duke of York…
Sisters of Fortune
Wake offers a riveting joint biography of four remarkable sisters: Marianne, Bess, Louisa and Emily Caton. These half-English, devoutly Catholic…
Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders
Wait! It’s not what you think. The latest installment in Gyles Brandreth’s popular Oscar Wilde series is no trendy monster…
The Mistress of Nothing
Editors' choice
Sally Naldrett is lady’s maid to Lady Duff Gordon, who suffers from terrible fits of coughing. Sally and her mistress…
Exit the Actress
Nell Gwynn has been enjoying a revival in historical fiction of late, and it is no wonder. She’s the quintessential…
Come Again No More
The second volume in Todd’s planned memoir-turned-fiction trilogy (after Sun Going Down), Come Again No More can also easily stand…
The Red Queen
Despite her visions of being England’s Joan of Arc, Margaret Beaufort is nothing more than a pawn in the House…
The Mistaken Wife
Editors' choice
1797 and in the aftermath of the French Revolution, General Bonaparte’s armies are sweeping across Europe. The British government is…
The Poet Prince
Bestselling author McGowan’s third installment in her “Magdalene Line” series is another exciting historical thriller. The novel slips effortlessly between…
Diamond Ruby
Ruby Thomas, age seven, catches a fly ball hit by Casey Stengel on April 5, 1913. As she looks at…
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