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Showing posts with label 1500's. Show all posts
Saturday, March 8, 2025

The Blackened Heart by Alison Weir

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The Blackened Heart by foremost and beloved historian Alison Weir is an e-short and companion piece that bridges the first two novels in the...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir

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Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII’s fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

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The latest historical novel from bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China. Accor...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Audio Review: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens #3) by Alison Weir

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A novel of the devout young woman who became the unwilling object of King Henry VIII's ardor - and the mother of his only son. In this t...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Review: The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo's David by Laura Morelli

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As a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly i...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Review: Sin Eater by Megan Campisi

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The Handmaid’s Tale meets Alice in Wonderland in this gripping and imaginative historical novel about a shunned orphan girl in 16th-cent...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Review: The Borgia Confessions: A Novel by Alyssa Palombo

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'Under Palombo’s skillful hand, the entangled world of the Borgias comes vividly to life, exposing the dark facets of class structure...
Thursday, July 4, 2019

Review: The Chef's Secret by Crystal King

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A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and au...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Waiting on Wednesday: Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens #4) by Alison Weir

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post to showcase upcoming releases that I am anxious to get my hands on. Hardcover, 288 pages  E...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Review: Brandon by Tony Riches

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From the author of the international bestselling Tudor Trilogy comes a true story of adventure, courtly love, and chivalric loyalty.  ...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

Cover Reveal: Shakespeare's Witch by Samantha Grosser

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Shakespeare's Witch by Samantha Grosser Publication Date: March 20, 2019 Sam Grosser Books Genre: Historical Fiction ...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Excerpt & Giveaway: The Chef's Secret by Crystal King

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The Chef's Secret by Crystal King  Adult fiction, 352 pages Genre: Historical Fiction  Atria/Simon & Schuster Release...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Review: The Competition by Donna Russo Morin

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In a studiolo behind a church, six women gather to perform an act that is, at once, restorative, powerful, and illegal: they paint. Un...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Spotlight: The Ninja's Daughter: A Hiro Hattori Novel by Susan Spann

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  Autumn, 1565 When an actor's daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto's Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Review: The Dark Lady's Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare's Muse by Mary Sharratt

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Shakespeare in Love meets Shakespeare’s Sister in this novel of England’s first professional woman poet and her collaboration and love ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Book Blast: Death of an Alchemist: A Bianca Goddard Mystery (Bianca Goddard Mysteries, Book 2) by Mary Lawrence

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In the mid sixteenth century, Henry VIII sits on the throne, and Bianca Goddard tends to the sick and suffering in London’s slums, where d...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Review: Medici's Daughter by Sophie Perinot

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  Winter, 1564 . Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word ca...