Leonardo's Swans
by Karen Essex


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Don't forget that we're giving away copies of Michelle Moran's The Second Empress this month!

The Kingmaker's Daughter
by Philippa Gregory

Fourth book in the Cousins' War series, following The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Lady of the Rivers.


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Of Love and Evil
by Anne Rice

Book Two in The Songs of the Seraphim series.
The first book, Angel Time was reviewed here. This review many contain spoilers for it.

I didn’t exactly enjoy the first book in this series (for the reasons why, see the review link above) but now that the character of Toby O’Dare had been established, I hoped that the series ( Read more... )

The Queen’s Vow
by C. W. Gortner

After the death of her father when she is only a few years old, the princess Isabella is forced to flee with her mother and brother to a
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The Women of the Cousins' War
by Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin and Michael Jones


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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann

Sequel (if you can call it that?) to 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus


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The Lady of the Rivers
by Philippa Gregory

This is the third book in the Cousins' War series, preceded by The White Queen and The Red Queen.

In The White Queen, Philippa Gregory introduced the indomitable mother of Elizabeth Woodville, Jacquetta. Now Jacquetta is given
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Rivals in the Tudor Court
by D. L. Bogdan

Companion novel to Secrets of the Tudor Court


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 Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

by Ross King


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The Virgin Widow

by Anne O’Brien


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