Blurb A man lies under the tawny earth, hands still clutching the knife that killed him.Thorfinn Sigurdarson, Earl of all…
Blurb By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and…
Once I read about the tempestuous life of Richard II’s mother, I began to understand a bit more about his…
Blurb In 1863, Civil War is raging in the United States. Victorine Meurent is posing nude, in Paris, for paintings…
Blurb When Margaret Clitherow is arrested for illegally harbouring Catholic priests, her friends, led by a youthful Guy Fawkes, face…
Blurb Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage.…
by Mary Anne Yarde “I’ve come to help avenge Banquo’s death.” Malcolm smiled sadly. “Then you shall not leave my…
Mark Antony, or Marcus Antonius as he was more correctly named, was known for many things: friend of Julius Caesar,…
Blurb In the 11th Century, when barren wives are customarily cast aside, how does Edith of Wessex not only manage…
Blurb The year is 1069. The Norman invaders are stealing the land of the English people, building castles to subdue…