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Silver Anniversary for Harold the King by Helen Hollick #CoffeePotBookClub #1066
Harold The King (UK title) I Am The Chosen King (US / Canada title) *Silver Publication Anniversary* January 7th, 2025 - Original Publication Date: January 2000 - - 25 years in print! 🥂First published in 2000 – Celebrating a Silver Publication Anniversary!🥂  The...
The Three Deaths of Justice Godfrey by L C Tyler #review #murdermystery
REVIEW I love this series - there is so much to enjoy in the period. In this novel poor Justice Godfrey has met his end in three different ways - bludgeoned, stabbed and strangled - thus leading John Grey to wonder if it could be suicide and some people (who might...
The Royal Menagerie of Versailles by Peggy Joque Williams #CoffeePotBookClub #17thCentury
Le MĂ©nagerie Royale de Versailles King Louis XIV, the monarch who ruled France throughout most of the 17th century and is a central character in Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles, had his own zoo at Versailles. He called it Le MĂ©nagerie Royale. In this excerpt...
The Paris Portrait by Heidi Eljarbo #CoffeePotBookClub #Paris #Art
Fabiola stumbles upon a clue that indicates a royal portrait went missing almost two hundred years ago. Is this true, or is there substance to the rumor? Paris, France, 1973. After an enjoyable but dusty road trip, Fabiola and her friends, Pippa and Cary, arrive in a...
Women in the Early Theatre – Elizabeth Knepp by Deborah Swift #HistoricalFiction
Elizabeth Knepp, sometimes known as Mary Knepp, was borm as Elizabeth Carpenter and married her husband Christopher in 1659. He was known as a 'jockey' a common word then for someone who had a profession to do with horses,, so he was probably a horse dealer, with his...
The King’s Intelligencer by Elizabeth StJohn #NewRelease #RichardIII #CoffeePotBookClub
Discovering the Missing Princes in the Tower London, 1674 When children’s bones are unexpectedly unearthed in the Tower of London, England’s most haunting mystery—the fate of the missing princes—is reignited. Franny Apsley, trusted confidante to Charles II’s beloved...
The Vow by Jude Berman #NewRelease #CoffeePotBookClub #HistFic
In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life.  Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of...
The Dragon Tree by Julia Ibbetson #CoffeePotBookClub #DuLacSeries
A haunting medieval time-slip. Echoes of the past resonate through time and disturb medievalist Dr Viv DuLac as she struggles with misfortune in the present. She and Rev Rory have escaped to the island of Madeira on a secondment from their posts, yet they are not to...
The Pirate’s Physician by Amy Maroney
When her world shatters, she dares to trust a pirate. Will she survive what comes next? The Pirate’s Physician is the story of Giuliana Rinaldi, a student at Salerno's famed medieval medical school, whose lifelong dream of becoming a physician crumbles when her uncle...
Apollo’s Raven by Linea Tanner #CoffeePotBookClub #Spotlight #Free
Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Book #1 *Apollo’s Raven will be FREE to download September 26th - 30th, 2024* September 26th, 2024 Publication Date: January 20th, 2020 (3rd edition) Publisher: Apollo Raven Publisher LLC Pages: 394 Genre: Historical Fantasy / Historical...
Inceptio by Alison Morton #AlternativeHistory #Rome #Thriller #Review
I have been meaning to get to this series for ages, but was prompted to read it by the fact I met Alison Morton at the Historical Novel Society conference, and that this book is now celebrating ten years of success. I know nothing about Ancient Rome except for being a...
The Story Spinner by Barbara Erskine #Timeslip #Roman #Mabinogion
The land of the Silures, 382 AD Elen is a princess promised to a general of Rome. Macsen came to Wales seeking an alliance that would advance his quest for power. Despite warnings her marriage is destined for heartache, Elen is determined to honour her vows. But this...
Fortune’s Wheel by Carolyn Hughes #Audiobook #CoffeePotBookClub
Love audio? Here's one for lovers of Medieval Historical Fiction. Listening Time: 11 hrs 54 mins Narrator: Alex Lee How do...
Why women joined the Crusades – The Lost Queen by Carol McGrath #NewRelease #Medieval
Carol McGrath gives us some insights into medieval Queenship. Why Did Women Join the Crusades? Why did women join Crusades? The importance of spiritual health during the medieval period cannot be underestimated. It was a way of cleansing the soul from the taint of...
The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro
In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid...