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The queen and the countess by Anne O’Brien – In Another Era
The heiress Anne Beauchamp grants her husband Richard Neville a great deal of wealth and the title “Earl of Warwick” upon their marriage. Richard also supports his cousin-in-law The Duke Of York in his fight against the ill-advised Lancastrian King Henry VI ending in bloodshed in St. Albans. Henry's queen Margaret Of Anjou fights for…
Helen’s judgement by Susan C. Wilson – In Another Era
The beautiful princess Helen is married off to Menelaus of the house Atreus and torn away rather harshly from her former life in Sparta. Menelaus is not a bad husband, but Helen would rather have accepted the young Achilles his proposal. When Prince Paris of Troy comes to stay with them, he sets his eye…
Daughter of exile by Tana Rebellis – In Another Era
Aemilia Lepida finds shelter with her aunt Agrippina and her family after her mother Julia, the younger, is exiled. But as the daughter of an exile, her planned marriage to Claudius fails. She is eventually married off to the minor gentleman Torquatus and tries to find peace in her marriage. Meanwhile, ex-praetorian guard Titus tries…
Mrs Degas by Arthur Japin – In Another Era
The painter Edgar Degas has been blind for some time and is now evicted from his beloved home in Paris. A young woman helps him pack, but also asks him many questions about his time in New Orleans and about his niece Estelle, his one true love. This is the second Arthur Japin novel I…
Historical novels about the Tudors – In Another Era
Similar to my blog post about Greek myth retellings, the idea is to create a list of historical fiction novels set during the Tudor era. I'll not include historical mysteries such as the famous Shardlake books by C.J. Sansom (I'll do a separate list of historical mysteries some day, pinky promise!). Whenever I read a…
Katheryn Howard, the tainted queen by Alison Weir – In Another Era
When Katheryn Howard's mother dies, she ends up in Lambeth in the household of her grandmother Agnes Tilney, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. Agnes is the guardian of many young ladies from the huge Howard family, and Katheryn notices that those ladies allow men in their room at night. First, Katheryn falls in love with…
The secrets of the rose by Nicola Cornick – In Another Era
Hannah Armstrong heads to her hometown of Bamburgh to investigate the local heroine Grace Darling for her next book, but once there she discovers that her stepmother Diana is hiding some secrets and her childhood friend Aaron is no longer speaking to her twin brother Brandon. While looking into Grace's story, she becomes enchanted by…
The clockwork girl by Anna Mazzola – In Another Era
Paris 1750. Madeleine is recruited as a police spy, une mouche. Her task: to infiltrate as a maid in the household of Mr. Reinhart, a clockmaker, to discover what he is up to with all his strange experiments. Reinhart's daughter Veronique has also just returned home and wants to learn her father's trade. The two…
The burgundians: a vanished empire by Bart Van Loo – In Another Era
Bart Van Loo is a Belgian historian who previously wrote books about Napoleon and France but became really famous in Belgium after releasing his non-fiction book that reads like a novel about the Burgundians. He made a podcast about it, went to every town to give a talk, visited every talk show on tv and…
Go tell the bees that I am gone by Diana Gabaldon – In Another Era
**This is the 9th book in the Outlander series, so if you haven't read it or you are not up to date with the TV series it's best not to read any further because my review will inevitably contain spoilers. ** It's 1797 and it will take two more years until the famous battle of…
My ten favourite books of 2024 – In Another Era
Last week I shared my bookish year in numbers. Now it's time to select my ten favourite reads out of 46 books. I had a great reading year with many books that received 4 or 4,5 stars but no 5-star-reads. Am I becoming a bit picky on what I regard as a top read? Probably.…
My Bookish year in numbers – In Another Era
Time to look back at 2024 in books. And before listing my favourites, I'll start with sharing some numbers based on Goodreads and my bullet journal. General I read 46 books in 2024. That's pretty much around the average for the past few years. Those 46 books accounted for 20,618 pages, which is a record.…
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn – In Another Era
Thea is the Jewish slavewoman of Lady Lepida Pollia and after a visit to the Colosseum she falls in love with the gladiator Arius whom they call The Barbarian. However, Lepida also has her eye on him. Emperor Domitian, meanwhile, is in power after the death of his brother Titus and his niece Julia is…
The household by Stacey Halls – In Another Era
Charles Dickens and the wealthy banking heiress Angela Bourdett-Coutts establish Urania Cottage in Shepherd's Bush, a home where fallen women are given a second chance. Martha is the first to arrive, looking for a new life, while she's still searching for her missing sister Emily. Not much later, she's joined by Josephine, who has just…
Books I can’t wait to read in 2025 – In Another Era
In less than a few weeks we're already celebrating the New Year. Time to look ahead: which books are going to be published next year that I'm greedy to read? The sirens - Emilia Hart I loved Weyward and liked Hart's writing style, so I'm curious for her next book. The sirens is again a…
The Paris library by Janet Skeslien Charles – In Another Era
Odile has just secured her dream job at the American Library in Paris and soon she makes a new friend Margaret, an Englishwoman. But it's 1939 and war is looming. The Germans are occupying Paris. Her twin brother Remy is in the army, her father and sweetheart Paul remain police officers in the city and…
The Tower by Flora Carr – In Another Era
Mary, Queen of Scots, is pregnant when she is taken prisoner in Lochleven Castle, only accompanied by two of her 'minor' ladies - a Scot named Jane and one of her French ladies nicknamed “Cuckoo”. Mary is not only imprisoned but will be forced to abdicate in favor of her son James. Not much later,…
The graces by Siobhan MacGowan – In Another Era
Rosaleen Moore grows up in the Irish village of Clare with a gift. She sometimes sees what will happen in the future, just like her grandmother who was touched by 'The graces'. The only downside: she predicts the bad things that will happen and that gets her into trouble. She moves to an aunt in…
Joan by Katherine J. Chen – In Another Era
Joan of Arc lives in Donremy, a French village near 'the border' with Burgundy. France is at war with Burgundy and England, and the Dauphin is hiding in Southern France. When Donremy is raided by the English and Joan's sister Catherine is raped, she resolves to take revenge. This takes her on a quest in…
Nero by Conn Iggulden – In Another Era
In his old age, Emperor Tiberius returns to Rome to execute his right-hand man Sejanus in cold blood for taking too much power. When it's later revealed that he was also responsible for the death of Tiberius' only son, the Emperor murders his entire family and all his friends. He also brings back to Rome…
The king’s witch by Tracy Borman – In Another Era
Frances Gorges is the daughter of one of Elizabeth I's favorite ladies. When the queen is dying, Frances tries to ease her suffering with her knowledge of plants and medicine. But when the new King James Stuart comes to London that knowledge is suddenly dangerous. James is on a witch hunt. It's doesn't help Frances…
The rivals of Versailles by Sally Christie – In Another Era
A fortune-teller predicted that young Jeanne-Antoinette Du Poisson would hook a king, and so her her family wants to get her into the bed of Louis XV, King of France. When his favorite mistress Marie-Anne De Mailly-Nesle suddenly dies, she takes her chance. Louis falls for the daring and attractive girl. But the Court does…
The map of bones by Kate Mosse – In Another Era
After a personal trauma, Suzanne Joubert travels with her grandmother Florence to Southern Africa, a Dutch colony hosting French refugees - mostly Huguenots. Besides finding a new home, Suzanne wants to find out the truth about Louise Joubert-Reydon, who disappeared several decades ago after arriving in the same country. 100 years later, Isabelle Lepard also…
A divine fury by D.V. Bishop – In Another Era
Cesare Aldo has been tasked with night patrol for many months now by secretario Bindi because of a past conflict. But during one of his patrols, he finds a corpse in a public piazza pointing to the church and the victim had his tongue cut in two. Together with Carlo Strocchi, he must find the…
Lady of the English – In Another Era
When Matilda's husband, the German emperor, suddenly dies, she returns to the court of her father Henry I in England. The latter has remarried Adeliza Of Louvain but the couple remains childless, so Matilda becomes the heir to the throne. But the court does not like the idea of a queen in her own right…
The armor of light by Ken Follett – In Another Era
Sal Clitheroe loses her husband in a stupid accident caused by the squire Will Riddick. Afterwards, Will also beats her son Kit. She decides to leave for Kingsbridge where she knows only Amos Barrowfield for whom she spins wool. The latter has just inherited his father's business but gets into conflict with the nobleman Hornbeam.…
20 books of Summer: the recap – In Another Era
Oh yes, I almost forgot to write a recap for this challenge hosted by Cathy of 746 books who recently announced that it was the last time she is hosting this one. She did an amazing job all these years, so many thanks! And I hope the challenge will continue in some form. This challenge started…
Queen hereafter by Susan Fraser King – In Another Era
Margaret travels with her family to England from Hungary, as her father Edward the Exile is heir to the English throne. But Edward dies a few days after their arrival, and when the old king (Edward The Confessor) dies, William of Normandy invades the kingdom to claim the throne. Margaret flees with her mother, sister…
Weyward by Emilia Hart – In Another Era
In the 17th century, Altha Weyward is in custody for killing a man by witchcraft and awaiting trial. In the mid-20th century, young Violet Ayres is shielded from the world by her father, she knows nothing about her mother - who died suddenly - until she finds a mysteriously carved W in her bedroom. In…
Costanza by Rachel Blackmore – In Another Era
Costanza Piccolomini's husband Matteo works as a sculptor for Lorenzo Bernini, Rome's most famous artist who receives commissions from the Pope himself. When Costanza meets him, they fall in love and the two start an affair. But Lorenzo's brother Luigi wants Costanza for himself. At the meantime, Costanza tries to protect her reputation in Rome…
A little trickerie by Susanna Pike – In Another Era
Tibb Ingleby and her mother are vagabonds and when her mother's last attempt to arrange a roof over their heads ends in her death, Tibb needs to make it on her own. She meets young Ivo who is fleeing from his own demons and together they find a way to survive. Until one day Ivo…
The shadows of London by Andrew Taylor – In Another Era
Cat Lovett - now known as mrs. Hakesby - is working as an architect with her business partner Brennan to build a new almshouse on a property owned by Mr. Hadgrave. But one morning they find a dead body on the site whose face has been mutilated and Mr. Rush stops the work. Cat reaches…
Ritual of fire by D.V. Bishop – In Another Era
Cesare Aldo represents the Otto in the countryside just outside Florence now that he is at odds with Carlo Strocchi. When he catches a thief and brings him to town, Carlo has just witnessed the murder of a nobleman who was set on fire with the message 'Savonarola lives'. Just 40 years after Savonarola's death,…
The lost queen by Carol McGrath – In Another Era
Berengaria Of Navarre crosses the Alps with her future mother-in-law Eleanor Of Aquitaine during winter to marry her future husband, Richard I, in Sicily. Once married, she joins Richard's Third Crusade to recapture the Promised Land from Saladin. Along the way, they encounter Avelina whose husband has probably been captured by the Muslims. Carol McGrath…
A good deliverance by Toby Clemens – In Another Era
Sir Thomas Malory is locked up in London's Newgate prison for the second time, and he doesn't know why. To pass the time, he tells his life story to a boy walking around the prison. About how, as a child, he wanted to be a soldier and joins the retinue of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of…
The king’s mother by Annie Garthwaite – In Another Era
Cecily Neville's son Edward has crowned himself king of England. But old King Henry VI, his French queen Margaret of Anjou and their son Edward are still fugitives. Meanwhile, Cecily's cousin Warwick also wants his share of power. And then there are her younger sons George and Richard who must each find their way as…
My six in six – the 2024 edition – In Another Era
Summer is here! And the sunny weather has finally arrived in Belgium (what a wait!). A nice tradition to celebrate summer is to participate to Six in six. A challenge hosted by Jo of The book Jotter. The idea is to list six times six books that you've read in the first six months of…
The queen’s promise by Lyn Andrews – In Another Era
As the eldest of three brothers, Henry Percy is being educated to become the next Duke Of Northumberland. But Henry is a sweet natured boy who loves poetry with a poor constitution, which doesn't match with the harsh climate in the North of England where rebellious Scots are constantly crossing the border to burn down…
The scandalous duchess by Anne ‘O Brien – In Another Era
Katherine Swynford has just lost her husband on the battlefield of Aquitaine and asks John Of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, if she can be reinstated in his household. John has just remarried to Constanza of Castile, a pure political alliance as he wants to claim the Spanish throne in his wife's name. Upon their meeting…