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My swordhand is singing

2007
In the dangerous dark of winter in an Eastern European village during the early seventeenth century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.

The fifth Musketeer

2012
Against the odds, a peasant boy in seventeenth-century France strives to become one of the famous swordsmen known as the Musketeers, and the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story to determine the outcome.

The days of the musketeers

1983
Text and pictures depict facets of everyday life in 17th-century Europe.

Culture and society in Shakespeare's day

2012
Gives historical context to the works of William Shakespeare, discussing daily life in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The betrayal of Maggie Blair

2011
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged as a witch but escapes to the home of her uncle, placing him and his family in great danger as she risks her life to save them all from the King's men.

The 1600s

2001

The scarith of Scornello

a tale of Renaissance forgery
2004
Chronicles the life of Curzio Inghirami and reveals how he staged the most outlandish prank of the seventeenth century by forging an array of ancient Latin and Etruscan documents.

Soul of the age

a biography of the mind of William Shakespeare
2009
Draws on the list of man's seven ages found in William Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" to highlight key events in the playwright's life and explore their impact on the Bard's work.

Religion in the age of Shakespeare

2007
Examines the major religious themes and contexts found in William Shakespeare's works and explores how they reflected the traditional religious beliefs of his era.

Moll Flanders

1996
Follows the heroine's adventures from seventeenth-century England to the American colonies.

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