Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional books set mainly in the 17th Century, or earlier.
17th Century or Earlier
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
by Caroline Dodds Pennock
Hardcover: Jan 2023
Paperback: Oct 2024
A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492
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The Palace of Eros: A Novel
by Caro De Robertis
Hardcover: Aug 2024
Perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom.
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The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
by Daisy Dunn
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center—from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless other artists, writers, leaders, and creators of history
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Nicked: A Novel
by M.T. Anderson
Hardcover: Jul 2024
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint
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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
Hardcover: Jul 2024
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium.
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Every Rising Sun: A Novel
by Jamila Ahmed
Hardcover: Jul 2023
Paperback: Jul 2024
In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her Persian homeland teeters ...
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Masquerade
by O.O. Sangoyomi
Hardcover: Jul 2024
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future.
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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye: A Novel
by Briony Cameron
Hardcover: Jun 2024
This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.
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Fair Rosaline: A Novel
by Natasha Solomons
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: May 2024
The most exciting historical retelling of 2023: a subversive, powerful untelling of Romeo and Juliet by New York Times bestselling author Natasha Solomons.
Was the greatest ever love story a lie?
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The Familiar: A Novel
by Leigh Bardugo
Hardcover: Apr 2024
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.
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Glorious Exploits: A Novel
by Ferdia Lennon
Hardcover: Mar 2024
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
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Strike the Zither: Kingdom of Three #1
by Joan He
Hardcover: Oct 2022
Paperback: Mar 2024
A dazzling new fantasy from New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, Strike the Zither is a powerful, inventive, and sweeping fantasy that reimagines the Chinese classic tale of the Three Kingdoms.
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