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September 3, 2015

REVIEW: The King’s Man by Alison Stuart

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / England / Historical / Stuart-England1 Comments

– London 1654: Kit Lovell is one of the King’s men, a disillusioned Royalist who passes his time cheating at cards, living off his wealthy and attractive mistress and plotting the death of Oliver Cromwell. Penniless and friendless, Thamsine Granville has lost everything. Terrified, in pain and alone, she hurls ... more >

February 23, 2015

REVIEW: Twist of Honor by Karin Welss

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / class-difference / English Historical / Great-Fire-of-London / Historical / London / Restoration / Restoration England / Stuart-England4 Comments

“His design was strictly honorable: to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.” (Henry Fielding, Tom Jones) It’s the spring of 1666, and Kit Fitzgeorge, a disabled mercenary soldier, finds himself in desperate straits, unable to earn an honorable living but unwilling to beg charity. To provide ... more >

January 21, 2015

REVIEW: The Marigold Chain by Stella Riley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / marriage-of-convenience / Restoration England / Royal-Navy / Stuart-England / swashbuckler / War / Military19 Comments

Recommended Read

It is 1666 – the year when people who take prophecy seriously believe that the world is going to end. For Chloe Herveaux – twenty years old, half-French and practical – marriage to wild, unpredictable Alex Deveril offers escape from a home she hates. For Alex, it is a refuge ... more >

January 9, 2015

REVIEW: Claiming the Rebel’s Heart (aka Her Rebel Heart) by Alison Stuart

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / Historical / Stuart-England / War / Military8 Comments

War divides families…love unites hearts… Herefordshire, England 1643 As the English Civil War divides England and tears families apart, Kinton Lacey castle is one of the brave few loyal to the roundhead cause. With her father away, Deliverance Felton will do whatever it takes to defend her family home against ... more >

January 31, 2013

REVIEW: The Midwife’s Tale by Sam Thomas

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews17th-century / England / Historical / midwife / mystery / Stuart-England / Yorkshire1 Comments

“It is 1644, and Parliament’s armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels’ hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget’s friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering ... more >

Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan
August 31, 2011

REVIEW: Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / England / London / mystery / Stuart-England14 Comments

Dear Ms. Morgan, I had started reading the first book in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mystery series a few weeks ago but had put it down for other books. With an indefinite power outage from Hurricane Irene mucking up my day, I decided to apply myself and finish ... more >

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