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For fans of juicy historical fiction, this one might just develop into their next obsession.--EW.com From Kate Mosse, the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Labyrinth, comes The Burning Chambers, the first in an epic new series. Power and Prejudice: France, 1562. War sparks between the Catholics and Huguenots, dividing neighbors, friends, and family--meanwhile, nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at...
2) The brethren
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Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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Two veteran soldiers retire to a castle in the wildly beautiful Perigord of sixteenth century France. But the country is descending into chaos, plagued by religious strife, famine, pestilence, bands of robbers... and, of course, the English.
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HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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"In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a spellbinding tale of fear, transformation, courage, and love in sixteenth-century France. Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by true events, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge"--
Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer,...
8) Conspiracy
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Giordano Bruno novels volume 5
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"December 1585: King Henry III of France is the last of his line. He has appointed a Protestant as his successor, which has caused a three-way war in his country. As a result, the king is in mortal fear of a coup being orchestrated by the ultra-conservative Catholic League. Radical philosopher, ex-monk and spy Giordano Bruno, forced to return to Paris, is called upon by King Henry to unearth the motivation behind several mysterious but linked deaths....
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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"Winter, 1564. Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word can lead to ruin. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot's intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Médicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by religious war. Among the crafty nobility of the royal court, Margot learns the intriguing and unspoken rules she must live by to please her poisonous family....
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P&R Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2006
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In the mid-sixteenth century, as Jeanne grows from a mischievous child to the queen of Navarre, she increasingly supports the Huguenots, who would reform the Catholic faith despite persecution by her cousin, the king of France, and other European rulers.
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