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Historical Novels: RenaissanceThe Renaissance was an exciting time when the struggle for survival became less desperate for many, making way for a flowering of art, music and new ideas. Religious reform was among those new ideas, making life more hazardous for some outspoken Protestants and Catholics. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on the Renaissance. England, France and Italy are especially well represented in historical fiction, but excellent historical novels have also been set in countries ranging from Ireland to Holland. Because the Renaissance and Reformation changes arose at different times in different places (earlier in Italy, for example, than in Hungary or Poland), it is impossible to set a date for its beginning that works throughout Europe. If you don't find a novel you're looking for on this page, try the Medieval Europe page. Novels set outside Europe (if they feature a non-European point of view) are listed by location. Novels are listed alphabetically by author within the following categories: The British Isles in Tudor and Elizabethan Times The British Isles in Tudor and Elizabethan TimesAnne M. Abbey, Kathryn in the Court of Six Queens, about a fictional lady in waiting who served all six of Henry VIII's wives. Peter Ackroyd, The House of Dr. Dee, about a modern London man who begins to have mysterious dreams and visions after he inherits a house owned by Dr. Dee, a mathematician, astrologer and philosopher who served as an adviser to Queen Elizabeth. Review Elizabeth Anthony, Elizabeth, about England's Queen Elizabeth I. Evelyn Anthony, Anne Boleyn, about Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. More info from Powell's Books Margaret Campbell Barnes, My Lady of Cleves (also titled The King’s Choice), about Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, who agreed to a divorce. More info Margaret Campbell Barnes, Brief Gaudy Hour, about Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. Pauline Bentley, Rogues and Players, about a playwright and his troupe of traveling players in Elizabethan England; a sequel, Fallen Angels, is set in seventeenth century England. Charles Brady, Stage of Fools: A Novel of Sir Thomas More, about the man who was executed for opposing King Henry VIII's divorce and his marriage to Anne Boleyn. Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun, a bawdy literary novel about Shakespeare's love life. More info Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, about Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright who was Shakespeare's contemporary. More info John Buchan, Blanket of the Dark, about a young man who discovers he is royal and is being used as the pawn of men who wish to overthrow King Henry VIII. Elizabeth Byrd, Immortal Queen: Mary Queen of Scots, about the sixteenth century Queen of Scotland who was executed for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Chambers, The Geraldine Conspiracy, about the 11-year-old boy who was the last surviving heir of the Irish Geraldine dynasty, and the struggle to save him from the murderous agents of King Henry VIII. More info Mavis Cheek, Amenable Women, about a widow who, writing a history of the village where Anne of Cleves lived after her divorce from Henry VIII, hears tales of Anne's life from her portrait in the Louvre. More info Stephanie Cowell, Nicholas Cooke, about a young actor in Shakespeare's theater company who wants to be a doctor and a priest. More info Stephanie Cowell, The Physician of London, about a priest/doctor and his closest friend, who risk their lives fighting for Charles I in the 1640s; sequel to Nicholas Cooke . Stephanie Cowell, The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare, about the love triangle of Shakespeare's sonnets between Shakespeare, a beautiful Italian musician and a high court nobleman. More info Josephine Delves-Broughton, Heart of a Queen, about England's Queen Elizabeth I. Suzannah Dunn, The Queen of Subtleties, about a woman who served as Henry VIII's confectioner, sculpting "subtleties" out of sugar, during the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn Suzannah Dunn, The Sixth Wife, about Katherine Parr, the sixth and surviving wife of Henry VIII, whose subsequent marriage to the handsome and ambitious Thomas Seymour held its own risks Suzannah Dunn, The Queen's Sorrow, about a Spanish maker of sundials who accompanies Philip of Spain to England when he marries Queen Mary Tudor of England, known to history as "Bloody Mary;" forthcoming in December 2008 in the U.S., July in the U.K. Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings, the sixteenth century adventures of a knavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #1 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Dorothy Dunnett, Queen's Play, the sixteenth century adventures of a knavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #2 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Dorothy Dunnett, The Disorderly Knights, the sixteenth century adventures of a khavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #3 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Dorothy Dunnett, Pawn in Frankincense, the sixteenth century adventures of a khavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #4 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Dorothy Dunnett, The Ringed Castle, the sixteenth century adventures of a khavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #5 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate, the sixteenth century adventures of a khavish but patriotic Scottish swordsman; #6 in the Lymond Chronicles. More info Olive Eckerson, My Lord Essex, about the love affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. Patricia Finney, Firedrake's Eye, a literary thriller about a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I. More info Patricia Finney, Unicorn's Blood, a literary thriller about the theft of Queen Elizabeth's diary. More info Patricia Finney, Gloriana's Torch, a literary thriller about a spy for Queen Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada. More info Alan Fisk, Forty Testoons, about a young English priest ministering to fishermen in Newfoundland during the winter of 1504. More info Ford Madox Ford, The Fifth Queen, a literary novel about Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. More info George MacDonald Fraser, The Candlemass Road, a novella about the violent raiding on the sixteenth century border between England and Scotland. More info Laurien Gardner, The Spanish Bride: A Novel of Catherine of Aragon, about Henry VIII's first wife, who believed she had married her chivalrous ideal Laurien Gardner, A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, about Henry VIII's second wife, who held out for marriage when he wanted to make her his mistress Laurien Gardner, Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour, about Henry VIII's third wife, who had no suitors and little hope of marriage before she attracted his attention George Garrett, Death of the Fox, a literary novel about Sir Walter Raleigh; #1 in the Elizabethan trilogy. More info George Garrett, The Succession, a literary novel about Queen Elizabeth I of England and King James VI of Scotland; #2 in the Elizabethan trilogy. More info George Garrett, Entered from the Sun: The Murder of Marlowe, a literary novel about the murder of the Renaissance playwright Christopher Marlowe; #1 in the Elizabethan trilogy. More info Margaret George, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers, a comic literary novel about King Henry VIII. More info Margaret George, Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles, a literary novel about Mary Queen of Scots. More info Christopher Gortner, The Secret Lion, about treachery and intrigue in the Tudor court during the last days of Henry VIII’s young successor, Edward VI. Winston Graham, The Grove of Eagles, set in Elizabethan England during the time it was threatened by the Spanish Armada. More info Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl, about Mary Boleyn and her more famous sister Anne; gives a different, less sympathetic perpective on Anne than most novels about her life. More info Philippa Gregory, The Queen's Fool, about a young woman who dresses as a boy to serve in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I. More info Philippa Gregory, The Virgin's Lover, about Amy Dudley, the wife of Queen Elizabeth's admirer Robert Dudley; shows Queen Elizabeth in a less flattering light than most novels about her. More info Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess, about Katherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII's first wife. More info Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn Inheritance, about Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard, the fourth and fifth wives of Henry VIII. More info Philippa Gregory, The Wise Woman, a novel of Tudor England about a former nun who must fend for herself after Henry VIII closes her convent. More info Diane Haeger, The Secret Bride, about Mary Tudor, the younger sister of King Henry VIII. More info Molly Costain Haycraft, The Reluctant Queen, about Henry VIII's sister Mary. Katie Hickman, The Aviary Gate (2008), about an Englishman in 1599 who discovers evidence that the woman he once loved may now be a captive in the sultan's harem in Constantinople, set within a frame story about a modern researcher who discovers a centuries-old document with the key to the woman's story. More info Pamela Hill, Green Salamander, about Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, whose son Lord Darnley married Mary Queen of Scots. Tobias Hill, The Love of Stones, about a modern woman searching for a jewel once owned by Queen Elizabeth I. More info Victoria Holt, My Enemy the Queen, about Lettice Knollys, second wife of Queen Elizabeth's favorite, the Earl of Leicester. More info Margaret Irwin, Young Bess, about the life of Elizabeth Tudor before she became Queen of England; #1 in the Good Queen Bess trilogy. Review Margaret Irwin, Elizabeth: Captive Princess, about the life of Elizabeth Tudor before she became Queen of England; #2 in the Good Queen Bess trilogy. More info Margaret Irwin, Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain, about the life of Elizabeth Tudor before she became Queen of England; #3 in the Good Queen Bess trilogy. More info Margaret Irwin, The Galliard: The Great Love of Mary Queen of Scots (originally titled The Gay Galliard), about Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell; originally published in 1941. More info Susan Kay, Legacy, about Queen Elizabeth I. Faye Kellerman, The Quality of Mercy, about the daughter of Queen Elizabeth's physician, a Jew who must practice the religion in secret, who meets young Will Shakespeare and goes adventuring with him. More info Hilda Lewis, Rose of England, about Mary Tudor, the youngest sister of Henry VIII; published in 1977 Hilda Lewis, Heart of a Rose, about Mary Tudor, the youngest sister of Henry VIII; published in 1978 Philip Lindsay, One Dagger for Two, about Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright who was Shakespeare's contemporary; published in 1932. Morgan Llywelyn, The Last Prince of Ireland, about the Battle of Kinsale in 1601 Ireland. More info Morgan Llywelyn, Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, based on the life of a woman pirate in sixteenth century Ireland. More info Rhona Martin, Gallows Wedding, a dark story about a young woman who marries a man condemned to execution. Rhona Martin, The Unicorn Summer, about an heiress in Elizabethan England who flees her brutal stepfather and finds a haven in the criminal underworld of London; published in 1984 A.E.W. Mason, Fire Over England, about England under the threat of the Spanish Armada during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; published in 1936. Robin Maxwell, Virgin: Prelude to the Throne, about young Elizabeth, the future queen. More info Robin Maxwell, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, a novel about Queen Elizabeth I and her mother, Anne Boleyn. More info Robin Maxwell, Mademoiselle Boleyn, about Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary. More info Robin Maxwell, The Queen's Bastard, based on the speculation of some historians that Elizabeth I may have had a child by the Earl of Leicester. More info Robin Maxwell, The Wild Irish, about Queen Elizabeth I and the Irish pirate Grace O'Malley. More info Rosalind Miles, I, Elizabeth, a straightforward historical novel about Queen Elizabeth I by an author who usually writes in the fantasy genre. More info Fidelis Morgan, My Dark Rosaleen, about an Irish boy during the Renaissance, an Irishwoman during the Easter Rising, and her granddaughter during World War II. Diana Norman, The Pirate Queen, about Grace O'Malley, an Irishwoman who turned pirate during the reign of Elizabeth I. Robert Nye, The Voyage of the Destiny, about the final voyage of Sir Walter Raleigh. More info Jane Oliver, Flame of Fire, about the English Protestant Willam Tyndale, who translated the Bible into English and was burned at the stake after being caught in Catholic Antwerp in 1535. Jane Oliver, The Lion and the Rose, about Mary Queen of Scots; published in 1958. Sonia Overall, A Likeness (2005), about a humbly born portrait painter struggling to make his fortune in Elizabethan England with the help of a courtesan who likes paint Jean Plaidy, The Shadow of the Pomegranite, about the marriage of Katherine of Aragon, future wife of Henry VIII, to his brother Arthur Tudor. Jean Plaidy, St. Thomas's Eve, about Sir Thomas More, who was executed for opposing King Henry VIII's divorce and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn. More info Jean Plaidy, Katharine of Aragon, about the first wife of King Henry VIII; #1 in the Wives of Henry VIII series. More info Jean Plaidy, The Lady in the Tower, about Anne Boleyn; #2 in the Wives of Henry VIII series. More info Jean Plaidy, The Rose Without a Thorn, about Katherine Howard; in the Wives of Henry VIII series. More info Jean Plaidy, The Sixth Wife, about Katherine Parr; in the Wives of Henry VIII series. More info Jean Plaidy, The Thistle and the Rose, about Henry VIII's sister Margaret, the wife of James IV of Scotland. More info Jean Plaidy, Mary, Queen of France, about Henry VIII's sister Mary Rose. More info Jean Plaidy, The Spanish Bridegroom, about the courtship of Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor. More info Jean Plaidy, Gay Lord Robert, about Queen Elizabeth's favorite Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester; originally published in 1955 when "gay" simply meant cheerful and fun-loving. More info Jean Plaidy, The Captive Queen of Scots, about Mary Queen of Scots. More info Jean Plaidy, Queen of This Realm, about Queen Elizabeth I. More info H.F.M. (Hilda) Prescott, The Man on a Donkey, about the unrest following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. More info Brandy Purdy, Vengeance is Mine, about George Boleyn, his sister Anne, and his wife Lady Jane Rochford, whose accusation that Anne and George had committed incest resulted in their executions. More info Leon Rooke, Shakespeare’s Dog, a comic story about Shakespeare and his wife, narrated by their dog. More info Judith Merkle Riley, The Serpent Garden, about a woman miniature-painter in the time of King Henry VIII. More info Keith Roberts, Pavane, an alternative history novel which imagines that Queen Elizabeth was assassinated in 1588; published in 1968. More info Rafael Sabatini, The Sea Hawk, about a sixteenth century Cornishman who joins a group of Barbary pirates Lawrence Schoonover, To Love a Queen: Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth, about Sir Walter Raleigh. Anya Seton, Green Darkness, to regain her health, a modern woman must time-travel into the Tudor period. More info Rosemary Sutcliff, Lady in Waiting, about Bess Throckmorton, the wife of Sir Walter Raleigh. Reay Tannahill, Fatal Majesty: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots, about the religious conflicts stirred up by the return of the Catholic Mary to Scotland. More info
Nigel Tranter, James by the Grace of God, about David Lindsay and David Beaton, court officials and advisers to the young King James V; #2 in the James V trilogy. More info Nigel Tranter, Rough Wooing, about David Lindsay and David Beaton, court officials and advisers to the promiscuous King James V; #3 in the James V trilogy. More info Nigel Tranter, A Stake in the Kingdom, about the sixteenth century Scottish Cardinal David Beaton. Nigel Tranter, Marie and Mary, about two queens who ruled Scotland during the sixteenth century: Marie de Guise, who succeeded her husband James V, and Mary Queen of Scots. More info Nigel Tranter, The Marchman, about John Maxwell, a laird on the western borderlands with England, and supporter of Mary Queen of Scots. Nigel Tranter, Warden of the Queen's March, about Sir Thomas Kerr, a loyal supporter of Mary Queen of Scots. Nigel Tranter, The Queen's Grace, about the young Highland laird Patrick Gorden and Mary Queen of Scots. Nigel Tranter, A Rage of Regents, about the Carmichaels of Lanarkshire during the troubled period after Mary Queen of Scots fled to England and was imprisoned there. Nigel Tranter, Right Royal Friend, about the young King James VI and his Cupbearer and Master of the Horse David Murray. More info Nigel Tranter, Children of the Mist, about the head of the Clan MacGregor and the events leading up to the clan's condemnation and expulsion from their lands.
Alison Weir, The Lady Elizabeth, about Elizabeth Tudor before she became Queen of England. More info Charles Gidley Wheeler, Armada, a Renaissance love story about a seafaring Irishman during the time when the Spanish Armada threatened England. More info
Tudor and Elizabethan Mystery Novels
Fiona Buckley, The Doublet Affair, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the court of Queen Elizabeth I; #2 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, Queen's Ransom, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the court of Queen Elizabeth I; #3 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, To Ruin a Queen, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I; #4 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, Queen of Ambition, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I; #5 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, A Pawn for a Queen, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I; #6 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, The Fugitive Queen, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I; #7 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand Fiona Buckley, The Siren Queen, about a noblewoman who solves mysteries in the Renaissance court of Queen Elizabeth I; #8 in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series; Fiona Buckley is a pen name of Valerie Anand
P.F. Chisholm, A Season of Knives, about a deputy warden on the Scottish border who finds himself accused of murder; P.F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #2 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series P.F. Chisholm, A Surfeit of Guns, about an English deputy warden who crosses the Scottish border in pursuit of a stolen gun shipment and risks charges of treason in both countries; P.F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #3 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series P.F. Chisholm, A Plague of Angels, about a deputy warden on the Scottish border, who returns to London to find himself under accusation in a case of forgery and murder; P.F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #4 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series
Michael Clynes, The Poisoned Chalice, an English nobleman solves mysteries during the reign of Henry VIII; #2 in the Sir Roger Shallot series; Michael Clynes is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty Michael Clynes, The Grail Murders, an English nobleman solves mysteries during the reign of Henry VIII; #3 in the Sir Roger Shallot series; Michael Clynes is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty Michael Clynes, A Brood of Vipers, an English nobleman solves mysteries during the reign of Henry VIII; #4 in the Sir Roger Shallot series; Michael Clynes is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty Michael Clynes, The Gallows Murders, an English nobleman solves mysteries during the reign of Henry VIII; #5 in the Sir Roger Shallot series; Michael Clynes is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty Michael Clynes, The Relic Murders, an English nobleman solves mysteries during the reign of Henry VIII; #6 in the Sir Roger Shallot series; Michael Clynes is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty
Iris Collier, Reluctant Spy , about an adviser to King Henry VIII whose investigation of a wool merchant's murder leads to his arrest on charges of treason; #2 in the Lord Nicholas Peverell mystery series. Iris Collier, Death at Candlemas, about an adviser to King Henry VIII who investigates the murder of a bishop; #3 in the Lord Nicholas Peverell mystery series. Iris Collier, The Secrets of the Black Canons , about an adviser to King Henry VIII who investigates the drowning death of a young woman; #4 in the Lord Nicholas Peverell mystery series. More info Diane Davidson, Feversham, a Renaissance mystery novel based on an actual murder in sixteenth century England Ann Dukthas, A Time for the Death of a King, about a time-traveling Jesuit scholar who investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots; #1 in the Nicholas Segalla series of which #2 and #3 are set in the nineteenth century; Ann Dukthas is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty Ann Dukthas, In the Time of the Poisoned Queen, about a time-traveling Jesuit scholar who investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Queen Mary Tudor; #4 in the Nicholas Segalla series of which #2 and #3 are set in the nineteenth century; Ann Dukthas is a pen name of Paul (P.C.) Doherty
Karen Harper, The Tidal Poole, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #2 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Twylight Tower, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #3 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Queene's Cure, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #4 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Thorne Maze, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #5 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Queene's Christmas, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #6 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Fyre Mirror, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #7 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Fatal Fashione, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #8 in the Bess Tudor mystery series Karen Harper, The Hooded Hawke, featuring the sleuthing abilities of Queen Elizabeth I; #9 in the Bess Tudor mystery series
Edward Marston, The Merry Devils,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #2 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Trip to Jerusalem,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #3 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Nine Giants,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #4 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Mad Courtesan,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #5 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Silent Woman,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #6 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Roaring Boy,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #7 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Laughing Hangman,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #8 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Fair Maid of Bohemia,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #9 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Wanton Angel,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #10 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Devil’s Apprentice,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #11 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Bawdy Basket,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #12 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Vagabond Clown,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #13 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Counterfeit Crank,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #14 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Malevolent Comedy,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #15 in the Nicholas Bracewell series Edward Marston, The Princess of Denmark,a stage manager for an Elizabethan theatre company tries to protect his players from murder and mayhem; #16 in the Nicholas Bracewell series
C.J. Sansom, Dissolution, about a hunchbacked lawyer in Henry VIII’s court sent to investigate the murder of an official involved in the dissolution of the monasteries; #1 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series C.J. Sansom, Dark Fire, about a hunchbacked lawyer in Henry VIII’s court and his efforts to help a friend's niece who has been accused of murder; #2 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series C.J. Sansom, Sovereign, about a hunchbacked lawyer in Henry VIII’s court who discovers that a murder he is investigating could be connected with the royal family; #3 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series C.J. Sansom, Revelation, about a hunchbacked lawyer in Henry VIII's court who discovers links between a case of religious mania and the murder of a friend; #4 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series; forthcoming on May 6, 2008 Martin Stephen, The Galleon’s Grave: Henry Gresham and the Spanish Armada, a mystery set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; #3 in the Henry Gresham mystery series (#1 and #2 are set in the 17th century) Martin Stephen, The Rebel Heart: Henry Gresham and the Earl of Essex, a mystery set at the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign; #4 in the Henry Gresham mystery series
Reformation and Renaissance Europe
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