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17th Century

Submission

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When Sable’s sister goes missing, disappearing into a private BDSM community, there’s only one man to whom she can turn.…

17th Century

Nature’s Mutiny

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Witness the “Little Ice Age” in this thorough history that tracks the 17th-century climate crisis and its cataclysmic effect on European culture, politics, and more. “A sweeping story, embracing developments in economics and science, philosophy and exploration, religion and politics… Beautifully clear” (The New Yorker).

17th Century

The Road to Newgate

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In 17th-century London, preacher Titus Oates tells tales of a Catholic uprising against Charles II. Writer Nathaniel Thompson doesn’t believe his story, but when he takes a public stand against Oates, he and his family face consequences they never imagined…

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City of Light, City of Poison

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After Nicolas de La Reynie became the first police chief of 17th-century Paris, he discovered a scandal possibly involving King Louis XIV’s own mistress… “Tucker vividly brings to life a slice of Parisian history in this rigorously researched true crime epic” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

17th Century

Antonia of Venice

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In the corrupt yet beautiful world of 18th-century Venice, brilliant Antonia becomes the composer Vivaldi’s musical protégée — but her passionate soul leads her into a tangled web of romance, intrigue, and murder.

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The Year of Lear

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Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in 1606 influenced three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies written that…

17th Century

The Lost Painting

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This exemplary narrative history is a New York Times bestseller with over 7,400 five-star ratings on Goodreads! Caravaggio achieved fame during the Italian Baroque period, but many of his paintings have been lost to time. When a student made a shocking discovery, the race for another masterpiece began…