historical fiction

While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.

As punishment for his poor judgment, a young, inexperienced Roman army officer is sent to Northern England to assume the command of a motley group known as the Frontier Wolves.

When twelve-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for Mary, Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals in both France and Scotland.

In 1413, a young maidservant accompanies her deeply religious mistress, Dame Margery Kempe, on a pilgrimage to Rome. Includes author's note on Kempe, writer of "The Book of Margery Kempe," considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language.

Threats against the life of young Arthur Pendragon have forced Caius Merlyn Brittanicus to take him away from Camulod. They make their home in a long-abandoned Roman fort called Mediobogdum. As Arthur grows, Merlyn can see the day when he will wield the sword Excalibur and become the legendary King Arthur of Britain. With Arthur now in his teens, Merlyn realizes that time will be soon and they must return to Camulod so Arthur can complete his training. There is great unrest in the land and Merlyn knows that soon Camulod must be defended against its enemies.

Anetta, Rosalba, and Luisa, find their lives taking unexpected paths while growing up in eighteenth century Venice at the orphanage Ospedale della Pieta, where concerts are given to support the orphanage as well as expose the girls to potential suitors.

John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator and brother of William Shakespeare, follows a trail of illicit passions and family secrets, as he attempts to uncover a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior.

After his family is evicted from their Scottish farm, fifteen-year-old Roddy forms an unlikely friendship with a notorious rogue who helps him outwit a tyrant landlord in order to find a family treasure and make his way to America.

After an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the boy Arthur Pendragon, Merlyn Britannicus takes him to the port town of Ravenglass to seek sanctuary so the boy can grow up. They move to a long-abandoned Roman fort, Mediobogdum, near to the town, and there Merlyn continues to teach Arthur about justice, honor, leadership, and his Christian faith.

The complete story of Uther, Caius Merlyn Britannicus' cousin and best friend, which was begun in The Eagles Brood, but never fully developed since the emphasis in that book was on Caius' early years.