Renaissance
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Devil’s Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain
$19.99 Add to cart“Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now.” — James Wood, The New Yorker
A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and b- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892078
- Language: English
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Isola: Reese’s Book Club
$19.00 Add to cartREESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK – NATIONAL BESTSELLER – “A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.”–Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name
“A new gene- Author: Goodman, Allegra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0593730100
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee
$14.99 Add to cartA spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth’s conjuror – the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next ‘Longitu
- Series: Science and Magic of Dr Dee
- Author: Woolley, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 14 2016
- ISBN10: 0006552021
- Language: English
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The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I
$20.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII’s daughter–infamously known as Bloody Mary–who ruled England for five … [more below]
- Author: Weir, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0593355121
- Language: English
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The Middle Ages
$21.99 Add to cartIn this single indispensable volume, one of America’s ranking scholars combines a life’s work of research and teaching with the art of lively narration. Both authoriatative and beautifully told, THE M
- Series: American Heritage Library
- Author: Bishop, Morris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 26 2001
- ISBN10: 061805703X
- Language: English
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The Prince
$12.95 Add to cartMachiavelli was an Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist who wrote this book sometime around 1513. In 1512 the Medici’s came to power and he lost his post in Florence. It is believed he w
- Author: Machiavelli, Niccolo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: March 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1585093491
- Language: English
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Mrs. Victoria buys a Brothel
$17.95 Add to cart1865, United States- It took thirty years and a dislocated arm for Victoria to leave her abusive husband. Heartbroken, she has to choose her own life over the hope of ever seeing her son again. She es
- Author: Briones, Talhi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1990086853
- Language: English
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The Prince
$4.99 Read moreHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Machiavelli, Niccolo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0007420072
- Language: English
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The Throne: The Machiavelli Trilogy, Book 1
$19.95 Read moreThis meticulously researched and brilliantly told historical novel, the first of the Machiavelli trilogy, recounts the enigmatic life of Niccol? Machiavelli, revealing the complex man behind the infam
- Author: Bernini, Franco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889661061
- Language: English
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Measure for Measure: The New Oxford Shakespeare
$8.99 Add to cart‘Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.’
Can one life be measured against another? Can a woman’s body be measured against a man’s life? Can consensual sex be measured against rape? Measure for Mea- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0192865862
- Language: English
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The Shakespeare Secret
$19.99 Add to cartShakespeare is a woman–three women, in fact, who hire a footloose actor as the face of their writing. When they become suspects in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, their secret identity is suddenly at… [more below]
- Author: Nix, D. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798892422529
- Language: English
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The Man in the Iron Mask: A Sequel to the Three Musketeers
$29.95 Add to cartThe final adventure of the greatest heroes in French literature takes the musketeers on an epic saga from the royal palace of Louis XIV to the dreaded dungeons of the Bastille.
D’Artagnan, Athos, Port- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368531
- Language: English
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Boleyn Traitor
$36.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII.
J
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0063455854
- Language: English
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Boleyn Traitor
$32.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII.
J
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0063439689
- Language: English
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The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone
$9.99 Add to cartBestselling author Tony Abbott’s epic new middle grade series, the Copernicus Legacy, begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action. Fans of Rick Rio
- Series: Copernicus Legacy #1
- Author: Abbott, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0062194445
- Language: English
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The Renaissance: A Short History
$22.00 Add to cartThe Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thought is… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 0812966198
- Language: English
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Death Comes in Threes
$29.99 Add to cartPrincess Elizabeth’s unlikely assassin finds himself on the hook for two murders in this light-hearted Tudor mystery series!
August, 1558. As London is bustling with growing trade from foreign lands,- Series: Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery #9
- Author: Jecks, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1448313805
- Language: English
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Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
$30.00 Add to cartAn award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths
“Refreshing. . . . Complex, multilayered, and ambitious.”–Costica Bradatan, Times Literary S- Author: Leppin, Volker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0300263805
- Language: English
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A Poisoner’s Tale: A Novel (a Retelling of the Life of Giulia Tofana, Aqua Tofana Poisoner of Rome)
$18.99 Add to cartThe legendary figure of notorious seventeenth-century Italian poisoner Giulia Tofana, thought to be the first female serial killer in history, is brought to life in this feminist retelling.
Palermo 16- Author: Kemp, Cathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1454957468
- Language: English
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Everything Is Poison
$19.99 Add to cartThis historical novel in prose and verse tells the story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the women who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn, perfec… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0593855876
- Language: English
