Royal Rebel by Elizabeth Chadwick
Medieval intregue and romance.
Europe
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Koningsburg
Eleanor of Aquitaine’s extraordinary life written for a younger audience.
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
A dazzling circus world at the brink of war.
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Spiritualism to change the direction on WW1
No Friend to This House by Natalie Heyes
Retelling of the myth of Medea
Akin by Emma Donoghue
Cross generational travellers and family secrets
The Last Witch by C J Cooke
Witchcraft, misogyny, and power in Austria.
The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun
A young woman in 1930’s Berlin
The Towers of Tuscany by Carol M Cram
A female Italian painter and her struggle
Conlave – Robert Harris
Power struggles in the heart of the Vatican.