17th Century Historic Fiction
Explore the best 17th century historic fiction books! Dive into captivating tales of love, war, and intrigue set in the 1600s. Discover must-read novels now.
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The Firemaster's Mistress
by Christie Dickason
First published in Great Britain in 2005 by HarperCollins.
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Galileo's Dream
by Kim Stanley Robinson
In a tale that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the future colonization of the moons of Jupiter, a renegade colonist named Ganymede brings Galileo into …
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The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco
The national bestseller--now in paperback with an exquisite cover with foil and French flaps. Umberto Eco, one of the greatest storytellers of all time, continues …
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City of Dreams
by Beverly Swerling
A sweeping epic of two families—one Dutch, one English—from the time when New Amsterdam was a raw and rowdy settlement, to the triumph of the …
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine …
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Birds of Prey
by Wilbur Smith
In 1667 Hal becomes a man after the Dutch torture and kill his father while on his ship off the coast of Africa, and he …
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Unnatural Fire
by Fidelis Morgan
London 1699. Anastasia Ashby de la Zouche, Baroness Penge, Countess of Clapham, former mistress to Charles II, is an aristocrat on her uppers. Cast into …
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The Rival Queens
by Fidelis Morgan
London 1700. The intrepid and impecunious heroines Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her maidservant, Alpiew, are scavenging for scandal for that scurrilous rag, the …