The Beacon at Alexandria
by Gillian Bradshaw | 
Let the Drum Speak
by Linda Lay Shuler | 
The Daring Ladies of Lowell
by Kate Alcott | 
Daughters of Fire
by Barbara Erskine | 
The Goldsmith's Wife
by Jean Plaidy | 
The Red Heart
by James Alexander Thom | 
From Sea to Shining Sea
by James Alexander Thom | 
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by Bernard Cornwell | 
The Courts of Illusion
by Rosemary Hawley Jarman | 
Revenge of the Rose
by Nicole Galland | 
People of the Sea
by W. Michael Gear | 
The Taste of Sorrow
by Jude Morgan | 
The Americans
by John Jakes | 
A Catch of Consequence
by Diana Norman | 
Theodora
by Stella Duffy | 
The Master of all Desires
by Judith Merkle Riley | 
The Oracle Glass
by Judith Merkle Riley | 
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller | 
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman | 
Alice I Have Been
by Melanie Benjamin |
In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets'??and some people will kill to keep them hidden.Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name. Her days of anonymity are over when Susanna finds that guild rules preventing women from working do not apply at the king'??s court, and she manages to secure a position as a miniature-portrait painter. Before long, she has not only made a name for herself, she is close to those who surround Princess Mary. But even in this lofty company, Susanna is not safe. An old manuscript that she has inherited turns out to hold the keys to an age-old mystery, and the forces that claimed her husband are closing in. As danger looms, Susanna joins with Robert Ashton, secretary to Henry'??s cunning and ruthless adviser Archbishop Wolsey, and together they must fight a fearsome society in league with a demon.Combining heartpounding action, sly humor, romance, and supernatural twists, The Serpent Garden is the story of a creative and resourceful woman who unwittingly finds herself in a dangerous'??and deadly'??game of hide-and-seek.