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Buried Secrets    by Robert Stermscheg
Price: $4.99 USD. 130500 words. Language: English. Published on April 5, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

In the spring of 1870, France is preparing for an imminent war with Germany. A French cavalry officer, Bernard de Lemarch, has been given the delicate task of approaching a high-ranking Prussian officer, hoping to glean vital military information. But what he doesn’t know is that the Prussian High Command has been forewarned…. and is expecting him.
The Lady King:Njinga Mbande    by Dhae Walpoole
Price: $1.99 USD. 71560 words. Language: English. Published on March 26, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

We journey back to 17th century Africa, where Njinga Mbande, 81, is in a war that logic would suggest she can't win. The setting--17 December 1663--is Day of First Fruits and 5-years after signing the final revised treaty; requiring lost of her original homeland, The Ndongo kingdom, to the Portuguese. She is determined and remains undaunted by her enemy's apparent superior weaponry advantage.
Books We Love Special Edition - Juliet Waldron    by Juliet Waldron
Price: $5.99 USD. 313280 words. Language: English. Published by Books We Love Ltd.  on March 18, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

This Books We Love Special Edition by Juliet Waldron contains three novels, Mozart's Wife, My Mozart and Red Magic.
Besting the Beast    by Luwa Wande
Price: $1.50 USD. 14810 words. Language: American English. Published on March 7, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

Book two of the Cross and the Black Series. Look at my profile for Book one. What do you do when your tutor is a lecherous lazy buffoon? Why, you pack and go someplace else for good. But for Claude Severin, leaving is a tad difficult, because his tutor might be a wanted murderer...
Whitebeam    by K.M. del Mara
Price: $3.99 USD. 92900 words. Language: English. Published on February 14, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

On the cusp of the fourteenth century, Pippa knows very well that a long-time family friend is both a hot-headed radical and a murderer. But she doesn't find out that he is Scottish national hero Robert the Bruce until she is twelve years old. She also discovers that he is her father.
The Winter Tree: Tales of Borschland, Volume 1    by David Frauenfelder
Price: $2.99 USD. 6600 words. Language: English. Published on January 12, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

In 1642, two adventurers from the Dutch East India Company quest through the wilderness of what will become the nation of Borschland to find a tree blooming in the dead of winter. On that tree, so natives tell the tale, a pair of fabulous silver skates hang, guarded by a monster. When the Dutchmen arrive, however, what they find is even stranger than the legend.
The Tower Clock Stopped    by Jan De Haan
Price: $2.99 USD. 24870 words. Language: English. Published by ProEcclesia on December 31, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

The Holy Roman Empire, led by Philip II of Spain, was persecuting the Protestants, and William I of Orange, revolted against this harsh rule in the Eighty Year War. This is a story about a surprise attack by the Spanish army on Sluis, a small city in a southern coastal province of The Low Countries, now known as The Netherlands.
Howell Davidson amongst the Musketeers    by Steven R. Culver
Price: $5.99 USD. 128380 words. Language: English. Published on December 20, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

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Howell Davidson wants to take revenge on a gentleman who’s fitted him up for a murder he didn’t commit. His immediate problem is surviving the Bohemian rebellion that is plunging Europe into the Thirty Years War. In this first episode of his 17th Century adventures, Howell carries a musket in battle and woos the confidant of a Countess. Finally, he sees justice done as he could never have imagined
The Virgin and the Griffin    by Sandra Cordon
Price: $3.99 USD. 101780 words. Language: English. Published on November 22, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Renaissance.

The Virgin and the Griffin tells of a young woman's struggle to find a small measure of beauty and joy in a violent, fear-filled society in Renaissance Italy. Set in the ancient city of Perugia, the novel weaves together Isabella's desires and passions as she strives to make her mark in a community fractured by politics and war, yet a place where great beauty and love are still possible.
In Search of Shakespeare    by Pauline Montagna
Price: Free! 6650 words. Language: English. Published on November 20, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » General.

An ambitious scholar from the fourth millennium stakes his reputation on the genius of an obscure Elizabethan poet, one William Shakespeare.