Showing results for "Witches" in Renaissance

Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go? Eleanor Cobham arrived at court with nothing — her greatest hope was simply to marry well. But her ambition carried her further than any woman before her had dared. She wanted to rule her own destiny. To rule England itself. They...

Strasbourg, 1518. A city strangled by drought, fear, and a plague that forces its victims to dance without end. When Evelina del Valle, a brilliant medical student with a dangerous secret, is sent to investigate, she finds a city teetering on the brink of ruin, and a sickness that defies every...

It is 1916 and Rasputin has finally been killed by those who have long feared his influence over Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra. But for Princess Militza, famed as one of the 'Witches of St Petersburg', and her daughter Nadezhda, life is about to become extremely dangerous. Revolution is bubbling and with it will come the murder of the Romanov imperial family. Now the rest of the court is also on the run, fleeing from the mob. Against this violent and turbulent backdrop, Nadezhda, the witch's daughter, finds in exile and captivity an extraordinary and unlikely love.