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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorForever Amber
Kathleen Winsor · 800 pages
Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England—that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to t
The Perfect Royal Mistress
Diane Haeger · 410 pages
Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit at London's King's Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm get her noticed by those who have the means to make her life easier. But the street-smart Nell knows a woman doesn't get ahead by selling her body. Through talent, charm,
The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora
Stephanie Thornton · 440 pages
Traces the early life of Theodora, who, in sixth century Constantinople, defied every convention and rose from a common theater tart to become the empress of a great kingdom and the most powerful woman the Roman Empire would ever know.
The People's Queen
Vanora Bennett · 534 pages
Set in late fourteenth century England, Vanora Bennett's rich, dramatic new novel presents an England uncannily like our own. The country is in turmoil, The King is in debt to the City, and the old order had broken down - a time of opportunity indeed, for those who can seize the moment. The king's mistress, Alice Perrers, becomes the virtual ruler of the country from his sickbed. Disliked and d
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
Stella Duffy · 339 pages
Theodora of Constantinople started as an actress and prostitute and rose to become the empress of Rome and a saint in the Orthodox Church. Roman historian Procopius publicly praised her piety and saintliness while his Secret History gave salacious details of her stage act and maligned her as ruthless and power hungry. So who was Theodora? Feisty and quick-witted, by the time she was fifteen she wa
Marrying Winterborne
Lisa Kleypas · 416 pages
Achieving wealth and success through his savage ambitions, tycoon Rhys Winterborne resolves to marry shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel. In spite of her gentle upbringing, she responds to Rhys' seductions with her own unexpected passions.
Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen · 330 pages
INTRODUCING A FEISTY NEW HEROINE (JACQUELINE WINSPEAR) whos thirty-fourth in line for the throneand flat broke.From the Agatha Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries!Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the throne, is flat broke. Shes bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed for London. The place where shell exper
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel · 653 pages
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power England is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him.
The Virgin's Lover
Philippa Gregory · 441 pages
As a new queen, Elizabeth I faces two great dangers. The French threaten to invade Scotland. But more perilous still is her passion for the convicted traitor, Robert Dudley. Dudley is already married. Amy, his wife, refuses to set her beloved husband free to marry the queen, but she cannot prevent him from becoming the favourite of the plotting, pleasure-seeking court. Yet the queen must marry.
The Tea Rose
Jennifer Donnelly · 762 pages
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a cost
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber · 841 pages
Step into Victorian London and meet a host of unforgettable characters - including our heroine, Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can.
The Crimson Crown
Cinda Williams Chima · 598 pages
"In the fourth and final novel in the Seven Realms series, Queen Raisa 'ana Marianna and Han Alister join forces to right a thousand-year-old wrong"--
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain · 270 pages
A Perfect Bride
Samantha James · 416 pages
The incomparable USA Today bestseller Samanth James cordially invites you to Regency England for a Sterling affair ...Perfectly MarvelousDevon St. James must surely be dreaming! She closes her eyes in London's poorest slum, and awakens wrapped in fine linens ... staring into the eyes of the most gorgeous man she has ever seen! Sebastian Sterling, marquess of Thurston, is clearly shocked to hav
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
John Cleland · 224 pages
"The story of a prostitute's rise to respectability, it has been recognized more recently as a unique combination of parody, sensual entertainment and a philosophical concept of sexuality borrowed from French libertine novels"--Cover, p. 4.
Mary Anne
Daphne du Maurier · 368 pages
In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures first into the scurrilous world of the pamphleteers. Her personal charms are such, however, that before long she comes to the notice of the Duke of York. With her taste for luxury and power, Mary Anne,
An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn · 380 pages
E-Book Extras: ONE: Behind the Novel: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn; TWO: The Bridgerton Basics: Ms. Quinn Fills You In Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball -- or that "Prince Charming" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother.
The Shadow Queen
Rebecca Dean · 423 pages
Reimagines the life of the woman for whom Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne, from her disadvantaged childhood to her upbringing as a socialite by wealthy relatives to her entry into British society.