The Name of the Rose (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books)

Historical fiction offers far more than one war or one continent. These novels range from classical Athens and Pompeii to Ming China, Mughal India, East Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, with...

A convincing historical mystery makes the past affect the case: who can enter a room, practise a trade, inherit money, give evidence or afford another night’s lodging. These 25 books were chosen...