Vanora Bennett

Catherine de Valois, daughter of the French king, is brought up in the unstable environment of the royal court, where her only friend is the poet Christine de Pizana....

St. Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms to take refuge with relatives in Russia’s capital city....

Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses - one in the arms of the king, the other in the world of silk....

Evie, a rebellious young American, leaves New York in search of art and adventure in jazz-age Paris, where her grandmother lives....

Fourteenth-century England.The country is in turmoil and the King's mistress, Alice Perrers, becomes the virtual ruler of the country....

Set against the turmoil, intrigue and, tragedy of Henry VIII's court, Portrait of an Unknown Woman vividly evokes 16th-century England on the verge of enormous change....

England is a place of turmoil. Edward IV is on the throne but his position is unstable and he finds himself challenged by a man who could become Henry VII....

It's 1527 and Hans Holbein is welcomed as a guest at the splendid Chelsea home of Sir Thomas More to paint the family portrait....