17th Century


The 17th century was the century that lasted from January 1, 1601, to December 31, 1700, in the Gregorian calendar. The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and in that continent was characterized by the Dutch Golden Age, the Baroque cultural movement, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, and The General Crisis.

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The Manningtree Witches
We Are Green and Trembling
The King's Messenger
Hour of the Witch
Act of Oblivion
The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
The Six Loves of James I
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The Map of Bones (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #4)
I Am You
The Maiden
Disobedient
The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)
A Poisoner's Tale
Macbeth
Hamlet
Don Quixote
Othello
Paradise Lost
The Tempest
King Lear
Twelfth Night
Girl with a Pearl Earring
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The Winter's Tale
Tartuffe
Antony and Cleopatra
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I have been waiting for this second novel - The Keys of Hell and Death - in Charles Cordell's series, and am not disappointed. Once more, he evokes the experience of the Civil War soldier, in every branch of arms, more vividly than ever before. ...more
Professor Ronald Hutton

Charles Cordell
Ralph’s horse shifted under him. It sensed the danger, the fear, the icy sweat that ran down his back. He laid a calming hand on the animal’s thick veined neck. Breda had carried him across the battlefield of Edgehill, got him safe away at Aylesbury, Brentford and Turnham. Could they make it back behind Winchester’s walls? The great charger stepped backward. Along their short line, other horses were backing up, tossing their heads, whinnying. ‘As you were!’ Smith held them in check. ‘On my orde ...more
Charles Cordell, Desecration: Winchester 1642

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