If you're interested in medieval historical novels, you might like to try Judith Merkle Riley. She has one trilogy: A Vision of Light/In Pursuit of the Green Lion/The Water Witch, set mostly in England. She also wote two stand-alone novels, The Oracle Glass, set in France during the Affair of the Poisons, about a young woman who may or may not have psychic powers; and The Serpent Garden, set in the England of Henry VIII, about a woman painter. All are well-written and historically accurate as far as I was able to tell, with action and suspense and minimal romance, although the mass-market paperback of A Vision of Light is packaged somewhat like a historical romance. I recently learned that Ms. Riley had died, which makes me sad, as I was hoping to read more books from her.

I really enjoyed this book. There was enough historical authenticity to really engage me, while providing a fictional storyline.

I have a lot of paperback historical naval fiction and historical military fiction, some of which is in my inventory, and some of which is still in boxes, as much of it is pre-ISBN and I haven't got up the energy to hand-add them. Also, for some of the older ones that do have ISBNs, like Kenneth M. Cameron's Arms series, when I put them in by their ISBN, they turn up with the author's name distorted or missing altogether.

So I was wondering whether there's much interest here in this kind of fiction, or if they can continue to stay in their boxes.

anyone know any colonial period books?

i recommenend robert mccammon - mathew corbet series

thanks for the recomendations. a couple i did'nt know about.