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.

The First Witch of Boston
Hour of the Witch
The King's Messenger
Act of Oblivion
Dark Tides (The Fairmile, #2)
The Manningtree Witches
The Maiden
An Age of Winters
Saltblood
Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)
The Witches of Vardø
The Map of Bones (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #4)
The House of Lamentations (Damian Seeker, #5)
The Village Healer’s Book of Cures
Raging Clouds
Macbeth
Hamlet
Don Quixote
Othello
Paradise Lost
The Tempest
King Lear
Twelfth Night
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
Year of Wonders
Oroonoko
The Winter's Tale
Tartuffe
Antony and Cleopatra
Corrag by Susan  FletcherThe Ghosts of Glencoe by Mollie HunterGlencoe by John PrebbleGlencoe by Charlotte LyneThe Ghost of Glencoe by Alison Hill
Glencoe
22 books — 2 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Chevalier  TracyThe Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonIn Lucia's Eyes by Arthur JapinThe Fires of Europe by Phyllis Harrison-ReedTulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Netherlands in 17th Century
10 books — 7 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareShōgun by James ClavellThe Tacksman's Daughter by Donna  Scott
Historical fiction 1600 - 1700
128 books — 79 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDe historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart by Betje WolffThe Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh
Pre 1900's
112 books — 4 voters


The rivalry was so intense that English pamphleteers competed with one another to come up with ever more lurid headlines about the Dutch. (My favourite of these: "The Dutch-mens Pedigree; Or, A Relation Shewing How They Were First Bred and Descended froma Horse-Turd Which Was Enclosed in a Butter-Box.) ...more
Russel Shorto

Charles Cordell
The horse’s hooves crashed out on the stone floor, echoing in the arched entrance. Ahead, the nave stretched, vast, empty, bathed in colour; the winter sun streaming through stained glass between great arches. The horse snorted, its measured steps ringing out on the flagstones and tombs.
Charles Cordell, Desecration: Winchester 1642

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