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PANAMA CITY— You can dive deep into the city's history while exploring the latest exhibit at the Bay County Historical Museum. The Historical Society of Bay County welcomed its newest exhibit at the museum, which features a historic photo tour of Bay County. While some images date back to 1909, each photo represents a period of time that captures Bay County’s history. The museum, located at 133 Harrison Ave. in downtown Panama City, recently extended its summer hours to 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free exhibit will be displayed through the fall and is open to the public. Some photos in the new Bay County Historical Museum exhibit date back to the early stages of Harrison Avenue, while some include images of the Miracle Strip Amusement Park days. Historic display:Buffalo Soldier exhibit gets 'to the heart of history' in downtown Panama City Bay library:Work from local photographer Stephen Kelly featured in Bay County Public Library exhibit Despite the ongoing streetscape project which blocks the front door entrance, Glenda Walters, former president of the Historical Society, said she anticipates the museum will be able to open its doors within the next week. "We know the project will be beautiful when it's complete, but for now, we're staying patient and preparing for future exhibits," Walters said. "In the meantime, we hope the community will wait with anticipation to view this exhibit when we open our front doors again." ​Walters said Historical Society Vice President Kenny Redd created the exhibit using the online historical photo gallery at the Bay County Public Library. He started a collection of photos to reproduce on canvas-wrapped frames and kitchen magnets and included descriptions of well-known events. The images are now offered at the museum for donations of $50 for the canvas photos and $5 for the magnets. An exhibit providing a photo tour of Bay County history is now on display at the Bay County Historical Museum. One of the old black and white photos show a scene from Ware's Wharf in St. Andrews. Walters said each image tells its own story of how it's an important factor in Bay County's history. "Some photos date back to the early stages of Harrison Avenue, while some include images of the Miracle Strip Amusement Park days," Walters said. "It's a journey through time and wonderful that people preserve their family history and collections." What else is at the Bay County History Museum? Your stories live here. Fuel your hometown passion and plug into the stories that define it. Create Account In addition to the photo tour, there's plenty to see and more to learn while visiting the museum. Bob Hurst, also a vice president of the Historical Society, said the organization often rotates exhibits quarterly to feature additional artifacts from across Bay County. "Our mission of the Historical Society is to preserve the history of Bay County in any way that we can," Hurst said. "Whether it's a museum or documents, we encourage people to come in and get insight on our town's history." Other exhibits are the Massalina Family, Gideon vs. Wainwright, Panama City Beach, Turpentine and Barbershop. Founded in 1936, the Historical Society opened the museum in 2014 to share collected artifacts, photographs and documents from the community. Exhibits related to Bay County's past are presented throughout the year. While the public is invited to enjoy the museum at no cost, donations are always accepted to help continue the society's mission. What to do in Panama City, PCB area this week: Sail on a schooner, see an MMA fight and more More for Subscribers
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Chapter 1 - Novels of the Seventeenth Century

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The British Isles and North America in the 17th Century

Mysteries: 17th Century Britain and North America

Continental Europe and North America in the 17th Century

Mysteries: 17th Century European Continent and North America

The seventeenth century offers a variety of stirring historical settings, including the Civil Wars in England between the Royalist supporters of King Charles I and the Puritan Parliamentarians; the Thirty Years War that engulfed Germany and its neighbors; the migration from the Old World to the American Colonies and Canada; the last of the witch persecutions, especially the hysteria in the Puritan colony of Salem; and major advances in science led by mathematicians like Kepler and alchemists like Isaac Newton.

For the migration-rich seventeenth century, it is difficult to classify novels set partly in North America and partly in Europe by setting, so all novels set in North America appear in either the British Isles or the Continental Europe categories, depending on where the immigrant characters in a stand-alone novel or series of novels primarily came from. Novels with seventeenth-century settings outside Europe and North America (Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East) will be grouped in separate pages, by continent, when posted.

The British Isles and North America

in the 17th Century

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Peter Ackroyd, Milton in America (1986), alternative history in which Milton flees England in 1660 after Cromwell falls.

William Harrison Ainsworth, The Lancashire Witches (1849), about the witches of Pendle Hill in Lancaster County, England, who were tried and executed in 1612.

Vanessa Alexander, The Loving Cup (2001), about a love affair between the poor clerk of Samuel Pepys and a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine who run afoul of the Restoration-era "papist plot" to overthrow King Charles.

Valerie Anand, The Faithful Lovers, family saga about seventeenth-century descendants of English serfs; #4 in the Bridges Over Time series (see the "Medieval" page for #1 in the series)

Poul Anderson, A Midsummer Tempest (1974), alternative history in which Prince Rupert of the Rhine is instrumental in helping the Royalists win the English Civil War.

Anthony Anglorus, The Prince of Prigs (2015), about a highwayman who steals from Roundheads to support the Royalists during the English Civil War.

Evelyn Anthony, Charles the King (1961), about King Charles I of England, who was executed in 1625, and his wife Henrietta Maria of France.

Aileen Armitage, Flames of Fortune (2002 reissue; originally published 1972 as Child of Fire under the name Aileen Quigley), historical romance about a tavern girl whose fortunes rise after the Great Fire of London, leading her to become involved in the intrigues of two Restoration courtiers.

Aileen Armitage, A Passionate Cause (2000 reissue; originally published 1971 as King's Pawn under the name Aileen Quigley), about a young pregnant woman who goes to England to find her lover and discovers him at the Restoration court of Charles II.

Michael Arnold, Traitor's Blood (2010), about a soldier who returns to England on a mission of revenge, and is sent to find and capture a spy among the supporters of King Charles I; #1 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Michael Arnold, Devil's Charge (2011), about a military officer during the English Civil War who goes on a secret mission to find out what has happened to the woman he loves, a spy for Queen Henrietta Maria; #2 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Michael Arnold, Hunter's Rage (2012), about a Royalist military officer whose company is threatened with annihilation after they lose a battle in Dartmoor; #3 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Michael Arnold, Assassin's Reign (2013), about a Royalist military officer who questions his loyalties after an old friend, now fighting for Parliament, saves his life; #4 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Michael Arnold, Warlord's Gold (2014), about a Royalist military officer sent to recover a treasure in the Scilly Isles in 1643; #5 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Michael Arnold, Marston Moor (2015), about a Royalist military officer fighting in the Battle of Marston Moor on July 2, 1644; #6 in the Civil War Chronicles series.

Gillian Bagwell, The Darling Strumpet (2011), about Nell Gwynn, the mistress of Charles II.

Gillian Bagwell, The September Queen (2011), historical romance about a young woman who prefers adventure to marriage and finds it when she is asked to help Charles II escape to safety during the English Civil War.

Calvin Baker, Dominion (2006), about a freed slave who settles in the Carolinas in the late seventeenth century and his descendants.

Russell Banks, The Relation of My Imprisonment (1983), the fictional memoir of a coffin-maker who is arrested and thrown into prison.

Margaret Campbell Barnes, With All My Heart (1953), about Catherine of Braganza, the wife of Charles II.

Margaret Campbell Barnes, Mary of Carisbrooke (1956), about Mary Floyd, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the sergeant in charge of the military garrison of Carisbrooke Castle when Charles I was imprisoned there. Review

Mary Ellen Barnes, Peregrine (2012), about the daughter of a royal falconer and her struggle for self-determination during the reign of Charles I, Cromwell's Protectorate, and the settlement of the New World.

John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor, a humorous literary novel about a seventeenth-century Englishman in America.

Andrew Beahrs, Strange Saint, about seventeenth-century immigrants to the Plymouth Colony in America.

Clifford Beal, Gideon's Angel (2013), about a royalist exile who decides to return to England to assassinate Cromwell in 1653.

Laura Beatty, Darkling (2014), about Lady Brilliana Harley, who defended her castle during a Royalist siege in the English Civil War, and the present-day woman who is researching her life.

Pamela Belle, The Moon in the Water (1982), about a seventeenth-century royalist family during the English Civil War; #1 in the Heron series.

Pamela Belle, The Chains of Fate (1983), about a seventeenth-century royalist family during the English Civil War; #2 in the Heron series.

Pamela Belle, Alathea (1985), about a seventeenth-century royalist family during the English Civil War; #3 in the Heron series.

Pamela Belle, The Lodestar (1987), about a seventeenth-century royalist family during the English Civil War; #4 in the Heron series.

Pamela Belle, Wintercombe (1988), about a Puritan family during the seventeenth-century English Civil War; #1 in the Wintercombe series.

Pamela Belle, Herald of Joy (1989), about a Puritan family during the seventeenth-century English Civil War; #2 in the Wintercombe series.

Pamela Belle, A Falling Star (1990), about a Puritan family during the seventeenth-century English Civil War; #3 in the Wintercombe series.

Pamela Belle, Treason's Gift (1992), about a Puritan family during the seventeenth-century English Civil War; #4 in the Wintercombe series.

Vanora Bennett, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, about a foster daughter of Thomas More and her attraction to two very different men, the portrait-painter Hans Holbein and a student of medicine with a mysterious background.

Fr. Robert Hugh Benson, Oddsfish! (1914), about a Catholic in the Restoration court of Charles II as the king struggles with the general prejudice against Catholics, his moral failings and his faith.

Pauline Bentley, The Cavalier's Masque, historical romance set during the English Civil War.

Pauline Bentley, Fallen Angels, about a family of traveling players during the English Civil War and the Restoration; sequel to Rogues and Players, set in Renaissance England.

Virginia Bernhard, A Durable Fire, about women immigrants to the Jamestown Colony in early seventeenth-century Virginia.

Charlotte Betts, The Apothecary's Daughter (2012), about a London woman trained in herbal medicine who marries to escape her stepmother just as the Plague is about to descend on the city.

Ina Binner, The Devil Prince (1979), about Rupert of the Rhine, who fought for the Royalists during the English Civil War; not readily available in the U.S.

Nancy Blanton, Sharavogue (2012), about an Irish warrior's daughter who vows revenge against Oliver Cromwell after his army ravages a village and beheads a boy; self-published.

Douglas Boren, Pirate's Revenge (2012), about a pirate who wants revenge on the father he never knew, who treated his mother brutally.

Tracy Borman, The King's Witch (2018), about a woman whose uncle forces her to come to court after King James I (James VI of Scotland) succeeds Elizabeth I as the English monarch in 1603, to find that her skills as a herbalist are now regarded as witchcraft.

Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter (2011), about a woman who practices Wicca in the present day and three dramatic episodes in her life since she learned witchcraft in the seventeenth century and became immortal. Review or Author Interview

Paula Brackston, Return of the Witch (2016), about a witch, her daughter, and an evil warlock; sequel to The Witch's Daughter.

Paula Brackston, The Little Shop of Found Things (2018), about the present-day owner of an antique shop who slips back in time to the 17th century when she handles a beautiful silver chatelaine, and is charged with the responsibility of saving a girl's life.

Gillian Bradshaw, London in Chains (2009), about a young woman who goes to work in London for a publisher of political pamphlets during the English Civil War.

Gillian Bradshaw, A Corruptible Crown (2011), about a