Dark Agnes de Chastillon

2 books in this series

The Dark Agnes de Chastillon sequence follows Howard’s red-haired swordswoman through early sixteenth-century France. Sword Woman establishes Agnes by having her break from an imposed marriage and claim a life of danger, while Blades for France places her in a darker world of conspiracies, duels and political intrigue.

These stories are connected less by strict chronology than by character and atmosphere, but together they form Howard’s most memorable female-led historical adventure sequence.

Reading order

Books in this series (2 books)

1. Sword Woman

3.6(277)

Sword Woman introduces Dark Agnes de Chastillon in early sixteenth-century France, when she escapes an arranged marriage and seizes a life of danger on her own terms. Howard frames the tale around the collision between social expectation and personal ferocity, turning Agnes into one of his…

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2. Blades for France

2.5(4)

Blades for France continues the adventures of Dark Agnes through sixteenth-century France in a story of intrigue, ambush and assassination plots. Howard places Agnes in a world of moonlit courtyards, masked enemies and unstable loyalties, using the fragmented politics of early modern France to deepen the…

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