Toni Mount Books in Order

Mount explores London's development from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors through the lives of its inhabitants. Trade, public celebrations, and political upheaval share space with the work, illness, household worries, and discomfort that shaped ordinary experience beneath the city's pageantry.

This social history examines medieval women's lives across households, villages, commerce, aristocratic estates, and religious communities. Mount considers their rights and opportunities alongside everyday responsibilities, seeking the individuals obscured by assumptions about what women could and could not do.

Mount examines medieval medicine as a mixture of practical knowledge, religious and magical beliefs, and unfamiliar remedies. Accounts of surgery, dietary advice, and treatments reveal how healers understood the body and attempted to relieve suffering with the resources available.

This compact history introduces Richard III's life, short reign, and enduringly disputed reputation. Mount considers the controversies surrounding his rule alongside the discovery of his remains and the renewed arguments prompted by his burial in Leicester Cathedral.

Arranged as daily entries across a calendar year, this history places medieval rulers and battles beside ordinary people's experiences. Chronicles and local records supply quarrels, recipes, songs, and crimes, building a varied picture of how people worked and lived.

In medieval London, artist Sebastian Foxley must uncover the lies threatening to send his brother to the gallows. Rumors of royal alchemy and a city accustomed to violent crime complicate a search that forces him to discover his own resilience.

A goldsmith seeks church sanctuary after a street fight, then is found hanging from the rafters. While London prepares for Christmas, Sebastian Foxley questions the apparent suicide and wonders why his young apprentice has become too frightened to leave bed.

Murders of women in London's winter streets demand Sebastian Foxley's attention as a trusted journeyman faces execution for heresy. Saving Gabriel and identifying a killer force the young artist through conflicting loyalties, deception, and danger uncomfortably close to home.

Sebastian Foxley's wedding day begins with the disappearance of the valuable gold collar he is expected to wear. With a royal guest due at the feast and an apprentice causing chaos, the artist must find the thief before celebrations unravel.

Fleeing enemies in London, Sebastian and Emily seek refuge in the Norfolk village where he was born. A terrible local crime draws him back into investigation, while the apparently peaceful countryside proves less removed from their pursuers than they hoped.

A merchant's killing and a royal duke's death draw Sebastian Foxley toward secrets at the heart of the king's court. With his pregnant wife and troubled brother relying on him, he must uncover the truth while escaping threats to his own life.

A killer conducting murderous experiments moves through Victorian London without regard for a victim's wealth or status. Inspector Albert Sutton, assisted by his wife Nell and her cat, must connect the apparently disparate crimes before they become targets themselves.

London's St Bartholomew's Fayre brings exotic goods, an old friend's return, and a trail of theft and murder. Sebastian Foxley's investigation entangles his household in conflicting accounts, forcing him to weigh his commitment to honesty against protecting those he loves.

A child's body in Sebastian Foxley's workshop and another boy's disappearance lead him into Southwark's criminal underworld. As he searches for the missing child, returning enemies and suspicion of his own involvement place his family and freedom at risk.

Mount places Isaac Newton within the intellectual and social world that shaped his discoveries. Following his path from Lincolnshire childhood to scientific influence, she also examines earlier thinkers, religious beliefs, and his later work at the Royal Mint.

Framed as advice for an imaginary time traveler, this guide explores the practical demands of medieval English life. Housing, food, work, language, health, and law reveal how newcomers might navigate a society organized around unfamiliar customs and expectations.

The deaths of indebted craftsmen draw Sebastian Foxley into a mystery involving counterfeit money, theft, and violent threats. A demanding royal commission and his brother's unexpected return with a young bride leave little room to untangle the dangers surrounding them.

In 1480, murder and encoded messages expose a threat within the royal administration at Westminster. Sebastian Foxley enters a world of clerks, courtiers, and powerful lords, hoping to identify a spy before a plot against England's royal heir succeeds.

The discovery of a nun's body draws Sebastian Foxley into another investigation as fires threaten London's crowded streets. A death in a royal household and an unexpected return from the past complicate his struggle to protect his family and business.

An imaginary visitor to Anglo-Saxon England needs more than knowledge of kings and battles. Mount explains daily work, language, law, social status, and illness, combining encounters with famous figures and ordinary people to explore how that society functioned.

Sebastian, Rose, and a priest with a concealed past join pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Natural disasters, unexplained deaths, and encounters with outlaws turn the spiritual journey dangerous, forcing Sebastian to question whom he can trust among their fellow travelers.

Using the premise of a traveler stranded in the sixteenth century, Mount examines Tudor England's everyday challenges. Food, clothing, employment, transport, illness, and dangerous encounters with authority become ways to understand the customs and constraints governing daily life.

Plague and summer heat unsettle London as Sebastian Foxley faces threats near home. A captivating young woman and the discovery of pierced wax dolls provoke accusations of witchcraft, leaving him to uncover the deception behind a city's growing suspicion.

A strange weapon appears on London's frozen streets in 1482, and Sebastian Foxley investigates the deaths it causes. His search reaches from fishing communities to the Duke of Gloucester's court, while an enemy's return raises the possibility of a personal vendetta.