Start with high-confidence renaissance stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Nine Days a Queen
Ann Rinaldi
Botticelli's Apprentice
Ursula Murray Husted
Betrayal
Lady Grace Cavendish
The Vanishing Point
Louise Hawes
The Second Mrs. Gioconda
E.L. Konigsburg
Queen's Own Fool
Jane Yolen, Robert Harris
