Day of the Caesars (Eagles of the Empire 16) by Simon Scarrow
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
AD 54. Claudius is dead. Rome is in turmoil. And two brave heroes of the Roman army face the challenge of their lives. Simon Scarrow's DAY OF THE CAESARS is not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. 'A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy' The ...Show more
The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Local HQ Fiction B | Reading Level: very good
"Two women, a century apart, are drawn into a mystery surrounding the biggest scientific controversy of the nineteenth century, the classification of the platypus. 1808 Agnes Banks, NSW: Rose Winton wants nothing more than to work with her father, eminent naturalist Charles Winton, on his groundbreaking ...Show more
Pharaoh by Wilbur Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A thrilling new instalment in Wilbur Smith's beloved Egyptian series. 'A blazing trip into the land of the Pharaohs from a giant of a writer' Australian Women's Weekly Egypt is under attack. All seems lost. After snatching victory from almost-certain defeat, ex-slave Taita, general of Egypt's armies, r ...Show more
Frieda: A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley by Annabel Abbs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover. 'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved. She, and all those connected wi ...Show more
A Universe of Sufficient Size by Miriam Sved
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
I have wished so many times that I had acted differently.I wish that I had been more worthy of you...Eventually the war will end, and then we will find each other. Until then, remember me. Hungary, 1938. In a city park, beneath one of its bleakly looming statues, five Jewish mathematicians gather to tr ...Show more
Tombland (Shardlake #7) by C. J. Sansom
$18.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Shardlake Ser.
**Sunday Times Number One Bestseller**Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series.Summer, 1549.Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos ... The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old ...Show more
The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Is he a hero or a traitor? Based on astonishing true events set in the darkest days of World War II in Budapest, this is an enthralling story of heroism, vengeance, passion, and betrayal. It is also the story of three women linked by a secret that threatens to destroy their lives. For readers of The Tat ...Show more
The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A Sin Eater's duty is a necessary evil: she hears the final private confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite, and so guarantees their souls access to heaven. It is always women who eat sins - since it was Eve who first ate the Forbidden Fruit - and every town has at least one, not tha ...Show more
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers' brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of ...Show more
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The brilliant debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me South Africa, 1901, the height of the second Boer War. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe. Johannesburg, 2010. Sixtee ...Show more
The Island by Victoria Hislop
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The Island, the acclaimed million-copy No.1 bestseller and winner of Richard Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop, is a dramatic tale of four generations, rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day. ***A beautiful 10th anniversary pape ...Show more
The Orphan of Good Hope by Roxane Dhand
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In 1683 life is gruelling for the young women in Amsterdam's civic orphanage. The sole light in Johanna Timmerman's existence is her forbidden love for Frans, an orphan in the boys' section who has a smile like sunshine. Then he is gone, whisked across the globe to the Dutch East India Company's nascent ...Show more