To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
Three journeys. One road.England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais.Coming in their direction from across the ...Show more
Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
‘Masterful, magnificent. A passionate story of survival. This story will stay with me for a long time.’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz The war is over, but the past is never past … Paris, 1944. Charlotte Foret is working in a tiny bookstore in Nazi-occupied Paris strug ...Show more
Aztec Autumn by Gary Jennings
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aztec
The magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heal of the Spaniards. But one proud Aztec, Tenamaxtli, refuses to bow to his despised conquerors. He dreams of restoring the lost glory of the Aztec empire, and recruits an army of rebels to mount an insurrection against the seemingly invincibl ...Show more
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wolf Hall Ser.
With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferociou ...Show more
Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
THE MOST TALKED ABOUT ROMANCE DEBUT OF 2021 'A tale of daring and determination, set against the glamorous heights, and the harsh restrictions of aristocratic society in the middle years of the British nineteenth century.' Sir Julian Fellowes creator of Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age 'Sarah Ferguson, ...Show more
The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'A sensual feast of a novel, written with elegance, beauty, charm and skill in a voice that is both lyrical and unique. The Language of Food is an intriguing story with characters that leap off the page and live, but what sets it apart from it's contemporaries is Abbs' outstanding prose' Santa Montefior ...Show more
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In Strasbourg, in the boiling hot summer of 1518, a plague strikes the women of the city. First it is just one - a lone figure, dancing in the town square - but she is joined by more and more and the city authorities declare an emergency. Musicians will be brought in. The devil will be danced out of the ...Show more
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the acclaimed author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan, comes a novel inspired by true events in the Second World War.After renowned London fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family ...Show more
The Darkest Sin (#02 Cesare Aldo) by D. V. Bishop
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Cesare Aldo Ser.
'He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris . . . Highly recommended' - Historical Novel SocietyFlorence. Spring, 1537.When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city's northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries ...Show more
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an ousted king, descendant of ancient druids, as a child it is prophesied that one day Gruoch will be queen of Alba. When she is betrothed to Duncan, heir elect, this appears to confirm the prophecy. She leaves be ...Show more
The Lioness Wakes (Birth of the Plantagenets #4) by Blanche d'Alpuget
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Birth of the Plantagenets Ser.
England, 1171. Thomas Becket is dead, beheaded at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral. As news of his assassination spreads across the country and into Europe, Henry's reputation as a just and mighty king begins to disintegrate. Eleanor, no longer loyal, nor in awe of her husband, instigates the revolt ...Show more
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A gripping thriller based on true story of an Irish priest in the Vatican who smuggled victims of the Nazis out of Italy under the nose of his SS officer nemesis. From the bestselling and prizewinning author of Shadowplay. September 1943- German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptman rules with te ...Show more