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
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
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Essex Dogs Trilogy Ser.
The sensational historical fiction debut from Sunday Times bestseller Dan Jones. A BBC History 2022 Book of the Year! July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground.Swept up in the bloody chaos, a ...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
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
Thaw by Dennis Glover
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Some secrets won't stay buried. 'Scott's lost expedition was still here, she thought - frozen, preserved, waiting to be rescued from the thaw. The truth lay beneath the surface, and she was going to bring it up.' In 1912, five British explorers struggle across the freezing Antarctic landscape, through ...Show more
Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In 1932, Wanny Woldstad, a young widow, travels to Svalbard, daring to enter the Norwegian trappers' fiercely guarded male domain. She must prove to Anders Sæterdal, her trapping partner who makes no secret of his disdain, that a woman is fit for the task. Over the course of a Svalbard winter, Wanny and ...Show more
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The truth must come out. In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to avoid frostbite, and the right attitude toward the small pleasu ...Show more
The Queen's Apprenticeship by Tracy Ryan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Two women from different worlds in Renaissance France cross paths in a way that changes both their lives.One is Marguerite de Navarre, a King's sister. Powerful, privileged and widely admired, Marguerite must nonetheless marry where she is told to, regardless of her feelings, and - despite the thrilling ...Show more
Death of Kings (The Last Kingdom #6) by Bernard Cornwell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Warrior Chronicles Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
The sixth installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. As the ninth century wanes, England is perched once more on t ...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