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Mathew's Tale: A historical mystery full of intrigue and murder
In this, his landmark fortieth novel, Quintin Jardine tells the remarkable story of a man's quest for justice - at any cost. 1818, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Mathew Fleming returns home to...
Miles McGinty
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New South Wales, 1856: Miles McGinty and Isabel Dowling are born on the same night into different worlds. Miles is the illegitimate son of an actress in a troupe of...
The Coral Thief
Paris, 1815. Napoleon has just surrendered at Waterloo and is due to begin his exile. Meanwhile, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris to...
The Dream Seekers
Hans-Albert Ritter is looking forward to his duties as Pastor for a settlement of German emigrants in the Queensland coastal port of Bundaberg. But by the time Ritter arrives, the...
The Silk Thief
1830s Sydney Town - with its bar brawls, blackmail, friendship, romance, tattoos, gin and much more - is brought vividly to life as feisty prostitute Friday, naive seamstress Harrie and...
Daughters of Allah
Mary, a young Australian girl, suddenly finds herself in a Muslim girls' boarding school in Alexandria, Egypt. Everything is strange, including the other girls. A month of Ramadan fasting, a...
Dreaming the Serpent-Spear
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It has been twenty years since the Romans first occupied Britannia, and the rebellion by Boudica and her people nears its bloody climax. Now, as the Roman army marches on...
The Gilded Lily
If you are a fan of books by Philippa Gregory then you might like The Gilded Lily by Deborah Swift . . . Winter, 1661. In her short life Sadie...
Rising Sun
Scottish entrepreneurs aimed to cut a road across the infested swamps of Panama's Darien peninsula. Seen through the eyes of young Scot, Roderick Mackenzie, this book describes the horrors and...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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The bestselling author of Wonder Boys pens a novel in which the tragicomic adventures of a couple of boy geniuses reveal much about what happened to America in the middle...
Lords of the Bow (Conqueror, Book 2)
The action-packed second novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, bringing to the epic story of Genghis Khan brilliantly to life The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols...
The Brightest Day, the Darkest Night
The inspiring story of Ellen's race against the ravages of war is a tale of great loves, impossible choices; and the triumph of the human spirit against all odds.
Moth: One of the Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021
ONE OF THE OBSERVER 'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021 'Powerful and heartbreaking' OBSERVER 'Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared...
A Marriage of Lions: An auspicious match. An invitation to war.
An auspicious match, an invitation to war. Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice 'Picking up an Elizabeth Chadwick novel you know you are in for a sumptuous ride' Daily Telegraph *...
The Marsh King's Daughter
England in the closing days of the reign of King John is brought vividly to life by one of our finest historical novelists. Despite having signed the Magna Carta and...
Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023 This extraordinarily affecting debut novel captures life inside the Siege of Sarajevo. Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse...
Wars of the Roses: Bloodline
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The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Bloodline , the gripping third novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden. Winter 1461: Richard,...
Royalist Rebel
ROYALIST REBEL is the story of Elizabeth Murray, later Countess Dysart, during the English Civil War; a passionate, determined young woman dedicated to Ham House, the Royalist cause and the...
Miss Hargreaves
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When, on the spur of the moment, Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three-year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves, they are inspired to post a letter to their new...
Dear Mrs Bird
"The sweetest, most uplifting, lovely book about courage, friendship, love ... It'll be huge; it deserves to be" Marian Keyes, author of The Break London, 1940. Emmeline Lake and her...
The Marsh King's Daughter
England in the closing days of the reign of King John is brought vividly to life by one of our finest historical novelists. Despite having signed the Magna Carta and...
Hester: a bewitching tale of desire and ambition
A dazzlingly inventive tale of troubled legacies, desire and unsung power, inspired by The Scarlet Letter. Glasgow, 1829: Isobel, a young seamstress, and her husband Edward set sail for New...
Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH PRIZE 2023...
A Murderous Procession
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Tess Garritsen calls this one "my favorite book of the year!" In 1176, King Henry II sends his daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry his cousin, the king of Sicily....
The Lucky Penny (The Rockwood Chronicles, Book 7)
Step into the world of Dilly Court and uncover her utterly heartwarming and emotional historical romance! Clinging tightly to the penny in her palm, Flora's fortune was about to change......
Girl With a Pearl Earring
A brilliant historical novel on the corruption of innocence, using the famous painting by Vermeer as an inspiration. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland, obtains...
The Night on the Darling River: Exciting new historical adventure
Amid the rising flood waters and shearers' strike violence, can one brave woman reclaim her future? From an Australian bestselling author comes a riveting historical adventure about one woman's journey...
The Scent of Oranges: The stunning literary retelling of the beloved
A retelling of one of literature's great novels, Oliver Twist, from the point of view of Nancy, one of the most sympathetic, most maligned and most tragic of Dickens's characters....
Never Anyone But You
A small city in western France,. The early twentieth century. Suzanne Malherbe, a shy 17-year-old with a rare talent for drawing, is entranced by the brilliant but troubled Lucie Schwob,...
The Messenger of Measham Hall: A 17th century tale of espionage and
For Nicholas Hawthorne, the Catholic heir to Measham Hall in Derbyshire, subterfuge is part of everyday life. But there are deeper and darker secrets even than his family's outlawed religion:...
Royal Diaries: Anastasia Last Grand Duchess
Russia, 1914. The story of Anastasia has intrigued the world for many years. Through young Anastasia Romanov's eyes, readers are given a heart-wrenching look into one of the most dramatic...
Black Silk and Buried Secrets: The second riveting historical fiction
The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty...
On A Bright Hillside In Paradise
From the winner of the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize. 'A jewel of a novel- luminous, vivid, and deftly shaped.' FIONA McFARLANE Told from five different points of view, each one...
Troy: Shield Of Thunder
The war of Troy is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, friends and enemies, each with their own dark plans of conquest and plunder. Into...
The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the
Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl , delivers an enchantingly reimagined fictional portrait of Wallis Simpson through the lens of her cousin who is engaged to...
Stealing: A Novel
"This powerful novel should join classics like Ernest J. Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus , and Harper Lee's To...
Watch Us Shine: A Novel
Marisa de los Santos returns to the world of her beloved, bestselling novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in an enthralling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the enduring...
Butcher
'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going' GILLIAN FLYNN 'Gripping ... Bravura storytelling' VOGUE 'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished...
Think of Me
A heartbreaking new novel of grief, family and the enduring power of love from the author of We Must Be Brave When I open my eyes I see a small...
The Passions Of The Mind: A Novel Of The Life And Work Of Sigmund Freud
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Author: Irving StoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Co, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA novel about Sigmund Freud--the complex man whose life was a tumultuous drama of courage,...
The Yeomen Of The Guard
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Author: Sir W. S. GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan Co. Ltd, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Yeomen of the Guard is a celebrated comic opera. This work unfolds...
Legacy Of Love: A Romantic Trilogy Spanning Three Generations
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Author: Caroline HarveyBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a sweeping romantic saga. The narrative follows the lives and loves of women across...
Allan Quatermain: Being An Account Of His Further Adventures And Discoveries
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Author: H. Rider HaggardBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerAllan Quatermain embarks on a series of new adventures and significant...
The Montforts
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Author: Martin BoydBinding: SoftbackPublished: Lansdowne, 1975Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Monforts is the colourful chronicle of the Montfort family, descendants of a fascination French...
Lucinda Brayford
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Author: Martin BoydBinding: SoftbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsLucinda Brayford chronicles the life of an Australian woman navigating personal and societal challenges across continents....
The Big Fisherman
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Author: Lloyd C. DouglasBinding: HardbackPublished: Peter Davies, 1949Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe narrative centers on a pivotal figure whose life journey unfolds with profound spiritual significance....
My Brother Jack
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Author: George JohnstonBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins London - Sydney, 1964Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings"My Brother Jack" is a seminal work of Australian literature. The narrative...