Fiction

Author: J. Sinclair StevensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Religious Tract Society, 1925Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical fiction novel, "The Knights Of A...

By A.D. 1150 the Anasazi had created an empire in the Southwest that would never again be equaled in North America. Master astronomers, traders, and architects, they built extraordinary roads...

Richard I was crowned King in 1189 and set off almost immediately for the Third Crusade. This was a bloody campaign to regain the Holy Land, marked by internecine warfare...

Completing the trilogy that includes the bestselling novels Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia is a stunning novel about memory and family secrets. Set...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten, true story of one of the US's first female deputy sheriffs....

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty...

The story of Thomas Hardy's death told by his housemaid Nellie. 1928. As Thomas Hardy lies on his death bed at his Dorset home, Max Gate, a tug-of-war is taking...

Inspired by the life of Florence Nightingale, this literary gem is part historical fiction, part ghost story, and utterly original Mayfair, 1910. At the age of ninety, Florence Nightingale is...

Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in 17th-century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer's household. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life and leaving...

One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars....

A religious academic is mutilated on one of the city's finest streets. The grave of a famous colonel is ravaged. A shday entrepreneur is slaughtered while dashing for a train....

Freedom is a pipe dream. At least, that's what Olivia Cruikshank believes. Transported to Van Diemen's Land for petty theft, she has lost all hope. Six years in and out...

A stirring tale of mystery and romance, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon and 'million-dollar mermaid' Annette Kellerman. BLUE MOUNTAINS, 2024: Working on a documentary at the...

The novel takes you to the smoggy, cobbled streets of Victoria s vile and villainous Britain, but not as you know them . . . A layer of horror will...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024! 'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book' - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust From...

Even when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live. Winona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas...

A sweeping historical epic and powerful romantic drama set in medieval France: a time of the Great Plague, of witchcraft, and the Inquisition. During the height of superstition, in the...

Intelligent, beautiful Alexandra Bouvier was raised believing she could achieve anything. But when the First World War breaks out in 1914, and both her parents are killed while volunteering on...

The thundering new historical epic from the bestselling master of the genre Sicily 412 BC: the infinite duel between a man and a superpower begins. The man is Dionysius, who...

'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph 'Pamuk is the real thing.' Observer 'One of the world's finest living writers.' Independent...

Charles Cumming's gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 * Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series is available to pre-order now!* Waterstones Best Espionage...

Florence, 1466. A lust for life, a passion for power and a taste for adventure... In Florence, everyone has a passion. With 60,000 souls inside the city, crammed into a...

'AN UTTERLY ORIGINAL AND BRILLIANT STORY' REESE WITHERSPOON Perfect for fans of Louise Hare and Elizabeth Gilbert, On the Rooftop is a stunning story of ambition and sisterhood, dancing to...

The Moghul emperors are still bloodthirsty and entirely ruthless; they control a quarter of the world's population and have wealth beyond imagining. But this is the final flowering of a...

1891. Seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her older brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But when Leonie stumbles...

In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear, especially if its rotten wood is...

'Anthony Quinn has found an ingenious way of shaping the story into a gripping work of fiction... a compelling mixture of crime story and character study' Sunday Times 'A dark,...

James Falconer returns in the third House of Falconer historical novel from multi-million copy bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford. The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London...

'Superb ... radically new and beautiful' Observer 'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong 'An ancient tapestry...

The bestselling author of Girl Waits With Gun returns with another adventure featuring the feisty, unforgettable Kopp sisters. In 1915, lady cops were not expected to chase down fugitives on...

Unknowingly bound to two souls for eternity, and the emotional tug of war between them, Ana delves into the deep, dark secrets of her family's long standing ties to witchcraft...

A spellbinding eco fable for fans of David Mitchell, Richard Powers, and Margaret Atwood. Structured like the rings of a tree, this remarkable novel moves from a futuristic world in...

In the early 1800s, Louise, a French peasant woman, fearing she is about to die, calls for her priest. She has a secret to confess. Though the priest is impatient,...

In February 1516, a Portuguese ship sank with the loss of all hands a mile off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora da Adjuda had sailed 14,000 miles from...

Author: Niall BrennanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Alella Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Inscribed by the author on half title-page. Signed on title page....

Author: Orhan PamukBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedNobel laureate Orhan Pamuk presents "Nights of Plague," a sweeping work of historical fiction set in 1901 on the fictional...

Author: Capt. K.MaclureBinding: HardbackPublished: S. W. Partridge & Co, 1933Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages: Tanning and foxing.Historical adventure...

Author: Christopher TowerBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld AND Nicolson, 1992Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsArcesilayus at Tocra transports readers to the ancient world, immersing them in a compelling narrative set against the...

Author: C.P. SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1972Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some folds to the dj on the backThis volume presents a compelling narrative across three distinct...

Author: E. V. TimmsBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1957Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis narrative presents a compelling story centered on significant human struggles. The plot unfolds through the experiences...

Author: J. M. ReidBinding: HardbackPublished: THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB, 1968Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Excellent condition with a couple of spots of foxing to the edges.The...

Author: Nancy AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFamily Fresco presents a narrative centered around familial relationships and their intricate dynamics. The story...

Author: Nicholas MonsarratBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical novel continues the saga of a master mariner. The narrative follows the protagonist through further seafaring...

K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion... 'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMES London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's...

**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.** 'Beautifully written,...

" American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality."-- Entertainment Weekly "There has never been anything like it."--Marlon James, GQ "So much fun . . . Like the best...