Historical Fiction - Secondhand

In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and...

Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters . Available now....

By the bestselling author of The Godfather. Alexander moved over to his favourite chair in the corner of the large chamber. 'Sit, my children, sit with me,' he gently ordered...

'Prepare to be both dazzled and discombobulated. You have been warned.' The Sydney Morning Herald 'Readers expecting to snuggle up with a bit of Miss Marple-style cosy crime will be...

Under the tablecloth, Frances's hand reached for mine and clasped it. I knew what it meant, that clasp and the mischievous grateful glance that accompanied it: it meant I was...

A fantastic historical novel from the author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling Innocent Traitor England, 1536. Home to the greatest, most glittering court in English history. But beneath...

The third beautifully written novel in the War of the Roses series by bestselling author Conn Iggulden - Winter 1461 - Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in...

Long after the death of Christ, Mary Magdalene is married to a silk merchant, Leonidas. She lives a quiet and harmonious life until, one day, the apostle Peter comes to...

We know him as the Renaissance genius: inventor, scientist, artist. Visionary painter of the Mona Lisa, the smiling, enigmatic Gioconda. They knew him as Leonardo from Vinci, Leonardo the Florentine:...

"Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo's best." --Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys "One of his most satisfying works....A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of...

'This is more than a novel, more than a story, it is the Big Bang: where the idea of Australia starts.' Stan Grant This is the story of one of...

This is story of Loyal Blood, a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman....

The breathtaking saga of a steadfast girl's revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast, The Which Way Tree is a timeless tale full of warmth and humour, testament to the...

In his sci-fi debut, Bellecourt explores an alternate Roaring 20s where a shell-shocked soldier must uncover latent telepathic abilities to save himself and the people around him. Some it kills....

Our story begins in the year 1001 and the toddler, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and the sybil-witch Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Brattahlid in Greenland to...

The fantasy debut sensation of 2025 🐆🐆🐆 WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they...

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....

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...

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...

When a band of smugglers sails for Tasmania, believed to be the Garden of Eden, they find the British civilization of the aboriginal tribes in full force. Each character has...

'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...

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...

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...

A brilliant, beguiling story of inheritance, imagination, courage and loss, and of an irrepressible girl from a gloriously dysfunctional home who fights to carve out her own story. Cristabel Seagrave...

The greatest prize and the most deadly - the crown of England Reay Tannahill's enthralling novel is a family saga in the grand tradition, a tale of brother against brother,...

Sister Fidelma has been sent by her brother, king of Cashel, to Laisre, chieftain of Gleann Geis - the 'forbidden valley' - to negotiate permission to build a Christian church...

An epic historical heist novel of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man's dream to make his mark on the world. From an Indian American writer at...

HER HUSBAND BETRAYED HER COUNTRY. ONLY SHE CAN SAVE IT. ----- The spellbinding new book from the USA Today bestselling author of The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel , perfect for...

An atmospheric love story set in Edwardian Suffolk. Commercial literary fiction at its best. Set on the windswept Suffolk coast, Footsteps tells the story of recently-widowed Helena Mayrick, who is...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The fifth book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. "A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes...

The year is 1946. A stunned Europe is beginning its slow recovery from the ravages of World War II. Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his widowed mother...

A gripping tale of a daring heroine testing her wits against a backdrop of secrets, spies and smugglers in perilous Far North Queensland in the late nineteenth century and based...

"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...

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende's latest novel tells the story of a mulatta...

From The Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker - Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2017 - comes Mary Paulson-Ellis's second stunning historical mystery, The Inheritance of Solomon...

Arrows will fly. Swords will swing. Heroes will fall. Legends will survive. And the Holy Land will never be the same. 1190 AD: Richard the Lionheart has launched his epic...

You don't need me to tell you Keneally is a brilliant storyteller, but with Fanatic Heart he proves it once again. ARTS HUB The novel's resonance for our own times...

THE MITFORDS AT WAR It's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together - maybe for one last time - Deborah...

'Sophisticated and moving... Powerful' Sunday Times 'A deep, immersive recreation of a pivotal moment in history' A. D. Miller 'If ever there were a historical novel with up-to-the-minute resonance, this...

A young woman's impassioned pursuit of a sealed cache of T. S. Eliot's letters lies at the heart of this emotionally charged novel -- a story of marriage and madness,...

Set in the Netherlands in the 1640s, Astraea tells of the relationship between two royal exiles, Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James I, and Omoloju/Pelagius, erstwhile heir to the Yoruba...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...