Historical Fiction - Secondhand

Author: R.R. VialBinding: PaperbackPublished: -, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Fold-out maps intact. The War I Went To by R.R....

Author: Frank G. SlaughterBinding: HardbackPublished: JARROLDS, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ticking on books by same author pageDaybreak presents a compelling narrative set against a backdrop...

Author: Peter YuleBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner'Sergeant Lawrence Goes To France' chronicles the harrowing experiences of a soldier navigating the brutal realities...

New York's famed female detective duo, Pentecost and Parker, are back in their fourth audacious adventure. Perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club , The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel ,...

Entwined in history, separated by fate . . . - Bonnie Prince Charlie, having fled Scotland in disguise after a doomed attack on the English, with the selfless help of...

At the centre of this intriguing, irresistible novel are the young Lambs- Charles, constrained by the tedium of his work as a clerk at the East India Company, taking refuge...

'A magical, magnificent novel, that amounts to a secret history of an America we think we know, but never really knew' Marlon James The people of Salt Point are afraid...

London, 1563. England is a troubled nation. Catholic plots against the young Queen Elizabeth spring up all over the country. The herald William Harley known to everyone as Clarenceux -...

In a time of violent change, a young man, struck by lightning, is believed to be marked by the gods as a keeper of the Norse religion's greatest secret. Stolen...

It is 1702, and in the lawless Caribbean sea young Matthew Loftus determines to captain his ship, the Cornelius, by honest trade rather than piracy and plunder. But his crew...

It is little more than two years since the Norman victory at Hastings- a time of discontent, with the kingdom under occupation and still coming to terms with its foreign...

Book One in the Praire Winds Series Captured by Indians, Jessie King learns to suvive when unexpected lessons of friendship ans love sustain her.

The early wealth of Queensland was dependent on slavery, know in Australia as blackbirding. Unsuspecting natives from the South Sea Islands were tricked or forced aboard slave ships and then...

On the fifteenth of February, 1879, the day on which Queen Supayalat of Mandalay ordered eighty members of of royal family to be clubbed to death, Maria Beresford celebrated her...

A group of foreigners in the northeastern town of Shishan finds the status quo upset when Helen Frances, a young woman with a middle class upbringing but a fatal flaw,...

Author: S. Ish-KishorBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1963Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis historical novel, A Boy...

Author: Bianca Maria ScarpiBinding: HardbackPublished: Prestel, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work meticulously chronicles the history and artistic significance of the iconic bronze Lion of Venice,...

Author: Curt JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus, 1975Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsArtillery by Curt Johnson presents a comprehensive account of the evolution and impact of these...

Author: Iris NesdaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Orchid Publications, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical narrative, The Fettered & The Free, chronicles the lives of individuals navigating complex societal constraints...

Author: R.R. VialBinding: PaperbackPublished: by the author, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis wartime memoir presents R. R. Vial’s firsthand account of...

Author: Bill ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical novel presents a tense story set in an Australian mining town, where...

Author: Melvyn BraggBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1969Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis poignant historical novel chronicles the arduous life of a farm laborer in...

Author: James BarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Well of the Silent Harp presents a compelling historical narrative, immersing readers in the vibrant world of 18th-century Scotland....

Author: James BarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Song In The Green Thorn Tree is a compelling historical novel that chronicles...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBirds Of Prey plunges readers into a thrilling historical adventure set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 17th-century...

Author: Kate MosseBinding: HardbackPublished: Phoenix, 2005Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet in the medieval Languedoc region of France, Labyrinth weaves a gripping historical...

Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace, a land north of Greece, that he once fought in the Roman legions and that, during...

Alexander the Great faces the challenge of the Persian 'Centaur'; It is now 334 AD, and Alexander has smashed the Persian armies at the battle of the Granicus and is...

Condemned to a hovel, beaten by a merciless commander, crushed by the weather and forced to survive on starvation rations: no one looking at Paul would ever guess that he...

Author: Kate MosseBinding: HardbackPublished: PHOENIX, 2025Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet in the medieval Languedoc region of France, Labyrinth weaves a gripping historical...

Author: Bruce ChatwinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has minor sun-fading and minor peels to corners.Bruce Chatwin's collected works, In...

Simon Mayo delivers the best of reading group fiction. A robust historical novel with a beating heart, MAD BLOOD STIRRING shines new light on one of life's oldest truths; sometimes,...

Author: Alistair MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Companion Book Club, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping thriller, Caravan To Vaccarès, plunges readers into a high-stakes chase across the wild, untamed landscapes...

From the bestselling author of Lempriere's Dictionary , Lawrence Norfolk is back with an astounding novel of seventeeth-century life, love and war; the story of an orphan who becomes the...

Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Roman Empire, suppressing local troubles and defending the Roman way. But political events in Rome -Tiberius's increasingly insane...

The blockbusting paperback of the second novel in the Top Five bestselling Warrior of Rome series AD256 - the spectre of treachery hangs ominously over the Roman world. The sparks...

A riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant medievalists of his generation. On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of...

Author: Donald FriendBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating historical account, Hillendiana: Comprising Vane Numbers Of Facts And A Considerable Amount Of Fiction Concerning...

Author: Hammond InnesBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust jacket chipped and worn; rubbing on edges and corners...

Author: R. J. W. SelleckBinding: PaperbackPublished: HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL AUSTRALIA, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the backdrop of political turmoil, this...

Author: Robert ElegantBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markRobert Elegant's Hong Kong chronicles the vibrant, often turbulent, history of the iconic city-state, tracing its development from a...

Author: Chris GoochBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image1792 presents a compelling historical graphic novel that vividly illustrates the tumultuous events...

Author: Leif DavidsenBinding: HardbackPublished: ROBERT HALE - LONDONCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping espionage thriller, The Unholy Alliances, plunges readers into a world of international intrigue and...

Author: Jon ClearyBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of block, other wise fineHigh Road To China presents a...

Author: Peter LoveseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear, tanning to dust cover; some mildew on spine; pages in good conditionMad Hatter's...

Author: Kate SedleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Crime Club, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Smsll tear on back of...

Author: James CrossBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust jacket worn, tanned and chipped; some tanning and mildew to...

Author: Robert PlayerBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Foxing on BlockLet's Talk Of Graves, Of Worms, And Epitaphs presents a chilling historical...