Historical Fiction - Secondhand

Author: Richard FalkirkBinding: HardbackPublished: EYRE METHUEN, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBlackstone plunges readers into the gaslit alleys and opulent drawing rooms of Victorian London, presenting a compelling...

Author: Hans KoningBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton London, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHans Koning's The Petersburg-Cannes Express transports readers into a thrilling historical narrative, chronicling a perilous journey...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: One tear on dust jacket...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Collins Sons & Co, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: peeling on end of dust jacketThis captivating historical mystery transports readers to turn-of-the-century Cairo,...

Author: Iain PearsBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGiotto's Hand presents a captivating historical mystery, weaving a complex narrative around the shadowy world of art forgery and...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Crime Club, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSet against the vibrant backdrop of turn-of-the-century Cairo, Michael Pearce's The...

Author: William CliveBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some rips along dust jacket seamsThis gripping historical novel chronicles the daring...

Author: Edwin LeatherBinding: HardbackPublished: Dodd Mead, NY, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing on cloth cover edges; spine tanned; some wear to dust jacket; in otherwise...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear to dust jacket; some yellowing of spineThe Mamur Zapt And The Donkey-Vous plunges readers...

Author: John JakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Avenel BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis epic historical saga, The Kent Family Chronicles: Three Volumes In One, chronicles the tumultuous birth and growth...

Author: James Fenimore CooperBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe classic American frontier novel, The Deerslayer, transports readers to the pristine wilderness of 18th-century upstate New York,...

The fourth novel in North America's Forgotten Past Cahokian story cycle, Star Path is an evocative tale about America's greatest pre-Columbian city by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael...

'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix 'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre...

New Orleans, May 1862. The largest city in the ill-starred confederacy has fallen to Union troops. Twelve-year-old Joseph Woolsack disappears from his home, putting his mother Elise into a panic...

Amid the treachery of war and the whirl of revelry, no one is what they seem... Nights filled with lavish balls...lush, bucolic afternoons.... Removed to glamorous Brussels in the wake...

Robert Ryan brings one of the greatest epic journeys of all time to life in this captivating story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition. January 18, 1912: Captain Robert Falcon...

It is the late 1600s on the high seas. A group of Barbary galley slaves plot as they ply the oars of a pirate ship. These ten men - unfortunates...

The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller `March', `Year of Wonders' and `People of the Book'. Caleb Cheeshateaumauk was the first native...

'Vivid. Eloquent. Offers insight as well as delight' Guardian 'An exquisite portrayal of the lonely dislocation of being deaf in a hearing world' The Times 'Absolutely brilliant. Ellen Lark is...

In the darkness of 13th Century Europe, the most precious wonders of the Christian world lie in a small church in the great ruined city of Constantinople, the spoils of...

An exquisite historical thriller from the author of the electrifying The Poison Bed Three sisters. Three secrets. Three ways to fall . . . Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, Duke...

In the winter of 1353, torrential rains are spreading fever to the poor and making travel especially hazardous along the town’s outlaw-infested roads. Then three members of the University die...

The book titled Morality Play by the author Barry Unsworth. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Two Dragons Dragons are said to guard treasure with their lives... Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An...

An abandoned five-year-old English boy, Leon, is rescued by a compassionate neighbouring family who adopt Leon and move with him to Australia for a better life in 1903. Rocky, a...

Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love...

The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escape. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten...

Author: Brian LloydBinding: HardbackPublished: Shoestring Bookshop, 1978Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedThis historical account chronicles the vibrant era of the Jamieson Goldfield. It...

AN EPIC TALE OF LOVE AND LIBERATION, SET IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY COLONIAL BRAZIL From plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a hidden settlement where...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESSIE BURTON OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'A veritable work of art' Rose Tremain 'A truly magical experience' Guardian 'Triumphant' Wall Street...

Author: Rolf BoldrewoodBinding: HardbackPublished: The Discovery Press Penrith, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic of Australian literature, Robbery Under Arms, chronicles the thrilling escapades of Dick Marston, a notorious...

Author: Tom CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: THE DISCOVERY PRESS - PENRITH, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of Australian literature, Such Is Life, chronicles the meandering observations and experiences of...

The exhilarating conclusion of #1 New York Times bestselling author John Jakes' epic North and South Trilogy--the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television miniseries North and South-- with...

London, 1852- the world's capital city of crime; a city where murder and hangings are public entertainment, where reporters and balladeers vie with one another to be first to the...

'That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has engulfed the whole world in war and death. I fear...

This is a delightful story of how one woman's courage and honesty challenge and overcome the bitterness of one man's heart. Book 10 in the House of Winslow series.

1952. Soviet troops control British streets. After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany, and only rescued by Russian soldiers arriving from the east and Americans...

Bullied at school for his suspiciously dark skin and lack of a father, Hart soon learns to fight and win. At eighteen, his world is shaken by his mother s...

Soon to be a major film from the creators of Downton Abbey - the unputdownable story of two young women in 1920s New York On a summer's day in 1922...

A queen brought low by love compromised and power abused -- the tragedy of Mary Tudor. Plain, dutiful and a passionate Catholic, Mary Tudor was overjoyed by joy when she...

Author: David BenedictusBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN LONDONCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical mystery, Who Killed The Prince Consort?, uncovers a fascinating investigation into the untimely demise of...

Author: Francis Irby GwaltneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: general wear of cloth cover; tanning of spine...

Author: Hélène Jeanty RavenBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, London, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: significant wear and tear to dust cover; yellowing of first few inside front and...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lloyd O'Neil, Australia, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJoe Wilson's Mates: 56 Stories From The Prose Works Of Henry Lawson presents a compelling collection...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Lloyd O'Neil, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling collection, Joe Wilson's Mates, presents a vivid tableau of...

August, 1616. The whaling ship Heartsease has ventured high into the Arctic, but now must begin the long journey home. Only one man stays behind: Thomas Cave makes a wager...

Loyalty Binds Me is the second book about Richard III in the 21st-century by award winning author, Joan Szechtman. It begins about a year after the first book of the...

This Time is a novel about Richard III in the twenty-first century. It rediscovers the fifteenth-century Richard III through the travails he must endure as he attempts to unravel the...