Historical Fiction - Secondhand

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...

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...

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...

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...

From her ranch home in Montana in the 1920s, Nettie Brady dreamed of joining the rodeo circuit and becoming a star. Defying her mother's wishes and trading her skirts for...

In 1947, Elisabeth Mander's German nephew comes to stay: Stefan Landau, her dead sister's teenage son, whom she hates and loves before she's even set eyes on him. Orphaned by...

The first volume of The Ptolemies Quartet triumphantly brings to life the dark and glittering history of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spanned twelve...

Author: Beth BrowneBinding: PaperbackPublished: Self published, Gippsland, Victoria, June, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA sweeping historical saga, Tapestry Of The Frontier...

Author: William Stuart LongBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Empire Builders by William Stuart Long is an epic work of historical fiction that chronicles the...

Author: William Stuart LongBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis sweeping historical saga chronicles the arduous journeys and desperate hopes of those drawn to the promise...

Author: William Stuart LongBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-

A dazzling literary thriller - the story of Sigmund Freud assisting a Manhattan murder investigation. Think SHADOW OF THE WIND meets THE HISTORIAN. THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER is an inventive...

Author: Mary Kent Hughes (T/Major Thornton, R.A.M.C.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical narrative chronicles the experiences...

Author: Owen RutterBinding: HardbackPublished: Davison, Newman & Co., 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA Brief History Of The Firm...

Author: Joan LockBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsJoan Lock's Reluctant Nightingale transports readers to a compelling...

When Damia Miller is employed to promote revered Kineton and Dacre college, it doesn't take her long to recognise that a grotesque antique painting recently uncovered on one of the...

In this series opener, Hammer's prose evokes the romantic diction and mythological complexity of the high fantasy genre, sometimes to an eye-rolling extent: - Kirkus Reviews...the author gets things started...

By the middle of fourth century AD, Britain and the Roman Empire had been ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Now, at last, with the force of the state...

Author: Ben JonsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The King's Printers, 1930Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Number 48 of 188 copies (British Empire). Red vellum with gilt. 39 page reproduction of the...

Author: Morris WestBinding: HardbackPublished: The Companion Book Club, 1974Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ex-library sticker on inside coverThis gripping political...

Author: Fabio Della SetaBinding: HardbackPublished: Marlboro Press, 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical novel plunges readers into the tumultuous heart of ancient Rome, chronicling a gripping...

The book titled Gardener to the King by the author Frederic Richaud. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The thrilling, bloody and glorious new novel, from the master of the epic tale, Tim Willocks, author of The Religion The thrilling, bloody and glorious new novel, from the master...

Following an extraordinary cast of characters, American, British and Indian, and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as...

Made in China and imported by the East India Company for the kings, queens and rising middle classes of Europe, porcelain has become the most valuable commodity in the West....

Author: Margaret DoodyBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical mystery transports readers to ancient Athens, where a renowned philosopher applies his keen intellect...

Author: Peter DickinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, New York, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping narrative presents a world steeped in intrigue, where every turn of the page...

Author: Dermott KyddBinding: HardbackPublished: ROBERT HALE - LONDON, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Königsberg Assignment plunges readers into a world of international espionage and high-stakes intrigue, set...

Author: Keith HellerBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons / New York, 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMan's Storm presents a gripping historical crime narrative set against the tumultuous...

Author: Alexander FullertonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSixty Minutes For St. George plunges readers into the heart of a gripping naval thriller, chronicling a...

Author: Ian Stuart BlackBinding: HardbackPublished: HUTCHINSON OF LONDON, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping suspense novel transports readers to the sun-drenched, politically charged landscape of...

Author: Charles KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co., 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker to FEP,...

Author: John GreenwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: QUARTET QRIME, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMosley Went to Mow presents a sharp and witty entry in the crime fiction genre, detailing the...

Author: Rolf BoldrewoodBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED, 1902Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe compelling narrative of The Ghost...

Author: G. A. HentyBinding: HardbackPublished: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sunned and dulled...

Author: H. Rider HaggardBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis striking work of late...

Author: Sinclair LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ripped jacket on spine, light foxing on pagesThis...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: -, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Haven's Heritage (Two-Volume Set) published in 2011 by the Haven Recreation Reserve...

Author: G. A. HentyBinding: HardbackPublished: BLACKIE & SON LIMITED, 1897Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: sticker in FEPThis gripping historical adventure, With Cochrane The Dauntless, chronicles the daring naval...

Author: Werner BergengruenBinding: HardbackPublished: Burns & Oates; Herder and Herder, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and browning on external dust cover, pages in...

Author: Frank G. SlaughterBinding: HardbackPublished: JARROLDS, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and browning of external cover and spine, pages still in tact and in good conditionThis...