Historical Fiction

'An epic tale' SIMON SCARROW 'Exciting, immersive, well researched and great fun.' GILES KRISTIAN 'Harrowing and totally gripping' LEONORA NATTRASS 'Historical fiction has never been more visceral' JAMES ROLLINS NAPOLEON:...

Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a...

When Samuel Godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web...

1931, Cornwall . Lynette Nicholls lost her brother exactly a year ago in a tragic air training accident. When she visits the coastal town where it happened, she begins to...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION 'An epic novel... David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship...

A CHRISTMAS SKY ORIGINAL FILM, STARRING MARK GATISS, SIMON CALLOW AND TAMSIN GREIG AN ENTHRALLING GHOST STORY WITH A TIME-TRAVELLING TWIST 'When you come to the house, you will hear...

Set against the first three decades of twentieth century American history, The Sucker s Kiss begins during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Seven-year-old Thomas Moran finds himself accidentally embarking...

An enormous landmark event in France when it was published, Cosette is the sequel to Victor Hugo's classic epic of revolutionary France Les Miserables.Fran?ois C?r?sa takes up the story in...

In the fifty years between 1757 and 1815, Britain lost an empire, won another and emerged from the epic Napoleonic wars as the greatest power the world had ever seen....

As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin. Before fleeing the city, Pompey...

A visceral reimagining of 1780s London, showcasing the untold stories of African-American soldiers grappling with their freedom after the American revolution In the years just after the American revolution, London...

In January 1836, two sisters, Eleanor and Harriet, set sail for India, leaving their home in England to accompany their brother, Henry, on his posting as Governor-General. Told through the...

A brilliant heart-tugging romance by one of our best-known and most beloved historical novelists. When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif...

A stunning debut novel that examines the price of loyalty, the burden of regret, the meaning of salvation, and the sacrifices we make for those we love In the summer...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN'S DEBUT FICTION BOOK * THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN'S HARDBACK FICTION BOOK * 'A Da Vinci Code for kids' - RICHARD OSMAN 'A triumph ......

'Inventive' THE TIMES From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy-an expansive historical epic of intrigue and...

'Amazing' Meg Rosoff 'Extraordinary' Maggie Alderson 'What some might call beauty, I find monstrous' In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Francis Rodermere starts to lay waste...

A sweeping, multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the family's fortunes forever. 1926. One stately home's...

'Sumptuous and moving ' LAURA PURCELL ' A richly imagined and brilliantly twisty tale' ANNA MAZZOLA 'A plot as finely detailed as Spitalfields silk' STACEY HALLS WHEN ESTHER THOREL, the...

From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story. Aged only...

The child has no name, she's a little girl...lost and forgotten. 1867. Named by the wife of the paddle steamer captain who finds her half drowned in the Murray River,...

Christmas At Mulberry Hall by Carole Mortimer Spending Christmas alone with his unconventional ward pushes the boundaries of propriety and self-control too far for Lord Gideon Grayson. So he takes...

Dis//Integration , a previously unpublished work by William Melvin Kelley, author of A Different Drummer , is a notable and welcome addition to African American literature. The linked "2 novelas,...

'Absolutely not to be missed' - Kate Quinn on this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic . Golden Age Hollywood - a city overflowing with gossip, scandal,...

'A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling...

'Once again, Christina Courtenay has transported me through time to a world that feels more than real . . . I can only recommend that you read this absorbing, energising...

AD 18, Britannia. The Roman Empire rules much of the known world. Beyond the northern frontier lies Britannia, where ceaseless feuding amongst the Celts leaves the island vulnerable to Rome's...

Frightened for her life after her father, a British spy, is murdered, Giselle Barrington flees with the secret document her father gave her for safekeeping. Needing to hide from those...

From the bestselling author of Bared to You comes a tale of love and awakened desire in Victorian England They are London's most scandalous couple. Isabel, Lady Pelham, and Gerard...

Two-time Edgar Award winner Rupert Holmes-author of the critically acclaimed "Where the Truth Lies" and creator of the Tony Award--winning musical whodunit "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"-now fuses gripping suspense...

You're invited to a show to remember at the prestigious Buckingham Hotel . . . London, 1942. The war is far from over for soldier Raymond de Guise. His wife,...

BEHIND MANY GREAT MEN STOOD ONE WOMAN All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics - but her world is suddenly turned upside-down and she is catapulted...

From the ballrooms and mansions of Denver's newly wealthy, to the seamy life of desperate women, Fallen Women illuminates the darkest places of the human heart. It is the spring...

Wealthy land owner Merrick Mac Lachlan is the polar opposite of his polished, ever-so-charming brother. While Sir Alasdair is fair and handsome, Merrick is dark and brooding, both in looks...