Historical Fiction

His Convenient Marchioness With this ring... I thee claim! After the loss of his wife and children, the Marquess of Huntercombe closed his heart to love. But now that he...

Shifting from the Caribbean to New Orleans on the brink of war, Queen of Swords picks up the story of Hannah Bonner, the beautiful half-Indian daughter of frontiersman Nathaniel Bonner,...

At the end of John Buchan's classic adventure John Macnab, three friends in search of excitement have just completed an epic feat of poaching. Now their celebrations are unexpectedly interrupted...

From the author of Safiyyah's War - winner of the Indie Book Award, the Week Junior Book Award, the Jhalak Children's & YA Prize and The Diverse Book Award. 'Historical...

'A fresh and thrilling gothic mystery . . . Layers of deliciously surprising secrets' Library Journal Edie Burchill and her mother, Meredith, have never been close, but when a long-lost...

His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish Accidentally colliding with Tess Ellery on the icy streets of Ghent is not the way resolute bachelor Alexander Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, intended to start the festive...

The Viscount's Frozen Heart Luke Winterley, Viscount Farenze, is duty-bound to fulfil his beloved aunt's last request - even though it concerns bewitching housekeeper Chloe Wheaton. Years ago they fell...

The Gentleman Rogue In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement. For gazing at her, with eyes she'd know anywhere, is Ned Stratham - a man whose roguish...

Her Cinderella Season She's been taught that pleasure is sinful...now Miss Lily Beecham is determined to find out for herself! After a chance meeting with a viscountess, Lily is invited...

A Very Unusual Governess Edward Barraclough's happy bachelor existence is thrown into a spin when he is forced to look after his two orphaned nieces. Employing the right governess is...

Miss In A Man's World With her beloved godfather's death shrouded in scandal, the impetuous Miss Georgiana Grey disguises herself as a boy and heads to London to discover the...

This Was a Man is the seventh and final, captivating instalment of the Clifton Chronicles from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer. This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired,...

Kineas, the Athenian cavalry commander, has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander and vengefully exiled by his own city. Together, his mercenary force and...

A sinful prince. A determined reporter. A dangerous rivalry. Gabriel Axton -the Prince of Gluttony, self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when a hunt takes a deadly...

Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins...

Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Srayanka, is cut down in a savage act...

On the shores of the Nile, the fate of a kingdom rests in one hero's hands... Wilbur Smith, bestselling author of River God returns to Ancient Egypt in this long-awaited...

There is nothing impossible to him who will try He ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of nineteen. He conquered the seemingly invincible Persian Empire before he...

The breathtaking new historical epic by the acclaimed author of GATES OF FIRE and TIDES OF WAR. A dazzling and profoundly moving tale of love and war, honour and revenge...

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...

In this delightfully enchanting first book in Megan Frampton's new series, Heirs and Spares, opposites attract when a devilish lord and a rule-following young lady from rival families find themselves...

Imaginative, magical, wildly funny, and with a truly unique world, The Spick and the Span is an extraordinary, exciting fantasy middle grade adventure - perfect for fans of Jessica Townsend's...

The new full-colour graphic novel in the spin-off series from Max Brallier's NYT bestselling The Last Kids on Earth , now with over 10 million copies in print worldwide and...

'Blisters like a bullet - mixing intrigue, yearning, surprises and spice to create a story unlike any you've consumed before. And trust me - it's delicious' Jodi Picoult, No.1 NYT...

Betty and her Wobbly Rock pals are off to celebrate the famous Turnip Festival in the kingdom of Upper Crust. Betty is still as tiddly as a piece of toast....

'Devastatingly gorgeous' Chloe Gong, #1 NYT bestselling author of THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS 'I was swept away from the first page!' Rebecca Ross, internationally bestselling author of A RIVER ENCHANTED In...

*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT * The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The Binding 'Utterly original... ensnared me from the very...

'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...

A stunning story from a master storyteller, published for the first time in an adult edition. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the...

It is the summer of 1911. Victoria doesn't care much for her new stepmother, or her stepbrother Jacob. But when Victoria is struck down with a serious illness, both her...

A heartland World War II family drama centring around the Castell family from acclaimed WW2 historian James Holland A Times 2024 Best Summer Read The village of Alvesdon has been...

He kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the truth will rock New York. It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. New York politico, gambler,...

The much-anticipated sequel to The Swift and The Harrier England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son,...

WINNER, Silver Ledger: 2024 Comic Arts Awards of Australia 'A charming story of unexpected friendships and endless wonder.' TIM PROBERT, creator of Lightfall 'Stunningly unique' Books+Publishing Fitting in can be...

Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2014 and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder...

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.

Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans-the Fates,...

The Earl's Countess Of Convenience - Marguerite Kaye Eloise Brannagh has witnessed first-hand the damage unruly passion can cause. Yet she craves freedom, so a convenient marriage to the Earl...

Return Of Scandal 's Son Caught in a coach accident, Lady Eleanor Ashby seeks help from a mysterious stranger. But the dashing Matthew Thomas is not all he seems. And...

A Lady In Need Of An Heir - Louise Allen Gabrielle Frost knows that marrying any man would mean handing over control of her beloved family vineyard in Portugal to...

Already a great historian, Tracy Borman proves with this thrilling debut novel that she is also a born storyteller. As she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth, Frances Gorges...

The triumphant final volume in the epic series - a series of monumental battles, fascinating history and action-packed adventure. The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals...

An original story by Michael Rosen, inspired by the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist. Shona and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school, the rules are pretty...

Book 2 of DESERT ROSES. The last ten years have been difficult for Ashley Reynolds--first her parents disowned her because of her choice of spouse, war tragically took his life,...

Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line, he shares in a...

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...

330BC- it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates...

Rome, AD 34. While the Emperor Tiberius indulges himself in Capri, his cruel and self-serving regent Sejanus rules in his place. It is a time of tyranny and terror. nce...