Historical Fiction

The story of Thomas Hardy's death told by his housemaid Nellie. 1928. As Thomas Hardy lies on his death bed at his Dorset home, Max Gate, a tug-of-war is taking...

Rose's granddad takes her on a trip to Ypres, Belgium to visit the graves of those who died in the Great War. It's the day before Valentine's Day, but Rose...

1922: cousins and best friends, Sophie and Tilly, are looking for love and adventure. Sophie, orphaned at six, when her tea planter parents died suddenly of fever in India, has...

"Witty, warm and wonderfully bold." Elle McNicoll"Everything I could possibly want in a book." Laura Ellen AndersonFall under the spell of Witchspark. A magical adventure series perfect for fans of...

'I was up past midnight finishing this book! The mystery kept me turning the pages, and I felt like I'd known Maven and Reeve forever.' - Amie Kaufman, New York...

The fight for equality begins in the streets. The history of inequality is a long and terrible one. And it's not over yet. Short, sharp and devastating, The War of...

From the bestselling author of The Miniaturist . Jessie Burton's Hidden Treasure is the phenomenal page-turning story of two children whose lives collide when they find an ancient treasure with...

An exciting, middle-grade adventure from debut talent, Penny Boxall; perfect for fans of Netflix's plucky ENOLA HOLMES, the voice of Hana Tooke's THE UNADOPTABLES, and the caper of Katherine Rundell's...

Follow Alice on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about a gifted girl in a time of war. It's 1918 . . . and the war has...

Follow Alice on her adventure in the second of four stories about a gifted girl in a time of war. It's 1918 . . . and Alice has never felt...

It's 1850 . . . and Nellie is returning to Adelaide after searching for the Thompson family at the Burra. She's keen to get back to her best friend, Mary,...

Follow Nellie on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself. It's 1850...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy is on the road again, heading to the town of Wahgunyah. On the way she meets a stranger who seems to know something...

Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller. Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his...

When Birdie is sent to live with her great-aunt in 1950s Yorkshire, she befriends the village's last remaining pit pony. A story of hope and courage, exploring themes of family,...

A middle grade novel about a crystal chandelier shaped like a galleon that splinters into a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an opera...

A French village, new friends, fabulous food, a local mystery to be solved and . . . a ghost. She snaps the locket shut. Just as quickly as he appeared,...

**The international bestseller** An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War Brussels: exploring love, resistance and courage in all their forms 'I adored it ... It finds courage and...

When Jo Harper falls in love with a maverick archaeologist, Doug Marshall, she also falls into Doug's obsession with one of history's greatest mysteries of exploration: one hundred fifty years...

Set in Mississippi during the 1900s, Visible Spirits tells of two brothers, Leighton and Tandy Payne, and the haunting legacy of their tough planter father Sam. Leighton, the elder, sold...

"In this sweeping, immersive novel, Clare McHugh draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria - Princess Vicky - as she emerges into a powerful...

Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in 17th-century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer's household. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life and leaving...

A captivating historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first Black student to attend the prestigious Vassar College by - passing as white. For fans of...

One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars....

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Donut Squad !...

A religious academic is mutilated on one of the city's finest streets. The grave of a famous colonel is ravaged. A shday entrepreneur is slaughtered while dashing for a train....

In misty 19th-century Edinburgh a headstrong orphan girl is taken to a hunting lodge and sacrificed to a mysterious figure - 'the lamplighter'. Twenty years later four prominent men are...

In the turbulent final years of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Meng is a minor bureaucrat in the government of the Mongol conquerors. He is also an extraordinarily gifted artist whose...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a lost princess from India, has joined a travelling medicine show. Join Poppy in the final of four exciting stories about...

Covering all aspects of evidence law and procedure from a police officer's perspective, this manual has been extensively revised to incorporate all legislative developments such as the Police Reform Act...

Kit McBride is as rugged as they come, but the bookish cowboy is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime when he's saddled with a surprise mail-order bride....

Freedom is a pipe dream. At least, that's what Olivia Cruikshank believes. Transported to Van Diemen's Land for petty theft, she has lost all hope. Six years in and out...

The novel takes you to the smoggy, cobbled streets of Victoria s vile and villainous Britain, but not as you know them . . . A layer of horror will...

A beautifully crafted tale of gothic romance. Fresh with grief for her recently-deceased father and forced to live with an aunt who doesn't want her, Emily is plunged into a...

The third novel in a historical trilogy, set against the backdrop of WW1. With their menfolk fighting far away in France, the women left behind must take on many burdens....

Delhi, 1947. The city surges with Partition refugees. Eager to escape the welter of pain and confusion that surrounds her, young Krishna applies on a whim to a position at...

This incredible debut historical novel-in the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson-tells the fascinating story of a young mother who flees her home on the rocky cliffs of Cornwall...

A stunning follow-up to her bestselling debut, Mrs. Kimble , Jennifer Haigh returns with Baker Towers , a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town...

It's the nineties, baby! This adorable, iconic board book features everything from bucket hats to pagers, and plenty of nineties slang! I'm a nineties baby, just look at me! I'm...

' A moving and enchanting story with an uplifting message of hope at its heart... Be warned - you will need tissues. Caroline's best book yet!' Dinah Jefferies 'Warm, moving,...

An Observer , Guardian, Financial Times , Irish Times, Irish Independent , Big Issue and Strong Words Pick of the Year 'This is a book that tilts the world' STYLIST...

The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, Number One bestselling author Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an asylum one night in 1960. The...

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Donut Squad !...