Historical Fiction

A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...

A beautiful, atmospheric detective story set in Berlin during The Second World War.Orianna Ramunno's Hugo Fischer series is full of tension, drama and, ultimately, hope. A DETECTIVE WITH A SECRET...

For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan, the eighth Earl of Meredith. Although he's seen the many successful unions of his Cynster connections, he has also watched...

'Mothers who have come before. Daughters who have died in blood. Sons lost to the dark. Hear me' 'Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition...

Four starred reviews! "Evocative prose and illustrations bring to life...[the] heart-wrenching decisions and considerations that Japanese Americans had to face...[and] their endurance, sacrifices, and resilience." -Susan H. Kamei, author of...

It is 1636 - the height of the Thirty Years War, one of the bloodiest and most destructive conflicts Europe has ever seen. As the campaigning season begins, the Spanish...

On a deadly mission to kill the mythical beast that has been haunting her woods, a desperate mage finds her fate intertwined with the handsome and powerful man who saves...

A heartwarming story split between 1966 and the Second World War where past and present collide, unlocking memories and reuniting old friends, showing that people can become family, despite the...

Emigrating alone from Paris to New York after World War II, a young girl Gazala befriends two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's beloved brother Samir joins her in...

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 gripping historical adventure by much-loved and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Stranger Things' Noah Schnapp. It is World War...

A bearer of doom, or a bringer of change? As the Aztec empire falls, one girl defies her destiny. (Age 12 and up) In the golden city of Tenochtitlan, the...

The indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Adelaide, September...

'Inventive, excellent ... a pure pleasure to read' THE TIMES In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados....

In the year 406 Rome was on the defensive everywhere and a single Roman legion stood desperate guard on the Empire's Rhine frontier. Maximus, the legion's commander, is urged to...

'The exquisite story of two women trying to make a life together in wartime Austria, and all the love, friendship and danger that implies.' - Sophie Ward All of You...

IT'S HERE! The second perilous, poop-filled adventure featuring Captain Looroll and her super stinky nemesis ToiletTROLL! You'll be on the edge of your (toilet) seat . . . When toxic...

An epic voyage, undertaken with the grandest of ambitions. Laperouse leaves France in the Spring of 1785 with two ships under his command, knowing that he sails with the full...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of The Tale of the Nutcracker. Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world...

An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a...

This funny, empowering graphic novel from rising star Ursula Murray Husted is a gorgeously illustrated glimpse into the forgotten history of Renaissance Italy, following an ambitious young girl's quest to...

Hold on to your hats: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestseller My Plain Jane , which Booklist praised as "delightfully deadpan" (starred review) and Publishers Weekly...

The second in a magical illustrated new young fiction series for children aged 7-9 from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! Marnie Midnight is a little moth with BIG...

'Sublime, elegant and exciting... beautifully written and entirely gripping. I'm a big fan of Susan Allott' CHRIS WHITAKER 'The lovechild of Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests and Lisa Jewell's The...

'This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it' Irish Independent In a world of lonely hearts, are there enough happy endings to go around? Marriage matchmaker seeks assistant;...

In the year 205 B.C., after centuries of Persian and Macedonian occupation, a rebel king rises from the south to take ancient Egypt back unto native hands. He will battle...

The second book of Lewis Carroll's timeless Alice in Wonderland middle grade series, now with a beautiful new look, continues Alice's adventures and includes the poem "Jabberwocky!" Alice's second trip...

The day Queen Mary Tudor - or 'Bloody Mary', as she's called, because she has anyone who doesn't go to church burned - came to town was the most terrifying...

Partly autobiographical, this is the third title in Judith Kerr's internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her...

This is an evocative romantic fantasy set in the legendary time of King Arthur from the author of "Camelot's Shadow". Lynet of Cameliard is the youngest child of Lord Kenan,...

'Engaging, original and full of curiosity and wit . . . I didn't want it to end.' Asher Keddie 'Bursting with life . . . I was gripped from the...

From the winner of the Penguin Literary Prize and the Kathleen Mitchell Award. A multigenerational family story with a dose of magical realism. It is about family secrets, art, very...

This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliff, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of his daughter, Jenny, by a secret...

The next two Mad Morelands novels by New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp - available in one fabulous volume! Winterset Ever since Anna Holcomb inexplicably refused his proposal, Reed...

ORDER DAWNLANDS, THE STUNNING NEW NOVEL IN THE BELOVED FAIRMILE SERIES BY INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORY, OUT NOW. 'Gregory is an experienced storyteller and doesn't let you down. Tidelands...

A riveting tale about one of Europe's most powerful kings, THE YOUNG LION is a deeply affecting story about love and loyalty. Geoffrey the Handsome, the virile and charming Duke...

Two brothers. Two realms. One inescapable fate. In 14th Century England, two brothers reunite after years of being separated by war. Thomas and Graeme are haunted, in more ways than...

After centuries of destruction, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever in this thriller from the New York Times bestselling author...

In the swoon-worthy opener of her Princes of London series, Christy Carlyle takes readers on a breathless chase through Victorian London as a wild bluestocking from a family of treasure...

AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment...

AD 635. Anglo-Saxon Britain. King Oswald must leave his wedding party to combat a Pictish uprising. He leaves Beobrand to escort his new queen to their new home, a journey...

FRANKENSTEIN meets THE SHADOW OF THE WIND in a Gothic thriller set in the diabolical city of fin-de-siecle Barcelona. Daniel Amat has left Spain and all that happened there behind...

A maidservant mistaken for a wealthy bride, a sharp-tongued jester and a great lord determined to save his city-state from being destroyed by a papal crusade. In this medieval tale...

When his mother's ranch is attacked, sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. He's a frontiersman's son, a rancher who's...

The most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John Matthews, one of the world's leading Arthurian experts, and illustrated...

One lone detective faces down a twisted medieval web of spies and intrigue.October, 1338. A great war has begun, one that will define Europe for a century. King's Messenger Simon...

Dick a disillusioned husband and lawyer living in a middle-class 1997 London suburb stands dressed in period costume on a railway platform. Dick is convinced he is in the middle...

Under the tablecloth, Frances's hand reached for mine and clasped it. I knew what it meant, that clasp and the mischievous grateful glance that accompanied it: it meant I was...