Historical Fiction

A WORD FROM LOUIS L'AMOUR A WORD FROM LOUIS L'AMOUR "Almost forty years ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in 'pulp' western magazines, I wrote several novel-length stories,...

Louis L'Amour is back with another adventure! Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for...

At what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come...

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving...

It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the...

He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers...

Ninety years ago the Toomey brothers, along with twenty-five other men and four thousand head of cattle, vanished en route to Arizona. When writer and historian Dan Sheridan is invited...

Callaghen's business is soldiering. For twenty years he'd fought all over the world, from China to the deserts of California; now he's a private in the U.S. Cavalry, poorly paid,...

A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION-FROM AMERICA'S FAVORITE STORYTELLER A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION-FROM AMERICA'S FAVORITE STORYTELLER This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L'Amour showcases...

Daughter of a murderer. Duchess of Brittany. The future Queen of England. Joanna of Navarre knows her place in society. And defies it. Forthright, unemotional and politically minded, she is...

From the New York Times bestselling cartoonist behind Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales comes a wacky graphic novel series! What happens when a couple of prehistoric creatures want to become Internet...

Acclaimed author Sam Sykes returns with the second thrilling novel in his Bring Down Heaven series. The heart of civilization bleeds. Cier'Djaal, once the crowning glory of the civilized world,...

It is the time of Australia's harsh rogue-filled goldrush of the 1850s when Miss Penelope Worthington suddenly finds herself orphaned, isolated and alone. With a large sheep station to run...

Also published as Daughter of Calabria 'Blanchard at her breathtaking best. Rich in every sight, taste and smell.' Australian Women's Weekly _________________ Set in Mussolini's Italy amid great upheaval, this...

A Lady Dares by Bronwyn Scott According to Society, I, Elise Sutton, haven't been a lady for quite some time - a lady couldn't possibly run the family company and...

Huge scaly DRAGONS roamed the land In long gone days of olde. They LOVED to wear big underpants In colours bright and bold. With flaming holes in their undies, a...

Minna is just a blacksmith's daughter, yet she succeeds in raising a sickly abandoned foal, turning him into the pride of the Roman cavalry. Her stubborn determination and fiery nature...

_______________ PRAISE FOR WITCH WARS: 'This is a witch story like no other - and it's a blast!' - Bookseller 'Brilliantly magical' - Tom Fletcher Book Club _______________ The third...

Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original - I thought this was brilliant' - Sam Copeland, author of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken 'What a FEAST! A...

'Ackroyd has come up with an almost seamless work, one which earns its place on the same shelf as the best of his literary fantasies' - Guardian What if John...

Anna Funder, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize and author of Stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the...

After the death of his beloved Queen Lostris, Taita performs the rites of embalmment and burial for her. Then, stricken with grief, he retreats into the forbidding deserts of North...

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love--all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest...

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...

THE SPELLBINDING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FAEBOUND 'Engrossing [...] You'll definitely want more.' Good Housekeeping RETURN TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE... Betrayed by destiny....

New York Times Bestseller A special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of...

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Every book tells a story. Every heart hides a secret. In the shadowy aisles of the Lamplighter's Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust... When Evelyn Seaton answers an...

'A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos' JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne 'An intelligent, highly crafted and necessary book' CLAIRE NORTH, author of Ithaca 'Urgent and...

* A murderous madmen leads a shipload of innocents to hell and back *"I, Jeronimus, am a man of phials, a measurer of powders on bronze scales, a potion brewer,...

31st December 1659 I have resolved to keep a journal, and it will be private. I shall keep it hidden, and it will be mine alone and I shall say...

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...

The funniest book of the year from an incredibly exciting new voice in children's fiction! Are you sitting comfortably? Are you fantasising about bamboo? Do you have black and white...

A time of war. A time of change. A time to live like there's no tomorrow . . . 1918: Freddie was destined for a different life, determined to make...

'Superb ... radically new and beautiful' Observer 'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong 'An ancient tapestry...

An adventurous, fast moving middle grade historical fiction about survival, second chances and searching for your place in the world. As a young girl growing up in an unforgiving land,...

At the dawn of the seventeenth century everyone believed that the Sun revolved around the Earth. Yet some men knew that the heavens did not move as they should. And...

When her brother, Edward, announces his engagement to Elizabeth, Mariah sees no reason not to rejoice. It transpires, however, that her new sister-in-law and mistress of Addison Terrace, Reading, has...

Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Pernod Ballantyne and his fiancee, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover,...

Rome is in peril... The old order is changing. Centurion Aurelius Castus has been summoned back from Britain to find himself caught up in a treasonous conspiracy threatening to bring...

" This novel breaks through centuries of dogma and legend to uncover the lost beginnings of Christianity, re-imagining the untold stories of Mary Magdalene and John the Beloved. Long-time friend...

A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she knows. Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families....

Discover the history of our lifetime through the adventure of a girl and her wolf, in the bestselling children's novel from Digging for Britain presenter, Professor Alice Roberts. Selected as...

January 1474, in the deep cold of an ice-bound Danzig: a man is spending a frivolous winter not facing up to his responsibilities. It is the merchant Niccolo, diviner, soldier,...

In this queer reimagining of an Arthurian legend, Knights of the Round Table Lancelot and Tristan set out on a quest to find the missing magician Merlin but instead discover...

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth; Hanna Penwyck, the fictionalized Keeper of...

A romantic and exhilarating historical adventure about a girl who must unlock the secrets within Paradise Lost to save her father--perfect for fans of Revolution and Code Name Verity --from...

The fantasy debut sensation of 2025 🐆🐆🐆 WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they...