Historical Fiction

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A totally absorbing, tense and dark 12th-century medieval crime story with a charming and engaging hero, the Chevalier Galeran. Blue Blood is set in Chartres. In 1134, a fire destroyed...

It is 1854, and with the certainty of land behind her, Sarah flees her home for the uncertainties of life in the new colony. In steerage, she joins the other...

Over one hundred years have passed since Dirk Struan founded Hong Kong's oldest trading company. But now, the Noble House is in danger. As Hong Kong itself becomes the deadly...

In 1731, leaving their home and the Age of Reason behind them, two brothers set sail from a castle in Portugal and travel ...up. Bartolomeu has built the world's first...

"Crichton's ultimate adventure."-- San Francisco Chronicle " Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action....A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure." -- USA Today "Riveting....Great entertainment....The pages and minutes fly by."...

'Fast-paced and exciting. This is Chinn's first foray into Tudor fiction, and I hope it won't be her last. An ideal read for fans of Philippa Gregory and Joanna Courtney'...

A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses - a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke. Once upon a time Ella had...

Secondhand Vintage Adventure Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2793 Ten Choose Your Own Adventure classics — all from the iconic R.A. Montgomery run of the series — are joined by three...

Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2825 A box dominated by D.H. Lawrence — eight titles spanning his novels, novellas, travel writing, and collaborations — alongside four Compton Mackenzie comedies,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical fantasy and satirical fiction, My First Two Thousand Years: The Autobiography of the Wandering Jew chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA rare and charming work of early twentieth-century Australian fiction, Letters From Queer Street: Being Some Of The Correspondence Of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA surrealist novel as dazzling and disorienting as the paintings of its creator, Hidden Faces chronicles the decadent...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Binding loose - pages still intact. A landmark work of literary criticism and appreciation, Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA harrowing work of Holocaust memoir and historical narrative, A Generation of Wrath: A Story of Embattlement, Survival and Deliverance...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of Soviet literature, Virgin Soil Upturned: A Novel, Book One chronicles the turbulent collectivization of a Don Cossack...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of historical naval fiction, A Brig of War chronicles the perilous adventures of Nathaniel Drinkwater, a young...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerSet against the vivid backdrop of fourth-century BCE Greece and Sicily, The Mask of Apollo is a richly imagined work...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of early English fiction, The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jack chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA charming work of Australian children's fiction, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts by Colin Thiele chronicles the imaginative and humorous adventures surrounding...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A landmark work of historical memoir and primary source literature, Historical Memoirs of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsSet against the raw, unforgiving landscape of nineteenth-century Australia, A Fringe of Leaves is a sweeping work of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the sun-drenched landscapes of Italy and Australia, The Lemon Farm is a mid-twentieth-century literary novel by Australian author...

Edition: First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA darkly comic work of Israeli literary fiction, Fortunes of a Fool by Aharon Megged...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacket.A gripping work of adventure fiction, The Gulf of Pain chronicles the dangerous...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the fog-laden streets and rigid social hierarchies of Victorian England, The Great Train Robbery is a masterfully crafted...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. Set against the fading grandeur of the French aristocracy,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of literary fiction, Delcorso's Gallery chronicles the harrowing journey of Nick DelCorso, a seasoned war photographer whose...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThe second volume of Karl Marx's monumental work Capital stands as a rigorous work of political...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of Dutch literary fiction, The Waterman chronicles the solitary, elemental life of Maarten Rossaert, a ferryman whose existence...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping adventure romance set against the dramatic landscapes of southern Africa, Benita: An African Romance chronicles the perilous journey...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA beloved classic of Victorian literature, Tom Brown's School Days chronicles the formative years of young Tom Brown as he...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA work of historical fiction for young readers, The Dutchman Bold: The Story of Abel Tasman chronicles the remarkable...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Czech literature, The Bass Saxophone presents two novellas — the title story and Emöke — that...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA bold and darkly comic work of Australian literary fiction, Dreamhouse chronicles the disintegrating marriage of Louise and Rennie, an...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of Victorian short fiction, Wessex Tales presents Thomas Hardy's richly atmospheric collection of stories set against the rural landscapes of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet in a devastated seventeenth-century Polish village still reeling from the Cossack massacres, Satan...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of the classic detective fiction genre, Trent's Last Case chronicles the investigation of Philip Trent, an amateur sleuth...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of English literature, The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property; Indian Summer of a Forsyte chronicles the lives of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of Edwardian and early twentieth-century literary fiction, Over the River serves as the concluding volume of John Galsworthy's End of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of wartime espionage fiction, Come Into My Parlour chronicles the daring exploits of Gregory Sallust, Dennis Wheatley's charismatic secret...