Historical Fiction

`A modern day Nancy Mitford.' Sir Elton John `Fans of Downton Abbey will love this.' Davina McCall Christmas morning, 1969. All eleven-year-old Esme Munroe wants for Christmas is for her...

A medieval tragedy and tale of retribution - The Dungeon is a powerful story from a writer of great skill and potency. The setting is medieval Scotland, a land dominated...

Set in Australia during the era of the Great Depression, Polio Epidemic and World War Two this is the true story of an adventurous little girl and her faithful companion....

A vivid, romantic story of Sydney in the 1930s Depression - the heartbreak, the glamour, the dark underbelly, the struggle towards a better day - and one young woman's dream...

A timeless love story that grew out of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that...

Author: Jeffery FarnolBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd, London, 1915Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerBeltane The Smith...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Sundial, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light general wear, pages have some light foxing/yellowing, previous owner...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann/Octopus, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped and has some general wear and tear at corners and edgesWilbur Smith's...

Author: Catherine CooksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light wearA Dinner Of Herbs chronicles the poignant journey of a...

Author: Anton MyrerBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tear along corners and edges and sticker remnants on...

Author: Dave O'MayBinding: HardbackPublished: Self-published, 1976Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has some light wear in parts, Song Of Steam chronicles the rise and...

Author: Irene ShubikBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, previous owner name inside, light foxing to page...

Author: Frances Parkinson KeyesBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Steamboat Gothic is a...

Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe historical account The Private Life Of Doctor Crippen chronicles the infamous case of Hawley Harvey Crippen, a...

Author: Lord LyttonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and dull boards. "Sandglass" laid in A vivid historical novel, The Last Days Of...

Author: George Eliot; Illustrated by Lynton LambBinding: HardbackPublished: Heritage Press, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dull and worn cover. Internally sound. "Sandglass" laid-in. This poignant Victorian novel...

Author: Stanley ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, London, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA captivating historical mystery, Sherlock Holmes At The 1902 Fifth Test transports readers to...

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Strauss and Giroux, NY, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stain on back endpaper. Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Estate chronicles...

Author: M.M. KayeBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking Press, 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe historical narrative The Golden Calm: An English Lady's Life In Moghal Delhi chronicles the...

Author: J.G. JeffreysBinding: HardbackPublished: Walker & Co,, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Thistlewood Plot immerses readers in a gripping historical thriller, chronicling a clandestine conspiracy that threatened...

Author: Anthony BurgessBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson & Co, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Kingdom Of The Wicked by Anthony Burgess presents a compelling narrative that reimagines the early...

Author: Maslyn WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W.Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe Far Side of the Sky chronicles Maslyn Williams's compelling experiences...

Author: Henry KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Lloyd O'Neil , 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cracked binding. Pages attached.The Recollections Of Geoffry Hamlyn...

Author: Philip GibbsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light bumping on corners. Philip Gibbs' The...

Author: Michael J. BirdBinding: HardbackPublished: Allan Wingate, London, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis novel chronicles a thrilling journey into ancient mysteries. It uncovers a dangerous legacy tied...

Author: Louis De WohlBinding: HardbackPublished: Gollancz., 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Glorious Folly: A Novel Of The Time Of St. Paul transports readers to the...

Author: Louis De WohlBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Name on back endpaper. Louis De Wohl's The Quiet Light...

Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives in Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima for the first time. But this is 1941....

Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, a timeless story of how war transforms lives in unexpected and often tragic ways as seen through the eyes of three World War I...

From a bestselling Australian author comes a compelling narrative set in the 1930s and modern-day South Australia. How much of who we are is destiny and how much chance? In...

Darkly handsome and dangerously sexy, these voracious vampires are out for blood - and bound for eternal love . . . Dark Secret by Hannah Howell Alone in the world...

A tale of murder, passion and intrigue set in the majestic city of Constantinople. From global superstar Matthew Reilly comes this gripping historical thriller . . . * * *...

The new novel from the international No. 1 bestselling author When Ruby and Verity met as girls they came from different worlds. Verity was privately educated, living in a beautiful...

In the late 18th century, intent on avenging her family's death at the hands of a cult leader, Lady Leigh Strachan dresses as a boy and seeks out the reclusive...

Luca Vero is a member of the secret Order of Darkness, tasked with searching out and reporting signs of the end of the world. Breaking his journey in Piccolo, he...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER * A magisterial novel of love and war that traces the life of one man from World War II to the present. Available...

The third installment of the international best-selling Hangman's Daughter series 1662: Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of a village in the Alps, receives a letter from his sister calling him to...

Bridget Mulligan loves her husband. He is caring, loyal and dependable - everything a woman could ask for. But she can't quite forget Harry - the one that got away...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times...

His name was Taggart and he rode with a price on his head through the bloodred canyons of Apache country. Behind him was a ruthless bounty hunter- the deadliest lawman...

Three girls. One city. Who will be the last flapper standing? i> t's Chicago 1924. Born into American high society, Gloria is the girl who has it all. Living the...

At the opening of the War of 1812, the British control the most powerful navy on earth, and Americans are again victims of piracy. Bliven Putnam, late of the Battle...

Hornblower gets his first independent command in this installment of C. S. Forester's beloved series, "the most popular modern saga of the days when ships were wood and men were...

N.B. R S Downie is published in the US as Ruth Downie and this book, RUSO AND THE DISAPPEARING DANCING GIRLS, is published in the US as MEDICUS: A NOVEL...