Historical Fiction

The Captain Claims His Lady A mysterious stranger... can she trust in their attraction? Shy Lizzie Hutton knows her height and clumsiness alone make her a debutante to avoid. Until...

A stunning evocation of Australian life through the war to the 1950s, this novel is intimate and sweeping, immediate and dreamlike - a magical rendering of darkness and joy, and...

'Jim Harrison is a writer with immortality in him.' The Sunday Times 'Set in the heart of America, his stories move with random power and reach, in the manner of...

Lizzie is lucky. Her dad refuses to fight in the war unlike the other dads in her street. 'I won't kill anyone,' he says.'War is wrong.' But she knows that...

Roma is the story of the ancient city of Rome, from its mythic beginnings as a campsite along a trade route to its emergence as the centre of the most...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsRuth Park's A Power of Roses is a work of Australian fiction that chronicles the lives of ordinary...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text. A landmark work of mid-twentieth-century British...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Name penned on title...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - slightly shaky. Clean text....

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sweeping work of biographical fiction, The Young Cosima chronicles the turbulent early life of Cosima Liszt, daughter...

Edition: rep.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsSet in the gritty, vibrant slums of Surry Hills in post-World War II Sydney, The Harp in...

Edition: A & R Classics EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket showing usual aging signs but still in very good conditionSet against the turbulent...

Edition: A & R Classics EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on top of block, does not bleed into pages. Pages are crisp...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light tanning on foxing on block, some tide lines on internal pages but mainly...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner written in small ink on top right corner of front end page - book...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: some tears along jacket spine and one tear at the back. Otherwise fine.A towering...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerExperience the rugged beauty and harsh realities of the Australian Gulf Country in this Miles Franklin Award-winning classic. Set in the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping family saga rooted in the tradition of the great English novel, The Wheel of Fortune chronicles the turbulent...

Edition: First American EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket is slightly chipped and worn around edges, only large tear...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: usual aging, still in good conditon. A landmark of Australian fiction, Power Without Glory chronicles the rise of John...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Top corner of FEP torn away, otherwise pages intact, structural and clean. One tear...

Edition: Book clubCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded spine - otherwise fineA sweeping historical romance set against the rugged backdrop of the American...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping Cold War thriller, A Matter of Honor chronicles the frantic journey of Adam Scott, a former British army...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Some moisture damage Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tide marks on top pages, otherwise flat and clean.. A landmark work of Australian immigrant fiction,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: long tear on front of jacket and smaller tears around edges, otherwise still integral. Small patch on back of jacket....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of historical espionage fiction, The Robespierre Serial chronicles the dangerous world of Cold War intrigue through the...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Book awarded to acknowledgementCopywriting Style: Write a compelling two-paragraph description. Paragraph 1:...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the explosive backdrop of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Whirlwind is a sweeping epic of political intrigue,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping work of Australian historical fiction, Storm of Time chronicles the turbulent early years of the New South Wales...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark of Australian literature, Such Is Life is a richly comic and philosophically layered novel set in the outback...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some tanning near flaps on underside of binding but otherwise clean.Set against the rugged and unforgiving Australian outback, this...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of adventure fiction, Campbell's Kingdom chronicles the journey of Bruce Wetheral, a young man given only months...

Edition: Sixth EditionCondition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some pages loose but still intact. Heavy wear to binding. Loose at connection between binding and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsAn epic narrative poem of sweeping ambition, Western Star chronicles the earliest chapters of American settlement through the eyes of those who...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical fiction, A Wayside Tavern chronicles over a thousand years of English history through the lens...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Glue residue on endpapers. Internally sound. A sweeping...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping Cold War thriller, The Stone Leopard chronicles a race against time as a shadowy assassin known...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA haunting work of postmodern historical fiction, A Maggot chronicles the mysterious disappearance of an unidentified...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy. A landmark of Australian literature,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: usual wear on jacket, slightly faded spine. Pages crisp and cleanA sweeping work of biographical...

Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine on jacket but otherwise fine. Foxing on block but does not extend into pages....

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: New in original plastic wrap. A cornerstone of Australian literature, this three-volume set comprises Richardson's magnificent "The Fortunes of Richard...

Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Box — 18 Book Eighteen novels, stories, poems, and anthologies of considerable range — from the cold war carnival of Wu Ming's 54 to the quiet...

Secondhand Drama, Poetry & Classics Bargain Book Box This collection of twenty-one volumes brings together a significant selection of foundational drama, modern literature, and historical studies. The set features landmark...

Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Box — 18 Book Nineteen novels, stories, poems, and essays of genuine literary ambition. Jonathan Franzen at full stretch, Colleen McCullough doing something you won't expect,...

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Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Box — 18 Books Eighteen novels of genuine literary ambition spanning four centuries and six continents. A Pulitzer Prize winner on the loneliness of marriage. Kingsley...