Historical Fiction

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer-for fans of The Enigma Game and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.Virginia, 1943: World...

The perfect book club read FOR FANS OF CELESTE NG and MIN JIN LEE.'A riveting mother-daughter tale' Elle'Spellbinding and intricately layered' E.M. Tran 'A gripping tale about motherhood' Heat'This novel...

'Sunlit and dark, painful and joyous' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasIn 1931, Gregory Hemingway's life begins in Kansas City, Missouri. The third and favourite child of an overbearing father,...

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'Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted' LEIGH BARDUGO    ...

'STRIKINGLY INTENSE. . . IMMERSIVE AND THOROUGHLY COMPELLING' SFX The war is over but peace can be hell.Demons continue to burn farmlands, violent mercenaries roam the wilds and a plague...

The Big Guy loves his family, money and democracy. Undone by the results of the 2008 Presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of...

Inspired by true historical events in the Caribbean, River Sing Me Home will break your heart and then lift you up. A soaring story of courage and sacrifice, this novel...

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey, a moving love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she...

1932, Minnesota-the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an...

The New York Time's bestseller from coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic romantic comedy that's What If It's Us meets...

The lush and pulse-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Witch Haven "sparkles with magic" (Kirkus Reviews) as it follows Frances and her fellow witches to the streets...

A groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed debut novel of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries, in a timeslip story exploring the legacy of slavery, selected as The Times Children's Book...

A groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed debut novel of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries, in a timeslip story exploring the legacy of slavery, selected as The Times Children's Book...

Deadly wolves attack throughout the kingdom of Belbidia, while the king's wife-to-be has been kidnapped. For both of these, the Barony of Torra Alta is blamed. The heroes must face...

A deeply moving new novel about the young Princess DianaDiana believes in love. Growing up amid the fallout of her parents' bitter divorce, she takes refuge in romantic novels. She...

TRAITORS OF ROME: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAn enthralling Cato and Macro adventure from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD...

'Exciting and immersive! A compelling story that crackles with intrigue, passion and humour' TRACY REES       'Beautifully researched, emotionally charged, elegantly told, this is a story to savour...

The heartbreaking new novel from the author of An Orphan's Wish.Having recently arrived in England, abandoned by her father and brother, Isabella is left to look after her dying mother...

A darkness takes shape beneath the waters of Venice . . . and somewhere in the Ospedale della Pieta, there are two girls breathing beside each other, legs entwined.'Enchanting and...

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'An epic voyage well worth taking ... Exhilarating' Marianka Swain, TelegraphOne of Britain's outstanding historical writers delivers a romantic and picaresque masterpiece that tells the fascinating story of William Neilson....

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Penitent is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of guilt, redemption,...

Author: Xiran Jay ZhaoBinding: HardbackPublished: Rock the Boat, 2021, FIRST UK EDITION! ILLUMICRATE EXCLUSIVE EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: SignedIron Widow is a thrilling young adult novel...

The thrilling and unputdownable new novel from bestselling author of The Clockwork Girl, Anna Mazzola!'Vividly alive with menace, magic, and mystery' ESSIE FOX'A vivid and atmospheric historical adventure' DAILY MAIL'A...

'A really thrilling and totally original story of Greek mythology that I can't recommend highly enough' JENNIFER SAINT Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates . . . You've...

'It was not predictable in any sense and kept me so gripped I could not put it down' Meet Kavithri. Outcast. Underdog. Survivor.Kavi is a Taemu. Her people, once feared...

Follow London's newest detective, Enola Holmes, in her action-packed seventh adventure - from the series that inspired the films, starring Millie Bobby Brown. Read them all before the next film...

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An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith.IN THE RUINS OF BATTLEA HERO MUST RISEFOR THE GLORY OF EGYPTYears of Hyksos rule have...

Join brave little Nell and her beloved companion Cave Bear in this second delightful adventure from renowned illustrator Martin Brown (The Horrible Histories).Praise for NELL AND THE CAVE BEAR: "A...

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In the wake of a devastating fire in the mountains of North Carolina, Highlander Jamie Fraser and his English wife, Claire, find themselves homeless and without family, in the midst...

Munich, 1935 - The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars.What they don't...

Alexander of Macedon was just twenty years old in 334BC when he set out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world....

The perfect book club read FOR FANS OF CELESTE NG and MIN JIN LEE.'A riveting mother-daughter tale' Elle'Spellbinding and intricately layered' E.M. Tran 'A gripping tale about motherhood' Heat'This novel...

Nuneaton, 1875.Lily Moon, the local miner's daughter, spends her days as a parlour maid for Lord and Lady Bellingham at Oakley Manor, on the outskirts of Nuneaton. She's always been...

A thrilling mystery adventure based on true historical events, from the author of I, SPY: A BLETCHLEY PARK MYSTERY.Before the war starts, Ned is resigned to a future working in...

Be swept away by the new breath-taking romantic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author and Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke.London, 1938.This Christmas, you are cordially invited to the...

'Characters you'll come to love and a story that keeps you turning the page.' Rosie Goodwin .' Rosie GoodwinThe fourth book in a dramatic and moving World War II saga...

'Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the EndThree women. An isolated town. A decades-old mystery.1933. Cornelia Stover is not the kind of woman...

Follow London's newest detective, Enola Holmes, in her dramatic final adventure - from the series that inspired the films, starring Millie Bobby Brown. Read them all before the next film...

They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn.'Three women's fight for survival in a time of madness' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The MerciesNorway, 1662....

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action-driven novel shows once again that Celia Rees is one of our very best writers...

YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A DEATH IN BERLIN, THE NEW BERLIN WARTIME THRILLER FROM SIMON SCARROW, NOW - COMING MARCH 2025   'A compelling, atmospheric page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH      ...