Historical Fiction

Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box Explore compelling narratives and rich historical settings with this collection of secondhand literary fiction and historical novels. From journeys of self-discovery and intense personal...

A catastrophic industrial accident sparks a novel exploring immigration, friendship, masculinity, family, and grief. In 1970, newly married 22-year-old Italian immigrant Antonello is working as a rigger on the West...

Rosie is not alone in her growing apprehension towards Australia's involvement in a war. Like many mothers, she feels helpless as her sons are swayed by the relentless pull of...

FROM THE SHADOWS. A NEW EVIL WILL RISE. FACELESS. NAMELESS. Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back...

1854, Edinburgh. Respectable faces hide private sins. Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should...

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...

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are...

At the outbreak of World War I, eleven-year-old Elsie Clarke is shipped off to Wales to attend Miss Coleridge's Academy for Gifted Youths. What at first appears to be an...

'Prepare to be both dazzled and discombobulated. You have been warned.' The Sydney Morning Herald 'Readers expecting to snuggle up with a bit of Miss Marple-style cosy crime will be...

Inspired by the true story of one woman's extraordinary journey to forge a new life after escaping a train bound for Auschwitz. In 1946 two young Hungarian refugees arrive in...

A debut swashbuckling fantasy following a powerful sorceress, the Marquese Enid d'Tancreville, as she is forced on the run where she meets a vast cast of characters including a young...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot For fans of The Age of Light and Z comes a "beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship" (Katy Hays,...

It's the eighties, baby! This adorable, electric board book features everything from neon legwarmers to totally rad rock music, and plenty of eighties slang! I'm an eighties baby, check me...

An older and more mature Rose and Phebe navigate love and loss while coming into their own in this sequel to Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little...

An older and more mature Rose and Phebe navigate love and loss while coming into their own in this sequel to Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little...

Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic Cinderella story of a young girl who maintains kindness above all as she goes from riches to rags and back again now has an eye-catching new...

Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story of a little girl, a mysterious hidden garden, and the healing power of nature is back with a beautifully redesigned cover. When Mary Lennox is...

Perfect for fans of The Beatryce Prophecy and Catherine, Called Birdy , this "spirited" ( Booklist ) historical middle grade coming-of-age story set in medieval times follows a strong-minded girl...

Four starred reviews! "Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run." -Amy Sarig King, Printz Award-winning author of Dig...

A recently orphaned girl meets her extended family-including seven rambunctious cousins-for the first time in this charming novel from Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women ! Thirteen-year-old Rose Campbell...

Set in 2005, this gorgeously illustrated, funny, and honest graphic novel follows four teens who stumble into an illicit anime DVD-burning business that shakes up their conservative small town...and their...

From the master storyteller Jeffrey Archer, Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel from the author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel. Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander...

The Rake When Juliet Smythe-Clyde is forced to spend several nights in the devastatingly handsome Duke of Brabourne's house-unchaperoned -her reputation is in tatters. And despite his cynical nature, Brabourne...

'What a heroine Endurance Proudfoot is! I loved her from the start. An unconventional woman who takes us on a fascinating - if bumpy - ride through a man's world....

Midnight Rider Count Eduardo Cortes's fortune - and future at his beloved ranch - is in question. Tragedy, money woes and family pressure are now driving him toward a marriage...

Now a Netflix series starring Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly and James Brolin! In the remote west Texas town of Ransom Canyon, family can be made by blood or by choice....

The second novel in the Victorian 'Ladies of Lantern Street' novels features paid companion/private inquiry agent Beatrice Lockwood and burned out ex-spy Joshua North in a mystery involving paranormal forces...

Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Imperial Secret Service. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot and the prime suspect...

"Why do weird things always happen to me?" Dana thought she had solved all the historical mysteries in her parents' house in Lawrence, Kansas. But now that her parents have...

'A master storyteller' The Huffington Post *New York Times bestselling author* 'Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting' Publishers Weekly An...

War, secrets and an unbearable choice- your sister or your lover? 1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her...

Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...

From the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow , a "sharply stylish" ( Boston Globe ) book about a young woman...

Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the third volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Prepare to meet an evil paperclip,...

Based on true events, this gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, follows one of the first female US Ministers, Daisy Harriman, and her niece as the...

Join Theo on new adventure at Dragon Towers - the school where everyone has their own dragon best friend! A hilarious new series from the author of the Naughtiest Unicorn...

A gripping ghost story from Britain's best-loved children's storyteller, full of friendship, adventure and a pirate queen. 'You're not . . . you're not Grania O'Malley, are you?' 'Who else...

The epic sequel to Taran Matharu's instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar... 'A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and...

A dramatic new departure for international bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, FOOLS AND MORTALS takes us into the heart of the Elizabethan era, long one of his favourite periods of British...

Valiant Soldier, Beautiful Enemy A soldier's second chance... Captain Gabriel Deane has known his fair share of pain, but he'd take a dagger to the chest rather than relive the...

While Saladin ruthlessly sets about uniting the whole of Arabia under his rule, the Kingdom of Jerusalem is torn apart by treachery and intrigue, and when the murderous knight Reynald...

From acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack, "Jr." comes a thrilling graphic novel biography of an unforgettable man. Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love grew up...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Worn boards with rubbed edges. A sprawling work of historical fiction, Illywhacker chronicles the...

Author: David MaloufBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1996Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Light tanning to spine of dust jacket, page edges have some light...

Author: Hervey AllenBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Clean text. This sweeping historical romance,...

A black comedy about the making of a propaganda film in World War II, destined to become a classic britflick Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and...

Bold and clever, THE CAVANAUGHS are unlike any other family in early Victorian England. No.1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues to explore the enthralling world of these...

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a new series that captures the simmering desires and intrigues of early Victorians as only she can. Ryder Cavanaugh's...