{"product_id":"secondhand-historical-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp4242","title":"Secondhand Historical \u0026 Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4242","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Historical \u0026amp; Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4242\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEighteen novels, half hardback: Colm Tóibín’s The Master, Alan Hollinghurst’s The Sparsholt Affair, Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen, Sean Michaels’ Giller-winning Us Conductors, Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, Sharpe’s Fortress, Bridgerton book two, Fatal Throne, Gerald Seymour, Amanda Quick, Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail, Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir and more. Historical fiction with a literary spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUs Conductors — Sean Michaels — Leon Theremin, inventor of the instrument, in Jazz Age New York and then the Gulag, writing to the woman he loved. Won the Giller Prize; elegant and grippingly told, says the Sunday Times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Girl from Terezin — Hana Sternlicht — A WWII Holocaust survival true story: Terezin, Auschwitz and after, from the girl who lived it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugene Onegin — Alexander Pushkin — The bored aristocrat, the girl who writes to him, the duel, and the ending where she refuses him. Russia’s founding novel, in verse, in Stanley Mitchell’s translation. Penguin Classics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixing Shadows — Susan Barrett — Victorian London, a woman with a secret, and a house with too many rooms. Linguistically brilliant, says the Telegraph; Barrett’s gothic debut.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Queen — Philippa Gregory — Elizabeth Woodville, the commoner who married Edward IV and whose sons were the Princes in the Tower. The Cousins’ War book one and the basis for the BBC series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre You Somebody? — Nuala O’Faolain — The Irish Times columnist’s accidental memoir of growing up poor in Dublin, drinking, loving the wrong people and finding a voice at fifty. Glows with compassion, says Frank McCourt; a fine wine of a life. Extended edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Wheel of Stars — Laura Gilmour Bennett — Medieval Languedoc, the Cathars and a present-day woman drawn into it. The historical novel of the decade, says She.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me — Julia Quinn — Anthony’s story: the eldest Bridgerton, the sister he shouldn’t want, and the pall mall game. The Netflix series two tie-in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeduction — Amanda Quick — A tawny-haired lass has her own reasons for a marriage of convenience: Regency romance with a scholar heroine and an earl who needs an heir. Quick’s first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Price Too High — Annie Wilkinson — An unforgettable tale of wartime love: a Yorkshire saga from the author of A Sovereign for a Song.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSharpe’s Fortress — Bernard Cornwell — Richard Sharpe, newly an officer and hated for it, at the siege of Gawilghur in India, 1803. Book three chronologically, and the one with the climb up the cliff.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHome Run — Gerald Seymour — A drug courier, a customs officer and a run from Iran. Seymour’s 1989 thriller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Merchant’s Daughter — Rebecca Hardy — Desperate times lead to hasty vows: a Regency bargain and a candlelit window.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFatal Throne — M.T. Anderson, Candace Fleming, Jennifer Donnelly, Deborah Hopkinson, Linda Sue Park, Lisa Ann Sandell \u0026amp; Stephanie Hemphill — The wives of Henry VIII tell all: each wife by a different YA author, and Henry’s rebuttal. A clever collaboration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Master — Colm Tóibín — Henry James from 1895 to 1899: the theatrical failure, the dead sister, the men he couldn’t love. Tóibín’s masterpiece, and the best novel about a novelist. Hardback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sparsholt Affair — Alan Hollinghurst — Oxford 1940, a beautiful undergraduate, and the scandal that shadows his son sixty years later. From the Booker winner; hardback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDying Is Easier Than Loving — Ahmet Altan — The last of the Ottoman Quartet: Istanbul, 1914, and a war coming. From the Turkish novelist who wrote it in prison. Europa.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Oregon Trail: A New American Journey — Rinker Buck — Two brothers drive a covered wagon two thousand miles across the Trail, with mules and a dog. Enchanting, says the Wall Street Journal; New York Times bestseller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51071844712667,"sku":"SP4242","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4242.jpg?v=1794200039","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-historical-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp4242","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}