Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge is a mysterious, transporting tale about the unbreakable bond of sisterhood, from the author of the critically acclaimed Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter. London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared. Maude, her older sister, knows only that Constance abandoned the ...Show more
Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
Sisters under the Rising Sun, the captivating new novel by Heather Morris, is a story of women in war: a testament to resilience, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances. It is February 1942. Amid the turmoil of World War II, a group of Australian Army nurses, among them Nesta James and ...Show more
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
28.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality. Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As th ...Show more
The Paper Man by Billy O'Callaghan
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A deeply moving interwar romance based on a real-life unsolved mystery, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling writer of Life Sentences. 1980s Cork. Jack Shine is sorting through his mother's belongings when he discovers a shoe box full of love letters and newspaper clippings. Jack's mother, Rebekah ...Show more
The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness? Meirionydd, 1783. Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital. The only job he can find is as a physician in the backwaters of Wales where he can't speak the ...Show more
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front. On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn ...Show more
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
The compelling and heartrending new novel from the award-winning author of Norwegian By Night and How To Find Your Way In The Dark We will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin our way to Napoli. We will trust no one but each other, and we will remember that in this place, at this time, there is no w ...Show more
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
An exhilarating, fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art, and of daring to dream of something bigger than ourselves. 'Bold and totally unexpected, I loved this book' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ... 'A very special, very clever, very entertaining novel' Roddy Doyle, author of Padd ...Show more
Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame - until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light. Unsure of what to expect but bent on uncovering what really lies beneath the canvas, Alana steps into Sara Murphy's well-guarded ...Show more
My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
While Stella Miles Franklin took on the world, her beloved sister Linda led a short, domestic life as a wife, mother and sister. In a remarkable, genre-bending debut novel Amy Brown thrillingly reimagines those two lives – and her own – to explore and explode the contradictions embedded in brilliant ca ...Show more
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Essex Dogs Trilogy Ser.
For the Dogs, the war has only just begun. Caught up in the siege of Calais, in the midst of a brutal eleven-month blockade of a small port on the French coast, they are no longer blindly walking into the unknown. But the men still have more questions than answers about what faces them and why. What ar ...Show more
The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes
28.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal.