Ritual of Fire (#03 Cesare Aldo) by D. V. Bishop
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Cesare Aldo Ser.
'It's hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence. Religion and lust? Money and politics? It's all here, combined into a murderous brew' - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. ...Show more
House of Odysseus by Claire North
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: The\Songs of Penelope Ser.
'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' - Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca comes House of Odysseus, the second novel in Claire North's 'Songs of Penelope' trilogy - an exquisite, gripping tale that ...Show more
Betrayal by Lesley Pearse
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
Pre-order the brand-new novel from Lesley Pearse - Betrayal . . .Eve should never have married Don Hathaway. Yes, he gave her two beautiful children - Olly and Tabitha - but he is a bully.Worse than that, he hurts her.But, after one drunken rage too many, she has the courage to leave him. Eve is warned ...Show more
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A girl known only as Red, the daughter of a Cornish fortune-teller, travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient method: the Square of Sevens. When her father suddenly dies, Red becomes the ward of a gentleman scholar. Now raised as a lady amidst the Georgian splendour o ...Show more
Prize Women by Caroline Lea
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
On his deathbed in 1920s Toronto, a wealthy man decides to make some trouble . . . An astonishing new novel based on one of history's most shocking untold stories, from the author of The Metal Heart Lily di Marco and Mae Thebault were once friends. They lived under the same roof and cared for each other ...Show more
The Wish Child by Catherine Chidgey
30.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Siggi lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words ('promise', 'love', 'mercy'). Erich is a ...Show more
Coco at the Ritz - A Novel by Gioia Diliberto
35.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War II. Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogate ...Show more
The Hidden Storyteller by Mandy Robotham
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germany. The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes . . . Hamburg, 1946. The war is over, and Germany in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns ...Show more
The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible construction of the Panama Canal and casting light on the unsung people who lived and laboured in its shadow – by acclaimed author Cristina Henríquez. It is said that the Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it mu ...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
Palace of Shadows by Ray Celestin
38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
An outstanding historical novel for fans of The Essex Serpent and Piranesi, Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows can lay claim to having at its centre the most Gothic House of them all . . ."I'm not asking you to build something impossible. I'm asking you to build something that contains all the strangeness ...Show more
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
25.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Bronze Horseman Trilogy
Called "a Russian Thorn Birds," The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world. The golden skies, the translucent twilight, and the white nights all hold the promise of youth, of love, and of eternal renewal. The war has ...Show more