Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last a lifetime. In 1805, at boarding school in York, two fourteen-year-olds me ...Show more
The Naturalist of Amsterdam by Melissa Ashley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Another rich and sumptuously told tale based on the life of artist Dorothea Graff, from award-winning and bestselling author of The Birdman's Wife and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Melissa Ashley. Set in 1700s Amsterdam and the wilds of the South American jungle, it charts the creation of one of the mos ...Show more
The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham
$16.99 AUD
$22.99 (26% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives? Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. July, 1940 Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been working under ...Show more
The Sea Cemetery by Aslak Nore
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Falck Saga Ser.
There is no love lost between the Oslo and Bergen branches of the powerful Falck family. So when its steely matriarch dies with no will to be found, the seeds of an inheritance dispute are sown. Yet her legacy could be more damaging still. A manuscript confiscated by the secret police in the seventies ...Show more
The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
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 Mercies Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcraft. After recently widowed Z ...Show more
Black Shield Maiden by WILLOW and Jess Hendel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A feminist, multicultural reimagining of the Old Norse Sagas from the enormously talented duo Willow Smith and Jess Hendel. The Black Shield Maiden trilogy is a feminist, multicultural reimagining of the Heimskringla, the best known of the Old Norse king's sagas. It's both a bildungsroman and a revision ...Show more
Where Light Meets Water by Susan Paterson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
An evocative novel of love and art, and one man's journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne and New Zealand's rugged South Island. London, 1847. Sailor Tom Rutherford has two passions: the sea and his painting. Sent ...Show more
Blackwater by Conn Iggulden
$14.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A dark, chilling psychological thriller from the number one bestselling author of the Emperor series. Blackwater is being published as part of the Quick Reads initiative on World Book Day 2006. How do you know when you're in too deep? Davey has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, a smiling ...Show more
Josephine's Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
France, 1794. In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she'll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napoleon Bonaparte, becomes Empress Josephine of France and builds a garden ...Show more
The Dictator's Muse by Nigel Farndale
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Set against the backdrop of the Berlin Olympics and the political turmoil of 1930s London, The Dictator's Muse is a novel about misdirected love, buried guilt, and how the truths and lies of the past reveal themselves. Kim Newlands is an English athlete 'sponsored' by the Blackshirts and devoted to his ...Show more
Atomic Love by Jennie Fields
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. As far as I'm concerned there is nothing left to want. --Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House Love. Desire. Betrayal. Her choice could save a nation. Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Por ...Show more
The Escapades of Tribulation Johnson by Karen Brooks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this brilliant recreation of the vibrant, optimistic but politically treacherous world of London's Restoration theatre. We are introduced to the remarkable playwright Aphra Behn, now a feminist icon then an anomaly, who gravitated to the stage - a place whe ...Show more