House of Longing by Tara Calaby
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
An irresistible sapphic historical romance from a dazzling new Australian talent. Charlotte has always known she is different. Where other young women see their destiny in marriage and motherhood, the reclusive Charlotte wants only to work with her father in his stationery business; perhaps even run it ...Show more
Dressed By Iris by Mary-Anne O'Connor
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A vivid, romantic story of Sydney in the 1930s Depression - the heartbreak, the glamour, the dark underbelly, the struggle towards a better day - and one young woman's dream of designing her way from rags to riches. For readers of Natasha Lester and Victoria Purman. 1930: Seventeen-year-old Iris Mitchel ...Show more
At the Breakfast Table by Defne Suman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade. Prinkipo Island, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka. It ...Show more
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Gundagai, 1852 The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she esc ...Show more
Queen and Country by Alan Judd
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In a dangerous world nothing is straightforward. Not even murder.'Judd...knows his stuff when it comes to the milieu of espionage.' The Times'An elegant and informed British espionage novel.' Financial Times'Authentic, clever and wonderfully entertaining.' Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6 'We ca ...Show more
Never to Surrender by Mary-Anne O'Connor
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
1941. A young German-Australian soldier meets a passionate Cretan girl and together they are caught up in guerrilla warfare during the brutal Nazi invasion of Crete. A heartfelt, sweeping saga of World War II, from the peaceful farmlands of NSW to the Mediterranean's glittering, dangerous shores, for re ...Show more
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021 'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles Foden 'Exquisite' Telegraph' A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer' Philippe Sands 'To read Afterlives is to be returned to the joy of storytelling' Aminatta Forna 'Effortlessly compelling story ...Show more
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
$34.99 AUD
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
The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire van Ryn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home resident with dementia and a doll cradled lovingly in her arms. Bit by bit, Nora reveals details about her younger life as a spirited teenage girl living beneath the Great Western Tiers in Tasmania's heartl ...Show more
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
$32.99 AUD
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
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The third novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang. It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an ...Show more
The Engraver's Secret: The new, gripping and captivating debut art history novel for fans of Jessie Burton, Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O'Farrell by Lisa Medved
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Two women, a mysterious map, and a family secret spanning hundreds of years . A stunning art history thriller for fans of Dominic Smith, Pip Williams and Lauren Chater set around the life, times, and feuds of the artist Peter Paul Rubens. What do you do when the weight of betrayal grows too heavy to bea ...Show more