Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her a ...Show more
To Sing of War by Catherine McKinnon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War. December 1944: In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse, Lotte Wyld, chances upon her first love, Virgil Nicholson, there to fight the Japanese and ke ...Show more
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie by Janet Skeslien Charles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of wome ...Show more
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for FICTION is now available in paperback!'Gorgeous prose, attention to detail and masterful characters. Haunting storytelling and a refreshing look at history' KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerising story about a mother and da ...Show more
Vita and the Birds by Polly Crosby
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Kate Morton and Kate Mosse. 1938: Lady Vita Goldsborough lives in the shadow of her controlling older brother, Aubrey. Trapped and isolated on the East Anglian coast, Vita takes solace in watching the birds that fly over the marshes. But then she meets local art ...Show more
A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Beautifully written and illuminating... Excellently conveys the experience of being deaf in a hearing world' Priscilla Morris, Women's Prize Shortlisted author of Black Butterflies Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiance receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ell ...Show more
One Illumined Thread: The inspired stunning new debut historical novel for fans of Geraldine Brooks, Dominic Smith and Pip Williams by Sally Colin-James
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by a thread of longing and a singular creative spirit - for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Winman, Maggie O'Farrell and Pip Williams. Longlisted for the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. B ...Show more
The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
An elegant blend of fact and fiction, The Story Thief is a stirring drama set against pivotal moments in Australian history, about a young woman who discovers her family's story has been appropriated by Henry Lawson for his famous tale, The Drover's Wife. 'Brimming with evocative, authentic detail, The ...Show more
Under a Cerulean Sky by Jane Coverdale
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1911, two English roses embark on an adventure under the Indian sun that will test their every limit When high society sisters Isobel and Violet find themselves down on their luck, an unexpected inheritance sends them on an unforgettable voyage of discovery to face a wild destiny, deep in the jungles ...Show more
The Fire and the Rose by Robyn Cadwallader
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book of Colours, comes The Fire and the Rose, a vibrant, richly-imagined and deeply moving novel set in the turbulent world of 13th century England. England, 1276: Forced to leave her home village, Eleanor mo ...Show more
The London Bookshop Affair: A Novel by Louise Fein
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bookshop involved in an espionage network, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff.Two courageous women. One astonishing secret. A world on the bri ...Show more
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Kate Morton's highly acclaimed novels have sold over 11 million copies worldwide and are number one bestsellers around the world. '. . . in her most ambitious work yet . . . Morton proves once again that history is not a straight line but an intricate, infinite web.' - Booklist '. . .(a) meditative read ...Show more