Weyward by Emilia Hart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
KATE, 2019 Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. VIOLET, 1942 Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing tree ...Show more
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
$27.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
Julie Otsuka's "The Buddha in the Attic", the follow-up to "When the Emperor Was Divine" was shortlisted for the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction 2012. Between the first and second world wars a group of young ...Show more
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the visionary author of Sudden Death, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story set in sixteenth-century Mexico A hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story in sixteenth-century Mexico, from the visionary author of Sudden Death One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernan Cortes rode i ...Show more
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Tie-in): the internationally bestselling novel, now a Stan series by Heather Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
This internationally bestselling novel is now a six-part drama series streaming on Stan in 2024, starring Harvey Keitel. The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of me ...Show more
The Sugar Palace: The gripping historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
One woman's ambitionSydney, 1925- When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Sweeting, dreams of selling her homemade confectionery are spun into reality.A criminal pastWhen the truth about Alfie's roguish past is revealed, Grace and Alfie's fairytale sweetshop - and their lives - come ...Show more
The War Nurses by Anthea Hodgson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A moving and inspiring WWII novel of friendship and courage, based on the true events of the Bangka Island Massacre, by the bestselling author of The Drifter. 'A powerful and absorbing story of friendship and courage, bringing to life a history that should never be forgotten. I could not put this book d ...Show more
The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the ...Show more
The Tin Nose Shop by Don J. Snyder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB RECOMMENDED READ INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE LAST GREAT UNTOLD STORIES OF WW1 1916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the 'Tin Nose Shop' he is tasked with creating intricate masks t ...Show more
The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenje
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
THE BINDING MEETS FINGERSMITH BY WAY OF THE WIDE SARGASSO SEA . . . AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORICAL MYSTERYThe library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained. 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other ...Show more
Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it's time to hear his. In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry - and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother. But Arthur's untimely death sees Harry crowned King Henr ...Show more
Chloe by Katrina Kell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A riveting novel based on the true story of the brave, enigmatic young woman who modelled for one of Australia's most famous paintings. Taking the reader from Victoria's wild shipwreck coast to the artists' studios of revolutionary Paris and the bloody battlefields of Flanders, this sweeping novel reim ...Show more
The Engraver's Secret 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