Historical Fiction

Cold Sunset, the third novel starring accidental spy Gabriel Dax, takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal, in a tautly woven mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd....

In the darkness of war, light shines from the pages of a book… For as long as Alice Carmichael can remember, the only thing she’s been able to count on is the written word. The war may have...

Kathryn Stockett's first novel since the global bestselling phenomenon THE HELP- the sweeping story of a group of underestimated women and an 11-year-old orphan girl whose fates converge in Mississippi in 1933 Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur...

A stunning tour de force of a novel based on the true story of a fourteen-year-old boy's harrowing experience fleeing a Hitler youth camp in the last days of the Second World War. At the start of the...

From the killing fields of Ypres to the sun-kissed vineyards of rural France, The Champagne War is a heart-stopping adventure about the true power of love and hope to light the way during war.  In the summer of...

Sometimes death is just the beginning ... Late 1872. When twenty-five-year-old Sydney undertaker Tatiana Crowe travels to Auckland to embalm the body of Evan Hunter's father events go horribly wrong, leaving Tatty stricken. Back at home, Tatty has...

The Sunday Times bestselling author returns with a gripping new WW2 thriller, set during the 1936 Munich Olympics. THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL. Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for...

Three women united by their love of books. One library that has the power to change lives, even in wartime . . . When Juliet begins work ats Bethnal Green Library, she discovers it is far from the...

In the heart of war, love is the deadliest weapon. A thriller and epic love story from the bestselling author of Tully, The Bronze Horseman and Light at Lavelle. It's 1944. The world is at war. Forces of...

In 1866 the initial rush for gold has been and gone Alexandra is fast becoming a town of dwindling opportuities especially for Ginny Doyle, an intelligent, young Irish woman with dreams of painting her way across Europe. This...

Colonial survivor, farmer's wife and horse whisperer Kitty Kirk is the central figure in this historical novel that looks at her colourful life. She lived from 1855 to 1930 during the turbulent period of the goldfield's history in...

A sweeping, captivating WWII story of enduring love and extraordinary bravery from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Girl from London. In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the beautiful...

A page-turning World War Two spy thriller, based on true events. 'The Imitator gripped me to the end: I devoured it … What a rare treat to find a novel that offers both white-knuckled suspense and evocative, beautiful prose. I loved...

The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of busy undertaking firm...

 Europe is racing towards the future. Steam travel is the emblem of progress; industry and invention are creating ever greater wealth and ever greater deprivation; and on an autumn day in 1895 a young woman determined to make...

A breathtaking historical romance from the master of epic love stories, Paullina Simons, international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. TORN BETWEEN WHAT THEY CANNOT HAVE AND WHAT THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT. It is 1929. The...

Havana, 1950. As the beautiful daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Cuba, Esmeralda knows the importance of marrying well. But when her father takes her on a business trip to London, she falls in love with a young...

New York Times Bestseller A special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn:  the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set...

Could the shifting winds of change finally carry Kitty home? After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiance Dr Michael...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but does nothing to heal the pain of spending every minute waiting to hear the worst... As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison's life takes a nomadic turn as...

A hilarious Sherlock Holmes parody that asks - what would happen if Arthur Conan Doyle's original, and rather old fashioned, characters visited us in the here and now? The greatest detective of all time has returned*! Meet an...

A hilarious Sherlock Holmes parody that asks- what would happen if Arthur Conan Doyle's original, and rather old fashioned, characters visited us in the here and now? The greatest detective of all time has returned*! Meet an older,...

Now is the time to fight to be heard ... A gripping, uplifting story of love, change and hope at one of the most turbulent times in history - and the battle that changed the future for women...

A gripping tale of compassion, imposture, trickery and surprising alliances set against the backdrop of The Bloody Assizes, from the bestselling author of The Last Hours and The Swift and the Harrier. Sequel to The Swift and The HarrierEngland, 1685. Decades after the...