Little by Edward Carey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
There is a space between life and death: it's called waxworks. Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employmet in Bern, Switzerland, under the charge of reclusive anatomist, Dr Curtius. In time the unlikely ...Show more
Queen's Colonial by Peter Watt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Colonial Ser.
Sometimes the fate for which you are destined is not your own...1845, a village outside Sydney Town. Humble blacksmith Ian Steele struggles to support his widowed mother. All the while he dreams of a life in uniform, serving in Queen Victoria's army.1845, Puketutu, New Zealand. Second Lieutenant Samuel ...Show more
The Dark Lady's Mask by Mary Sharratt
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Shakespeare in Love meets Shakespeare's Sister in this novel of England's first professional woman poet and her collaboration and love affair with William Shakespeare. London, 1593. Aemilia Bassano Lanier is beautiful and accomplished, but her societal conformity ends there. She frequently cross-dresses ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens
*A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by bestselling historian Alison Weir is the first in a captivating series, depicting the lives of Henry VIII's queens. Ideal for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick. 'Alison Weir has managed to intertwine profound histor ...Show more
The Falcon of Sparta: The bestselling author of the Emperor and Conqueror series' returns to the Ancient World by Conn Iggulden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others.401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India.As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute.But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . .Battles can ...Show more
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . . Midsummer's Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands - the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alino ...Show more
Sword of Kings (The Last Kingdom #12) by Bernard Cornwell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Last Kingdom Ser. | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
The twelfth installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Saxon Tales series chronicling the epic story of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom.His blood is Saxon His heart is Viking His battleground is Engl ...Show more
The Butcher's Daughter by Victoria GLENDINNING
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A dark and beautifully crafted historical novel by an award-winning author. It is 1535 and Agnes Peppin, daughter of a West-country butcher, has been banished from her family home in disgrace to live out the rest of her life cloistered behind the walls of Shaftesbury Abbey. While Agnes grapples with the ...Show more
Sword Of Kings (#12 Last Kingdom) by Bernard Cornwell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Last Kingdom Ser.
An oath of loyalty.Two warring kings.A destiny he didn't choose... England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir. A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northu ...Show more
The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American divorcée who captured Prince Edward's heart before he abdicated his throne for Wallis Simpson. In the summer of 1926, when Thelma Morgan marries Viscount Duke Furness after a whirlwind romance, she's imm ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens | Reading Level: near fine
'Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII's much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mystery' Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession and Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, paints a s ...Show more