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Historical fiction
Brand: Pan Macmillan
Step right up for the most captivating read of the year . . .Filled with the sights and sounds of Victorian England, Circus of Wonders is the instant Sunday Times bestseller from Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory.'Intensely satisfying' -..
12.80£
In a fusion of fact and fiction, nineteenth-century women institutionalized as hysterics reveal what history ignored"City of Incurable Women is a brilliant exploration of the type of female bodily and psychic pain once commonly diagnosed as hysteria..
17.25£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves's Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics.Claudius has survived the murderous ..
15.39£
Brand: Random House
The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving togeth..
19.57£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian'There is magic in this place … You just have to sit and breathe and wait and it will find you'Fifteenth-century Constantinople. ..
14.44£
Brand: Headline Publishing Group
Woman. Wife. Smuggler. Spy . . .TV SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT STARRING ELIZABETH DEBICKI (TENET, THE CROWN) AS NANCY WAKEA thrilling and heart-wrenching novel inspired by the astonishing real life story of Nancy Wake. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Goldring..
15.67£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
The Cazalet Chronicles continues with the third in the series, Confusion, set in the height of the Second World War and where chaos has become a way of life for the Cazalet family.It's 1942 and the dark days of war seem never-ending. Scattered acros..
13.94£
Brand: Milkweed Editions
The 1947 Partition of India is the backdrop for this powerful novel, narrated by a precocious child who describes the brutal transition with chilling veracity. Young Lenny Sethi is kept out of school because she suffers from polio. She spends her da..
21.94£
ONE OF GRAZIA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' MARIAN KEYES 'A dark, bewitching and captivating read that had my heart in my mouth by the ending' JENNIFER SAINT, author of ARIADNELancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her..
13.56£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
A well-dressed young man makes his way into the Bald Faced Stag Inn, Putney Vale, London and books lodging for a few nights. With a wide smile and gracious pleasantries, he takes his key from the unsuspecting innkeeper. Little does the innkeeper kno..
14.86£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
The compelling, gorgeously atmospheric tale of love, betrayal and innocence, inspired by the incredible true story of female convicts'Beautifully written, an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery . . . an unputdownable read' KATIE FFORDE..
12.96£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
'Superb … radically new and beautiful' Observer'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'An ancient tapestry of legend brilliantly rewoven' Francis ..
19.62£
Brand: Birlinn Ltd
'An immersive and entertaining read' - Alistair Mabbot, The Herald The year is 1317, and young squire Benedict Russell has joined the English-held garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed after the spectacular Scottish victory at Bannockburn three years earli..
14.12£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women. On one extraordinary day in 1940, Miriam Talan's comfortable life is shattered. ..
32.17£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller. Irresistibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a love letter to the enduring power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people in..
12.52£
Brand: Transworld
It's 1979: Dallas is enthralling the nation on TV, Mrs Thatcher has just become prime minister, Abba is top of the pops, and in the small Yorkshire village of Ragley-on-the-Forest, Jack Sheffield returns for his third year as headmaster of the villa..
13.78£
Brand: Random House
Shortlisted for the HWA Goldsboro Debut CrownIt is 31 March 1836. A new monthly periodical is launched entitled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Conceived and created by the artist Robert Seymour, it contains four of his illustrations. Th..
15.86£
Brand: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
The brand new 2022 historical crime thriller from the award-winning author of STASI CHILD. *** 'A tense, smartly plotted new police procedural' - DAILY MAIL *** 1942. HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE - It is the most heavily bombed city outside of London, but f..
13.23£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
Defeated by Justice is a work of historically-accurate erotic fiction that is an assimilation of true events, probable hearsay and possible conjecture, as experienced by the writer. Set against the backdrop of South Africa in the early 1990s, with A..
16.71£
There are many mysteries surrounding the Egyptian pyramids. One night, Pharaoh Djoser hears a voice that awakens him, claiming to come from a god who lives in another universe. Is he dreaming, or could this be true? This is a stoy of the constructio..
51.23£
Brand: Headline Publishing Group
**From the co-author of the No.1 bestselling Wilbur Smith novel, WAR CRY*The Conqueror will rise...The Leopards of Normandy trilogy continues with DUKE, as William of Normandy inherits his father's title and assumes command of his lands. David Churc..
14.01£
Brand: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Part Dickensian coming-of-age, part Steinbeckian rural tragedy and 100% unputdownable A simple, earnest protagonist faces peril among the "tobacco road" landscape of 1920s North Carolina Loosely inspired by true events, the story reaffirms that ever..
16.03£
Martina Devlin, an award-winning columnist for the Irish Independent and podcaster for Dublin City of Literature #CityofBooks, has delivered a new novel based on the life of Edith Somerville of 'Somerville and Ross' fame - authors of The Irish R.M. ..
19.54£
Brand: Headline Publishing Group
The captivating new historical novel from Alison Weir, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series . 'With Elizabeth of York, Alison Weir gives us her most compelling heroine yet... This is where the story of the Tudors begins and..
24.99£