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Historical fiction
Brand: Pan Macmillan
This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Ross Poldark features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick.Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's sweeping saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century. First published in 1945, ..
13.22£
When Private Malcolm Dow went to clean up a crashed weather balloon, he came face-to-face with an alien instead.Being an alien of sorts in his own otherwise all-white regiment, Malcolm instantly took on the Alien's plight - military help for his bes..
13.16£
Brand: Ebury Publishing
Rumi is now acknowledged as one of the great mystical poets of the Western world, with huge sales of the many collections of his poetry. Not much is known about his life except that he lived in thirteenth-century Anatolia (now Turkey), had a great s..
13.68£
Brand: Random House
From the author of The Gustav SonataAt the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: 'I am not Mary. That is a mistake. I am not a girl. I'm a boy.' So begins a heroic struggle to change gender, while ar..
14.46£
Brand: Random House
Discover the thrilling life of Bram Stoker, the man who created Dracula, in this immersive historical novel.**Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award **1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that..
25.10£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
*The new novel in the bestselling Sharpe series - SHARPE'S COMMAND - is available to pre-order now*SHARPE IS BACK.The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharp..
13.23£
Brand: Random House
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For readers of Philippa Gregory, Paula McLain, and Daisy Goodwin comes a sweeping and powerful novel by Allison Pataki. Sisi tells the little-known story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, the Princess Diana of her ..
20.98£
Brand: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Weaves together multiple stories to uncover the impact of war and genocide on survivors. Delves into the themes of persecution and migration, focusing on the Armenian Genocide and the struggles of Armenians living in the diaspora. ISBN: 978180313..
16.85£
Brand: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. Her courage to cro..
13.19£
Brand: Duckworth Books
The First World War is over, and in a quiet Hampshire village, artist Stanley Spencer is working on the commission of a lifetime, painting an entire chapel in memory of a life lost in the war to end all wars. Combining his own traumatic experiences ..
15.72£
Brand: Transworld
It's 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store.It's the year of Halley's Comet, Band Aid, Trivial Pursuit, Dynasty shoulder pads, Roland Rat and Microsoft Windows. And at Ragley-on-..
13.77£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
Before she can be drowned as a witch, Elizabeth Robinson is swept away by the tide and the devil wind of Boston, Lincolnshire. She issues a curse on those responsible and declares that it will only end 'when the birdman falls from the sky and into t..
20.42£
Brand: Random House
Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. Michener, one of America's most beloved storytellers. This thrilling work invites the reader to enter t..
19.62£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
"Mi nombre es Tella. Aunque pasé por un infierno en mi infancia, desde pequeña siempre fui una gran luchadora y protectora de mi familia, justo como mis padres me enseñaron. A lo largo de la historia veréis lo valiente que fui. La vida decidió por m..
11.92£
Brand: Duckworth Books
A young woman forced to fight for her beliefs. A chaplain with a secret that could determine the fate of a kingdom. England, 1452. Under the reign of King Henry VI the country is on the brink of civil war after the Hundred Years' War. Young mystic L..
10.68£
The empire is in mortal danger. Hai Rui and his allies bought her time, but now it is spent. Endless war. Mass starvation. Bleak omens. Addled by mercury and aided by sycophants, Emperor Jiajing is squandering the last remnants of the treasury. Min..
15.49£
Brand: Everyman Chess
Edith Wharton's novel reworks the eternal triangle of two women and a man in a strikingly original manner. When about to marry the beautiful and conventional May Welland, Newland Archer falls in love with her very unconventional cousin, the Countess..
17.89£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
THE FLAMES CREPT UP THE CURTAINS LIKE A SWARM OF TONGUES. THEY CURLED AND STRETCHED INTO THE RAFTERS, AND LIKE A MARAUDING ARMY, THE FLAMES SWEPT ACROSS THE ROOF. OUTSIDE THE VAN VUUREN SISTERS WATCHED THIS CRUEL ACT OF WAR. THE ROOF COLLAPSED ALONG..
15.62£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
A dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's online book club The Reading Room'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and t..
13.21£
Brand: Pan Macmillan
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large house by the sea. Taken from his homeland and treated as an unpaid servant, ..
20.60£
Brand: Random House
'De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice' Mail on SundayFrom the master of historical fiction, this book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War.Some bonds are hard to break...Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First Worl..
13.41£
A No. 1 international bestseller, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the ties that bind four generations of women. Gabriela's mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jer..
12.86£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
Two womenTwo warsA secret that threatens to tear them apart 1916At the onset of war, Nurse Pru le Cuirot left her home in Jersey to care for injured soldiers at Ashbury Manor, Dorset. She wanted to do her bit but she never expected to meet American ..
13.16£
Brand: Little Brown and Company
1659: Cromwell's protectorate is drawing to a close, and the restoration of the monarchy can only improve the fortunes of the Morland family.The years of civil war and their aftermath have left Morland Place in dire straits, but with the return of t..
15.11£