Historical Fiction
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The Silver Branch
Rosemary Sutcliff
Read more ▸ Order ▸“More than a hundred years went by after the time of this story, before Rome...
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The Eagle of the Ninth
Rosemary Sutcliff
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ tells the story of Marcus Aquila, a young centurion on...
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The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville
Read more ▸ Order ▸In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of...
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The Second Sleep SIGNED COPY
Robert Harris
Read more ▸ Order ▸All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is.
1468. A young priest, Christopher...
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Silk
Alessandro Baricco
Read more ▸ Order ▸In 1861 French silkworm merchant Herve Joncour travels to Japan, where he encounters the mysterious...
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Paris Echo
Sebastian Faulks
Read more ▸ Order ▸American academic Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both find...
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The Kites
Romain Gary
Read more ▸ Order ▸A quiet village in Normandy, 1932. Ludo is ten years old and lives with his...
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The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
Read more ▸ Order ▸When the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging...
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West
Carys Davies
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
A single-sitting epic that beautifully balances light and dark, humour and sadness. Not a...
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Circe
Madeline Miller
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
Think you know the man-killing witch of Greek mythology? Think again. Miller breathes new...
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The Order of the Day
Eric Vuillard
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster’ Guardian
Winner of the...
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Aardvark BureauThis Mortal Boy
Fiona Kidman
WINNER OF THE OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2019 WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARDS…Read more ▸ Order ▸