A Day of Fire - A Novel of Pompeii by Kate Quinn; Stephanie Dray; Ben Kane; Eliza Knight; Sophie Perinot; Victoria Alvear
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: good-very good
From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined anthology of stories following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts.Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of th ...Show more
The Walled Garden by Sarah Hardy
$36.99 NZD
Category: Historical
A luminous debut novel about love, the trauma of war and the miracle of human resilience, for readers of Anna Hope, Sadie Jones and Elizabeth Jane Howard. No one survives war unscathed. But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow. It is 1946 and in the village of Oakbourne the men are home fro ...Show more
The Escapades of Tribulation Johnson by Karen Brooks
$34.99 NZD
Category: Historical
From the author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this brilliant recreation of the vibrant, optimistic but politically treacherous world of London's Restoration theatre. We are introduced to the remarkable playwright Aphra Behn, now a feminist icon then an anomaly, who gravitated to the stage - a place whe ...Show more
The Helsingor Sewing Club by Ella Gyland
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical
Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbours during WW2 Helsingør, Denmark, 1943 In the midst of the German occupation during World War Two, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community ...Show more
The Armour of Light HC (Kingsbridge #4) by Ken Follett
$59.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Kingsbridge Novels Ser.
International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air 1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to powe ...Show more
The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical
A spellbinding historical debut which tells the story of a silent midwife hiding a secret and a witch-hunt that tears a community apart. Perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Maggie O'Farrell, Jessie Burton and Hannah Kent. East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for m ...Show more
The Golden Doves (#2 Lilac Girls) by Martha Hall Kelly
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical
The long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Lilac Girls. Two former female spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor.Inspired by true events, The Golden Doves is an unforgettable story about the fates of the Nazi doctors in the wake of WWII, and the unsung females spies who ...Show more
Homecoming by Kate Morton
$36.99 NZD
Category: Historical
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of ...Show more
The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester
$36.99 NZD
Category: Historical
Discover a breathtaking story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Paris Secret. Alix St. Pierre was an ordinary woman. Until she became a spy for the American government. 1943. War is raging, and after developing a successful propaganda campaign to ...Show more
Sharpe's Command - Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812 by Bernard Cornwell
$35.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Sharpe's Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
SHARPE IS BACK.The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he's dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep ...Show more
Harlem Shuffle (#1 Ray Carney) by Colson Whitehead
$27.99 NZD
Category: Historical
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show)'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining' Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...'To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an ...Show more
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman's determination to rule her own destiny. Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, b ...Show more