The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical
For readers who loved Remarkable Creatures, The Naturalist's Daughter and The Birdman's Wife comes The Woman in the Green Dress... 1853 Mogo Creek, NSW Della Atterton, bereft at the loss of her parents, is holed up in the place she loves best: the beautiful Hawkesbury in New South Wales. Happiest follow ...Show more
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
"In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly 'Cat's Table' with an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean ...Show more
A Woman of Courage by Tania Blanchard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A gripping, moving story of love, tenacity and the right to be heard by bestseller Tania Blanchard, inspired by a true story 1890, Northern England. Hannah Todd dreams of a future where women have the right to vote. Fresh from her teaching studies in Durham, the university city, she joins her parent ...Show more
Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame - until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light. Unsure of what to expect but bent on uncovering what really lies beneath the canvas, Alana steps into Sara Murphy's well-guarded ...Show more
The Winter Palace by Paul Morgan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A sumptuous novel of war, survival and enduring love. If he had died, I would know it in my heart. In 1939, Anton, a captain in the Polish army, says goodbye to his wife, Elisabeth. He is leaving to defend their homeland against the invasion by Nazi Germany and Russia. They make a vow that - whatever ha ...Show more
Men-Of-War by Patrick O'Brian
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs ...Show more
Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A wonderfully original, emotionally complex reading-group novel. Set in 1804, the novel follows Anne Sharp, a governess who became close to Jane Austen and her family, and the challenging 'upstairs downstairs' dynamic she found herself enmeshed in 'Utterly absorbing and illuminating. Written with a sur ...Show more
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIt is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay.Willie ...Show more
The Engraver's Secret: The new, gripping and captivating debut art history novel for fans of Jessie Burton, Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O'Farrell by Lisa Medved
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Two women, a mysterious map, and a family secret spanning hundreds of years . A stunning art history thriller for fans of Dominic Smith, Pip Williams and Lauren Chater set around the life, times, and feuds of the artist Peter Paul Rubens. What do you do when the weight of betrayal grows too heavy to bea ...Show more
The Wager by David Grann
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BALLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian 'The greatest sea story ever told' Spectator'A cracking yarn... Grann's taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expre ...Show more
Only the Brave by Danielle Steel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
COURAGE. COMPASSION. SURVIVAL. LOVE. Only the Brave is a heart-wrenching story of courage and hope set in wartime Berlin, from the billion-copy bestseller Danielle Steel. In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler’s Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The ...Show more