The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are in ...Show more
The Star on the Grave: A novel inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life by Linda Margolin Royal
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A novel inspired by 'the Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life. In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismis ...Show more
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Palestine, 1941. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees the green fruits drop onto the orchard floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest.1948. The Abulheja family are ...Show more
The War Nurses by Anthea Hodgson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A moving and inspiring WWII novel of friendship and courage, based on the true events of the Bangka Island Massacre, by the bestselling author of The Drifter. 'A powerful and absorbing story of friendship and courage, bringing to life a history that should never be forgotten. I could not put this book d ...Show more
The Hidden Storyteller by Mandy Robotham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germany. The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes . . . Hamburg, 1946. The war is over, and Germany in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns ...Show more
Edge of Eternity: (#3 Century) by Ken Follett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Century Trilogy Ser.
As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret p ...Show more
The Settlement by Jock Serong
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A career-defining masterpiece by internationally award-winning Australian storyteller Jock Serong On the windswept point of an island at the edge of van Diemen's Land, the Commandant huddles with a small force of white men and women.He has gathered together, under varying degrees of coercion and duress, ...Show more
The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman's determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery. Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels--but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie's overac ...Show more
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
WINNER OF THE 2018 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE .... 'Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch' PAT BARKER ... 'Phenomenal' SEBASTIAN BARRY .... 'Superb' THE TIMES Now adapted as a BBC mini-series directed by Shane Meadows. From his remote moorland home, Davi ...Show more
The Sins of the Father: The Clifton Chronicles 2 by Jeffrey Archer
$21.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: CLIFTON CHRONICLES
New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his offer. After Tom is found guilty, Jelks disappears, and the only way for him to prove his innocence would be to ...Show more
The Shadow King by Harry Sidebottom
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Alexander of Macedon was just twenty years old in 334BC when he set out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. The Macedonians marched East into the unknown, won battles against overwhelming odds, stormed impregnable fortresses. In the deserts and mount ...Show more
The Clan of the Cave Bear (#1 Earth's Children) by Jean M. Auel
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Earth's Children | Reading Level: very good
The story of Ayla begins when, as a 5-year-old orphan, she is adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthals. Initially she inspires surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. She is cared for by its medicine woman, Iza, and its wise holy man, Creb. But she makes an implacable enemy of th ...Show more