The Postcard by Anne Berest
34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A moving novel based on the true story of a family's endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society. January 2003. The Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opera Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives ...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 Fiction
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
The House of Fortune: The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller by Jessie Burton
22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller'Elegant, atmospheric, compelling. I absolutely loved it' - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel'A book of beauty and insight . . . awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller' - Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie1705. Thea Brandt is about to turn eighteen, and at the the ...Show more
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
9.99 AUD
22.99 (56% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Wolf Hall Trilogy Ser.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. ...Show more
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front. On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn ...Show more
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. Wed at nineteen, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh ai ...Show more
At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker
32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
TikTok made me buy it! A heart-warming emotional new story of forbidden love and family heartbreak from an unforgettable BookTok 2023 romance sensation debut author A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nat ...Show more
The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
An elegant blend of fact and fiction, The Story Thief is a stirring drama set against pivotal moments in Australian history, about a young woman who discovers her family's story has been appropriated by Henry Lawson for his famous tale, The Drover's Wife. 'Brimming with evocative, authentic detail, The ...Show more
To Sing of War by Catherine McKinnon
32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War. December 1944: In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse, Lotte Wyld, chances upon her first love, Virgil Nicholson, there to fight the Japanese and ke ...Show more
Precipice by Robert Harris
34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the Sunday Times #1 bestselling author of Fatherland, Munich, and Conclave comes this gripping WW1 novel that delves into the final days before the start of the Great War. Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic, clever, bored, reckle ...Show more
Mexican Gothic: The extraordinary international bestseller, 'a new classic of the genre' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "It's Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird."--The Guardian IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New ...Show more