Gwen by Goldie Goldbloom
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
In 1903, the artist Gwendolen Mary John travels from London to France with her companion Dorelia. Surviving on their wits and Gwen's raw talent, the young women walk from Calais to Paris. In the new century, the world is full of promise- it is time for Gwen to step out from the shadow of her overbearing ...Show more
The Revenant by Michael Punke
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A #1 New York Times BestsellerThe book that inspired the Oscar-winning filmA thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the nineteenth-century American frontier, this is the astonishing story of real-life trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass -- a remarkable tale of obsession, the human will stret ...Show more
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes an unforgettable story inspired by the true events of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition. Some wars will be fought at home . . . Two years into the Second World War, and German U-boats are frequently disrupting Britain's supply o ...Show more
The Butcher's Daughter (HB) by Victoria Glendinning
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
We are, all of us, princes and peasants, alone in this world. The Butcher 's Daughter is the richly atmospheric story of a young woman 's struggle to define herself in a world of uncertainty, intrigue and danger in a period of great upheaval during the Tudor era. It is 1535 and Agnes Peppin, daughter of ...Show more
Facing the Flame (#7 The Matilda Saga) (TPB) by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Matilda Saga
There have been fires before, but not like this. Heartbreaking and powerful, FACING THE FLAME is a story of the triumph of courage and community, and a love for the land so deep that not even bushfire can erode it. Gibber's Creek, 1978 As grass dries and the hot wind howls, Gibber's Creek will burn. But ...Show more
Resolution by A. N. Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration.Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist ...Show more
Ravenspur (#4 Wars of the Roses) by Conn Iggulden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Wars of the Roses Ser.
Witness the rise of the Tudor dynasty--in this concluding volume to Conn Iggulden's vigorous and commanding retelling of the Wars of the Roses. England, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand. King Edward of York has been driven out of England. Queen Elizabeth and her children tremble in sanctuary at We ...Show more
The World is Full of Foolish Men : Little Black Classic by Jean De La Fontaine
$2.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'The pleasure is twice as sweetWhen you cheat a cheat.' An illustrated collection of fables from one of France's most vital writers. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics ...Show more
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3 HB) by Ken Follett
$44.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Kingsbridge Novels | Reading Level: very good
The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire. Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbrid ...Show more
Three Sisters, Three Queens (Tudor Court #7) by Philippa Gregory
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorWhen Katherine of Aragon is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn, destined -- with Margaret's younger sister Mary -- to a sisterhood unique in all ...Show more
The Clockmaker's Wife by Daisy Wood
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The world is at war. And time is running out… London, 1940. Britain is gripped by the terror of the Blitz, forcing Nell Spelman to flee the capital with her young daughter – leaving behind her husband, Arthur, the clockmaker who keeps Big Ben chiming. When Arthur disappears, Nell is desperate to find hi ...Show more
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Gundagai, 1852 The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she esc ...Show more