Circe: The stunning new anniversary edition from the author of international bestseller The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, inspired by Homer's Odyssey. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the ...Show more
The Mirror of Simple Souls by Aline Kiner; Susan Emanuel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A captivating story of love, jealousy and faith, set amid a community of independent women in medieval Paris
The Wild Date Palm by Diane Armstrong
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train journey ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The follow-up and companion to one of the most successful Australian novels ever, The Dictionary of Lost Words. What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy an ...Show more
Free by Meg Keneally
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From horse thief to the merchant queen of Sydney Cove - how did one woman rise so far? 'It is a harsh land - yes, for you especially - but people can also rise here ...' Born into poverty in eighteenth-century England, her future was predetermined. But throughout her life Molly Thistle refused to follow ...Show more
Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Was the greatest love story of all time a lie? Romeo Montague is handsome and charming and the first time he sees young Rosaline Capulet, who has secretly snuck into his family's masquerade summer ball, he falls instantly in love. At first Rosaline is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father d ...Show more
Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'A warm and tender tale about the power and healing of friendship and community and the magic of books' - Ruth Hogan As the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive...The most emotional, uplifting and captivating story of wartime London and the extraordinary power of books to shine a li ...Show more
The Household by Stacey Halls
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it? Nearing the end of her prison term, Josephine Nash accepts an invitation to live at Urania to please the woman she loves, but finds herself arriving alone and hea ...Show more
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See. 'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE CH ...Show more
Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Before she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn't have.She told the king. She thought she was doing what was right. She couldn't have imagined what was to come. The Seljuk Empire is on fire and the king is on a rampage after lea ...Show more
House of Odysseus by Claire North
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Songs of Penelope Ser.
'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' - Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca comes House of Odysseus, the second novel in Claire North's 'Songs of Penelope' trilogy - an exquisite, gripping tale that ...Show more
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson
$80.00 AUD
Category: Historical
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape - between the wine-producing region of Chianti to the north and the truffle-filled woods of ...Show more