The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
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
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
Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A blazingly creative re-imagining of the short life of one of England's greatest writers. Isolated from society, Emily Bronte and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture ou ...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
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
Saltblood by Francesca De Tores
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mother makes a decision: Mary will become Mark, and Ma will continue to collect his inheritance money. Mary's dual existence as Mark will lead to a role as a footman in a grand house, serving a French mistres ...Show more
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. Sixteenth-century Europe - Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the C ...Show more
The Sea Cemetery by Aslak Nore
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Falck Saga Ser.
There is no love lost between the Oslo and Bergen branches of the powerful Falck family. So when its steely matriarch dies with no will to be found, the seeds of an inheritance dispute are sown. Yet her legacy could be more damaging still. A manuscript confiscated by the secret police in the seventies ...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
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
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