The Armour of Light by Ken Follett
59.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Kingsbridge Novels Ser.
International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air 1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to powe ...Show more
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge #1) by Ken Follett
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Kingsbridge Novels Ser.
1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his tow ...Show more
Sea of Treason by Julian Stockwin
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Thomas Kydd Ser.
Thaw by Dennis Glover
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Some secrets won't stay buried. 'Scott's lost expedition was still here, she thought - frozen, preserved, waiting to be rescued from the thaw. The truth lay beneath the surface, and she was going to bring it up.' In 1912, five British explorers struggle across the freezing Antarctic landscape, through ...Show more
Fanatic Heart by Tom Keneally
25.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
John Mitchel, Irishman, lawyer, journalist, activist and politician, is a complex character. Charged with treason in Ireland and tried by an English judge he was snuck off mainland Ireland on the day he was charged to avoid a breakout and rebellion. He was transported initially to Bermuda, then to South ...Show more
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
From Kiran Millwood Hargrave, the bestselling author of The Mercies, The Dance Tree is a heart-stopping story of family secrets, forbidden love and women pushed to the edge. ‘Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling and totally convincing. Accessible, ambitious, The Dance Tree deserves to ...Show more
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality. Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As th ...Show more
The Wide World by Pierre Lemaitre; Frank Wynne (Translator)
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Literature with conviction; a furious talent' L'Obs The first volume of THE GLORIOUS YEARS series, translated by Frank Wynne Beirut, 1948. The Pelletier family returns... The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business manufacturin ...Show more
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. At the heart of this glittering wo ...Show more
Where Light Meets Water by Susan Paterson
37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
An evocative novel of love and art, and one man's journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne and New Zealand's rugged South Island. London, 1847. Sailor Tom Rutherford has two passions: the sea and his painting. Sent ...Show more
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Rose Code and The Alice NetworkIn the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko's life revolves around her young son - until Hitler's invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to s ...Show more
The Leonard Girls by Deborah Challinor
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Rowie's pro-war, her sister Jo's a protester. And they're both in Vietnam. The compelling new novel from the bestselling author of From the Ashes In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam war, nurse Rowie Leonard is serving a 12-month tour of duty. She supports the war and is committed to caring for wounded ...Show more