Girl with a Pearl Earring (Film Tie-in Edition) by Tracy Chevalier
21.99 NZD
27.99 (21% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
In 17th century Delft life was orderly. Rich and poor, Catholic and Protestant, master and servant: all know their place. So when Griet becomes a maid in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, she thinks she knows her role: housework, laundry and the care of his six children.
The Gods of War (Emperor #4) by Conn Iggulden
19.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Emperor Ser.
This is the fourth and final volume in the acclaimed Emperor series, in which Conn Iggulden brilliantly interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar. Caesar must fight his toughest battle yet - with Rome itself. Julius Caesar, fresh from triumph in Britain and Gaul ...Show more
The Summer Garden (#3 Bronze Horseman) by Paullina Simons
14.99 NZD
24.99 (40% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Bronze Horseman Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
The Magnificent Conclusion to the Timeless Epic Saga Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible ...Show more
Glory Boys by Harry Bingham
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
A riveting novel of friendship, adventure and love against the odds, set in the early days of flight in Prohibition-era America.Abe Rockwell and Willard T. Thornton are famous fighter pilots together in World War I. Willard returns to a hero's welcome in America and launches a film career. Abe just want ...Show more
Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
25.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
Fiona Finnegan is the spirited, ambitious daughter of an Irish dock worker. She longs to break free from the squalid lanes and alleys of Whitechapel, where she has a job in a tea factory. With the love of her life, Joe Bristow, she dreams of escaping the poverty and opening her own tea shop. But one by ...Show more
The Family On Paradise Pier by Dermot Bolger
26.99 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on in the world outside, they seem hardly touched by it - midnight swims, flower fairies and regatta parties form the backdrop to their enchanted childhood. But as they grow older, changes within Ireland and the wider world ...Show more
Return from Troy by Lindsay Clarke
24.99 NZD
29.99 (16% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
This is the second part of a masterful retelling of the stories surrounding the Trojan War. "Return from Troy" begins after the sacking of Troy, covering Odysseus's trials and Agamemnon's fate. "The Heroes Return" is the second volume in this masterful retelling of the myths surrounding the Trojan War. ...Show more
Mayflower: A Voyage to War by Nathaniel Philbrick
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea', reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers' settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil. Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower sto ...Show more
The Pale Horseman #2 by Bernard Cornwell
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The Last Kingdom
As the last unvanquished piece of England, Wessex is eyed hungrily by the fearsome Viking conquerors. Uhtred, a dispossessed young nobleman, is tied to the imperiled land by birth and marriage but was raised by the Danish invaders--and he questions where his allegiance must lie. But blood is his destiny ...Show more
The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis
26.99 NZD
37.99 (28% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Italy 1492.So begins the Borgia reign of terror.No one is immune. Rome is a hotbed of accusation and conspiracy.Every day, the River Tiber is full of new bodies.Sancha de Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples, arrives in Rome newly wed to Pope Alexander VI's youngest son, Jofre. Their union prot ...Show more
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
14.99 NZD
25.00 (40% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Tudor Court Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. The rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth, ...Show more
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Earthly Joys Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be . . . the queen I was born to be. 1558. After years of waiting, Princess Elizabeth accedes to the ...Show more