The Nutmeg of Consolation #14 by Patrick O'Brian
24.99 NZD
27.99 (10% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the fourt ...Show more
Master and Commander #1 by Patrick O'Brian
24.99 NZD
27.99 (10% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey Maturin | Reading Level: very good
In this, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s much lauded Aubrey–Maturin novels, discover a vibrant world conjured by a master storyteller, rich with detail and character. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte is the biggest threat to peace yet seen. Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, ...Show more
Post Captain #2 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: AUBREY-MATURIN | Reading Level: very good
Whether on land or at sea, can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. At least for now. . . Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentl ...Show more
HMS Surprise #3 by Patrick O'Brian
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Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin series | Reading Level: very good
How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance.Following a daring rescue, Jack Aubrey accepts a new command and a new commission to a far-flung destination ...Show more
Mauritius Command #4 by Patrick O'Brian
19.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ...Show more
The Fortune of War #6 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Matu ...Show more
Treason's Harbour #9 by Patrick O'Brian
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Aubrey/Maturin Ser.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the ninth ...Show more
Winston's War by Michael Dobbs
16.99 NZD
19.95 (14% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill
Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
19.99 NZD
25.99 (23% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Sharpe Ser.
Sharpe and the rest of his battalion are about to embark upon the siege of the island citadel of the Tippoo of Mysore, Seringapatam. The British must remove this potentate from his Tiger Throne, but he has gone to great lengths to defend his city from attack.
A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
23.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Bristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big player of the city . But he needs capital and a well-connected wife.Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Tra ...Show more
Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell
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Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Sharpe Ser.
In the spring of 1811, while quartered in the crumbling Portuguese fort of San Isidro, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit commanded by the formidable Brigadier Loup, and suffer heavy losses. Sharpe has already clashed once with Loup, and the Frenchman has sworn to have his r ...Show more
Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
19.99 NZD
25.99 (23% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Sharpe's Ser.
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela.Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of Riflemen are cut off from the rest of the army and surrounded. Their only hope of escape is to accept the help of ...Show more