The Girl From Moscow by Julia Levitina
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
1983, Moscow Twenty-one-year-old Ella dreams of stardom and playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace at the Moscow Theatre Academy. One day when meeting her friend Vlad in the city, she finds herself in the middle of a protest and attracts the glare of the KGB. Labelled a traitor, she must withdraw from ...Show more
The Librarians of Rue de Picardie by Janet Skeslien Charles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of wome ...Show more
The Postcard by Anne Berest
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A moving novel based on the true story of a family's endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society. January 2003. The Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opera Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives ...Show more
The Shadow King by Harry Sidebottom
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Alexander of Macedon was just twenty years old in 334BC when he set out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. The Macedonians marched East into the unknown, won battles against overwhelming odds, stormed impregnable fortresses. In the deserts and mount ...Show more
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Tie-in): the internationally bestselling novel, soon to be a Stan series by Heather Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
This internationally bestselling novel is now a six-part drama series streaming on Stan in 2024, starring Harvey Keitel. The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of me ...Show more
A Woman of Courage by Tania Blanchard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A gripping, moving story of love, tenacity and the right to be heard by bestseller Tania Blanchard, inspired by a true story 1890, Northern England. Hannah Todd dreams of a future where women have the right to vote. Fresh from her teaching studies in Durham, the university city, she joins her parent ...Show more
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin. When Lady Petra Forsyth’s fiancé and soulmate dies just weeks ahead of their wedding, she makes the shocking proclamation—in front of Lond ...Show more
After (#3 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Once | Reading Level: 11+
After the Nazis took my parents I was scaredAfter they killed my best friend I was angryAfter they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determinedTo get to the forest To join forces with Gabriek and Yuli To be a familyTo defeat the Nazis after all
Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'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
At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree: A heart-warming emotional story of forbidden love and family heartbreak from an unforgettable new debut author SHORTLISTED FOR DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 by Alli Parker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
TikTok made me buy it! A heart-warming emotional new story of forbidden love and family heartbreak from an unforgettable BookTok 2023 romance sensation debut author A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nat ...Show more
Atalanta: In a world of heroes, meet Greek mythology s fiercest heroine by Jennifer Saint
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The heroic story of the only female Argonaut, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ATALANTA (UK, Sunday Times, April 2023) ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times, May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times, April 2021).'Brilliantly evocative' Women & Home | 'A spirited retelling' Times | 'Beautiful and ...Show more
Bring Up the Bodies (#2 Wolf Hall) by Hilary Mantel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Wolf Hall Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. With this historic win for 'Bring Up the Bodies', Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes (her first was for 'Wolf H ...Show more