The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
It's 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of fierce, independent-minded women. But outside those doors, the patriarchal forces of Louis XIV and the Catholic Church are moving to curb their freedoms. In this battle for equality, Baroness Marie Catherine D'Aulnoy invents a p ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
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 and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambit ...Show more
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 Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
‘A page-turning journey to uncover a past of heroism, betrayal, love, and loss’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of Three Sisters Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history A daughter’s search for the truth Germany, 1929. When Max, a Jewish architect, and Bettina, a beautiful and celebrated Ge ...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
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
$19.99 AUD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Based on the true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small Fishes is the most gripping novel you'll read this year- an exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court. Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family and is the most unhappy creature in the world. Anne ...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 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