Historical Fiction & Period Drama

1940, France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save? Varian Fry, a young American journalist, arrives in Marseille armed...

***A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*** 'Glorious and tender . . . I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT 'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LE...

Review What Mary Renault did with Alexander the Great, Geraldine Brooks has done with King David: breathed life into an ancient hero. Haunting, ex...

Review This fine novel by one of Northern Ireland's most accomplished contemporary writers ... brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak. -- ...

The year is 1777. The place, North Carolina. And as the American rebellion grows in intensity, Highlander Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire need to...

The first book in the witty, charming Rokesby series by Julia Quinn, NYT #1 bestselling author of the beloved Bridgerton books (now a major Netflix...

About the Author Attia Hosain (1913-1998) was born in Lucknow and educated at La Martiniere and Isabella Thoburn College, blending an English ...

Product Description Palmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atla...

Review Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly ...

Review Written in and about the decade 1939-1949, the stories in this high caliber anthology are the work of women, chiefly English (five Amer...

Review Duffy is a fearless writer ... A portrait of sisterhood in the wider sense - one that's as powerful and gritty as it is wise and celebr...

Product Description A modern retelling of Sophocles' classic play, Antigone, by bestselling writer and poet Hollie McNishAs the daughter of O...

'An epic love story full of exotic charm and rich historical detail . . . Meet Me In Bombay will sweep you away to another time and place.' Red Mag...

Product Description 'Rich people behaving badly' BooklistThe battle lines are drawn . . .Following the scandalous revelations about his love life...

Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Sra...

Review Praise for MASTER AND GOD: 'The narrative is rapid and the story well told with much sharp-edged detail. You can open this book and step r...

Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a...

Review A fine elegy ... Compelling ... witty and full of history and railway nuggets. -- Michael Binyon ― Sunday TimesYou do not have to be a ...

1793: The French have killed their king and are about to embark on the violent period of bloodletting known as the Terror. Brig-sloop Commander Nat...

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The bestselling phenomenon - an enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and reading A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON S...

Please note that the individual books listed below, as per their original ISBN and cover image, will be dispatched together as a collective set. T...

Please note that the individual books listed below, as per their original ISBN and cover image, will be dispatched together as a collective set. T...

The dramatic second story in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy. India 1948. “The light has gone out of...

This sweeping historical novel is shaped by the quest for a mysterious relic, guarded through generations, and by one man that might yet save the t...

Following on from the events of The Fortune Tellers, this heart-warming family saga can be enjoyed as a standalone, and is guaranteed to warm your ...

NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE. 1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself...

Inspired by true historical events in the Caribbean, River Sing Me Home will break your heart and then lift you up. A soaring story of courage and ...

'An intelligent, utterly-of-the-moment thriller' EMMA STONEX 'Compelling, atmospheric. It's BRILLIANT' MARIAN KEYES 'Sumptuously written. One of th...

The novel "Shadows and Strongholds" follows the story of Fulke FitzWarin, a nine-year-old misfit who leaves his family to serve under Joscelin de D...

She was the daughter of an English aristocrat and a young and gentle governess. She was lovely, intelligent, and had a quality that drew all men to...

Review Quinn brings her signature style and wit to yet another late-Regency romance . . . charmingly romantic, with compelling edges of dark confl...

Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable bond at a Nigerian boarding school, where we meet them for the first time in the middle of a ri...

Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us...

Margit is at the point in life when things should have cohered. She's married, she's got a degree, she's got friends who throw good parties, and ye...