Historical Fiction & Period Drama
The Flight Portfolio
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...
View full detailsPeach Blossom Spring
***A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*** 'Glorious and tender . . . I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT 'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LE...
View full detailsThe Secret Chord
Review What Mary Renault did with Alexander the Great, Geraldine Brooks has done with King David: breathed life into an ancient hero. Haunting, ex...
View full detailsThese Days: 'A gem of a novel, I adored it.' MARIAN KEYES
Review This fine novel by one of Northern Ireland's most accomplished contemporary writers ... brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak. -- ...
View full detailsAn Echo in the Bone: Outlander Novel 7
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...
View full detailsBecause of Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgerton Prequel (The Rokesbys)
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...
View full detailsPhoenix Fled (Virago Modern Classics)
About the Author Attia Hosain (1913-1998) was born in Lucknow and educated at La Martiniere and Isabella Thoburn College, blending an English ...
View full detailsPalmares
Product Description Palmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atla...
View full detailsThe Oversight: (Oversight Trilogy)
Review Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly ...
View full detailsWave Me Goodbye: Stories of the Second World War (Virago Modern Classics)
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...
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Lullaby Beach: 'A PORTRAIT OF SISTERHOOD ... POWERFUL, WISE, CELEBRATORY' Daily Mail
Lullaby Beach: 'A PORTRAIT OF SISTERHOOD ... POWERFUL, WISE, CELEBRATORY' Daily Mail
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...
View full detailsAntigone: A New Adaptation of the Classic Greek Tragedy
Product Description A modern retelling of Sophocles' classic play, Antigone, by bestselling writer and poet Hollie McNishAs the daughter of O...
View full detailsMeet Me in Bombay: All he needs is to find her. First, he must remember who she is.
'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...
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Product Description 'Rich people behaving badly' BooklistThe battle lines are drawn . . .Following the scandalous revelations about his love life...
View full detailsTyrant: Funeral Games
Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Sra...
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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...
View full detailsThe Crystal Cave: The spellbinding story of Merlin (Merlin Trilogy 1)
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...
View full detailsThe Paris Bookseller: A sweeping story of love, friendship and betrayal in bohemian 1920s Paris
Tattoist of Auschwitz
Night Trains: The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper
Review A fine elegy ... Compelling ... witty and full of history and railway nuggets. -- Michael Binyon ― Sunday TimesYou do not have to be a ...
View full detailsThe Time of Terror
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...
View full detailsWhen We Meet Again: A sweeping and heart-breaking WW2 novel from a New York Times bestselling author
Before We Were Yours
The Ghost Ship
Alexander Seaton Two-Book Collection by S. G. MacLean: The Redemption of Alexander Seaton & A Game of Sorrows – Gripping Historical Mysteries of Redemption, Secrets, and Family Curses
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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...
View full detailsThe Complete Alexander Seaton Series: Four Riveting Mysteries Set in the Dark and Dangerous World of 17th-Century Scotland by S. G. MacLean
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View full detailsThe Winter List, The Bookseller of Inverness, and The Redemption of Alexander Seaton – A Compelling Collection of Historical Mysteries Exploring Betrayal, Redemption, and Survival by S. G. MacLean
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View full detailsSeeker and The Black Friar – Two Gripping Historical Mysteries Set in Cromwell’s England, Exploring Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and the Pursuit of Justice by S.G. MacLean
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View full detailsWheel of Surya Trilogy: The Eye of the Horse
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...
View full detailsW.: A Novel
NUNC!
Clavell: Asian Saga- Gai-Jin (book 3)
The Hourglass
An Orphan's Wish (Blessed St Hilda’s Orphanage)
Blackberry and Wild Rose: A gripping and emotional read perfect for autumn nights
Walls of Byzantium
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...
View full detailsThe Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired by the Hemingway family
The Fortune Tellers' Secret: A heartbreaking and uplifting historical saga
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 ...
View full detailsNapoleon's Spy: The historical adventure about Napoleon, hero of Ridley Scott’s Hollywood blockbuster
NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE. 1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself...
View full detailsRiver Sing Me Home: A powerful, uplifting novel of a remarkable journey to find family, inspired by true events
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 ...
View full detailsThe Dictator's Wife: A mesmerising novel of deception and BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club pick
'An intelligent, utterly-of-the-moment thriller' EMMA STONEX 'Compelling, atmospheric. It's BRILLIANT' MARIAN KEYES 'Sumptuously written. One of th...
View full detailsShadows and Strongholds
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...
View full detailsScarlett
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...
View full detailsThe Sum of All Kisses: Number 3 in series (Smythe-Smith Quartet)
Review Quinn brings her signature style and wit to yet another late-Regency romance . . . charmingly romantic, with compelling edges of dark confl...
View full detailsJollof Rice and Other Revolutions
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...
View full detailsThe Middle Daughter
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...
View full detailsHistory Keeps Me Awake at Night
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...
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