The Naturalist of Amsterdam by Melissa Ashley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Another rich and sumptuously told tale based on the life of artist Dorothea Graff, from award-winning and bestselling author of The Birdman's Wife and The Bee and the Orange Tree, Melissa Ashley. Set in 1700s Amsterdam and the wilds of the South American jungle, it charts the creation of one of the mos ...Show more
The Wartime Book Club: the heart-warming and inspiring new novel of love, bravery and resistance in WW2 by Kate Thompson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey is known as the land of milk and honey. For best friends Bea Rose (the local postwoman) and Grace Le Motte (who works in the island's only library) it becomes the frontline to everyday resistance when the ...Show more
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But her legacy was eclipsed by the fame of her husband, John Gould. The Birdman's Wife at last gives voice to a passionate and adventurous spirit who was so much more than the woman behind the ma ...Show more
Held by Anne Michaels
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Through luminous moments of chance, change, and even grace, Michaels shows us our humanity - its depths and shadows' MARGARET ATWOOD The triumphant new novel from the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces- a soaring and luminous story of chance and change 1917. On a battlefield near the ...Show more
James by Percival Everett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees, James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhe ...Show more
Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame - until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light. Unsure of what to expect but bent on uncovering what really lies beneath the canvas, Alana steps into Sara Murphy's well-guarded ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The follow-up and companion to one of the most successful Australian novels ever, The Dictionary of Lost Words. 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 an ...Show more
The Paris Agent: Inspired by true events, a gripping tale of family secrets by Kelly Rimmer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'A masterpiece' SARAH JONES'Another soon-to-be classic' Woman's Day 'Riveting and moving' The Australian Women's Weekly Twenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth can't stop thinking about the secret agent who saved his life in occupied France. He never knew ...Show more
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See. 'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE C ...Show more
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front. On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn ...Show more
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch by Rivka Galchen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances. The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Emp ...Show more
Paradiso - A Novel by Steve Capelin
$30.00 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Paradiso is an outstanding achievement, as a testament to the human will to find a better life, and simply as an incredible read.’ Venero Armanno In 1880 three hundred Italian peasants abandon the fields of Veneto to follow a dream. They join an expedition to establish a utopian colony in the islands ...Show more