Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. This rich, sweeping first-person narrative is the story of her rise to power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treach ...Show more
Tussaud by Belinda Lyons-Lee
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Paris, 1810. Haunted by the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud has locked herself away in her shop with the death masks she was forced to make to avoid the guillotine. Philidor, a famous magician, offers her the chance to accompany him to London to assist in creating a wax automaton that will bring them b ...Show more
Under a Cerulean Sky by Jane Coverdale
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1911, two English roses embark on an adventure under the Indian sun that will test their every limit When high society sisters Isobel and Violet find themselves down on their luck, an unexpected inheritance sends them on an unforgettable voyage of discovery to face a wild destiny, deep in the jungles ...Show more
Vincent and Sien by Silvia Kwon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The Hague, 1882, a howling winter's night, Sien and her daughter are on the brink of surrendering to the bitter cold, their exhaustion, their hunger, when a good Samaritan appears. Vincent van Gogh, a struggling artist, provides them with warmth and shelter for the night. Fascinated by Sien - her face, ...Show more
Viper's Blood (#4 Master of War) by David Gilman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Master of War
With the English army at the gates of Paris, Blackstone faces his deadliest mission yet in the fourth instalment of the Master of War series. 'A gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty' ROBERT FABBRI. Provoked by the Dauphin's refusal to honour the terms of his father's surrender, Ed ...Show more
Voyager (#3 Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Outlander Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESJamie Fraser is lying on the battlefield of Culloden, where he rises wounded, to face execution or imprisonment. Either prospect pales beside the pain of loss - his wife is gone. Forever.But sometimes forever is shorter than one ...Show more
Waypoints by Adam Ouston
$29.95 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
In 1910 the famed escapologist Harry Houdini made an ill-fated attempt to become the first person to fly an aircraft over Australian soil—yet while Houdini is remembered today for his failure, the true record-holder has been forgotten. This quirk of history becomes the focus for the obsessions of Berna ...Show more
When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A heart-swelling debut for fans of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Sometimes life isn't as simple as heroes and villains. For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules ...Show more
Wildswept: Book Seven of the Circle of Ceridwen Saga by Octavia Randolph
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Wildswept: Book Seven of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga Duty versus Desire The Peace between the Saxons and Danes has collapsed. Viking forces led by the war-lord Haesten strike at will across borders. One more push will destroy Wessex. The Danish warriors settled under the Dane-law are tempted to ...Show more
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Wolf Hall Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. ...Show more
Wolf of the Plains (#1 Conqueror) by Conn Iggulden
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Conqueror Ser. | Reading Level: good
The first book in the bestselling Conqueror series featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants. 'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.' Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush.His family were thrown out of the tribe a ...Show more
World Without End
$44.95 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The magnificent sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives wil ...Show more