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Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The sequel to the Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. 'My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and he'll gouge your eye out. Trip him,... [more]

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The Red Queen

Philippa Gregory

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The second book in Philippa's stunning new series, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy... [more]

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The Dovekeepers

Alice Hoffman

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The lives of four sensuous, bold and remarkable women intersect in the year 70AD, in the desperate days of the siege of Masada,... [more]

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Conqueror

Conn Iggulden

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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No.1 bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind;... [more]

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Waiting for Robert Capa

Susana Fortes

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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A gorgeously written, ENGLISH PATIENT-style novel about the real-life romance between the war photographers Robert Capa and... [more]

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Death of Kings

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation. As the ninth century... [more]

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The Lady of the Rivers

Philippa Gregory

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman... [more]

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That Deadman Dance

Kim Scott

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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In playful, musical prose, this book explores the early contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the first European... [more]

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Vespasian: Tribune of Rome

Robert Fabbri

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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ONE MAN Born in rural obscurity ONE DESTINY To become one of Rome's greatest Emperors 26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian... [more]

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Caleb's Crossing

Geraldine Brooks

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction

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'CALEB'S CROSSING ...reconfirms Geraldine Brooks's reputation as one of our most supple and insightful novelists' NEW YORK... [more]

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Netherwood: The Hoyland Family Has Its Secrets. Their Employees Know Them...

Jane Sanderson

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live ...Above stairs: Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable... [more]

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A Place Called Armageddon

C. C. Humphreys

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Constantinople. For a thousand years, the city was the heart of the vast Byzantine empire. Beloved of Greeks. Coveted by Turks.... [more]

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Fortress of Spears: Empire III

Anthony Riches

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, is the prisoner of the chieftains he once... [more]

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River of Smoke

Amitav Ghosh

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured... [more]

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The Book of Madness and Cures

Regina O'Melveny

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Gabriella Mondini is a rarity in 16th century Venice, she's a woman who practices medicine. Her father, a renowned physician,... [more]

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Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

Ben Kane

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Enemy Of Rome : The great Carthaginian general, Hannibal, has never forgotten the defeat and humiliation of his father by... [more]

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Master and God

Lindsey Davis

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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Afflicted by classic paranoia, the self-styled Master and God sees enemies everywhere. As he vents his suspicions, no one... [more]

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The Gods of Gotham

Lyndsay Faye

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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August 1845 in New York; enter the dark, unforgiving city underworld of the legendary Five Points...After a fire decimated... [more]

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Winter Palace (A Novel of the Young Catherine the Great)

Eva Stachniak

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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When Vavara, a young orphaned Polish girl, is brought to serve at Empress Elizabeth's glittering, dangerous court in St Petersburg,... [more]

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The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart

Fiction & Literature; Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction

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

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The Last Enchantment

Mary Stewart

Fiction & Literature; Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction

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With the great sword Caliburn in his hand and Merlin the enchanter at his side, Arthur comes out of hiding to claim the crown... [more]

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The Sensorium of God: The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Trilogy

Stuart Clark

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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In the mid-17th century Edmond Halley, adventurer and astronomer, visits reclusive alchemist and fearsome mathematician, Isaac... [more]

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Season of Light

Katharine McMahon

Fiction & Literature; Romance; Historical fiction

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Season of Light begins in 1788, in the heady days just before the French revolution, when Paris is fizzing with new ideas... [more]

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The Baskerville Legacy: A Novel

John O'Connell

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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The experience of collaboration will prove traumatic for both Fletcher Robinson and Conan Doyle. And when the result of their... [more]

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Caleb's Crossing

Geraldine Brooks

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

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In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. From the few facts... [more]

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