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Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight by Steven Carroll
$19.99 AUD
$32.99 (39% off)
Category: Historical | Series: The\Eliot Quartet Ser.
From one of our finest writers - winner of the Miles Franklin, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award - comes a wistful and emotional story that imagines a happier ending for the mercurial and complicated Vivienne Haigh-Wood, first wife of the great poet, TS Eliot. Londo ...Show more
The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who wrote the radio plays that held a nation captive. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. Martha Berry is f ...Show more
James by Percival Everett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
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
Once We Were Home: A Novel by Jennifer Rosner
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. When your past is stolen, where do you belong? Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, O ...Show more
The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'Renee Ryan is a brilliant storyteller.' -- Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Librarian Spy From the author of The Widows of Champagne comes a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris and one woman who must face impossible choices to survive... ...Show more
The Hidden Book by Kirsty Manning
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From the bestselling author of The Jade Lily comes a compelling novel based on a true story of a WWII European heirloom that brought down war criminals and travelled through history ... to be found in an Australian country shed in 2019. Europe, 1940s: Imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp in ...Show more
Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone (#9 Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Outlander
THE NINTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES.The past may seem the safest place to be. But it's the most dangerous time to be aliveAmerica is on the edge of a bloody conflict, a country torn by war.Jamie and Claire survived Scotland and the Civil war that threatened its destruction. They must do ...Show more
The Naturalist of Amsterdam by Melissa Ashley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Historical
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 Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible construction of the Panama Canal and casting light on the unsung people who lived and laboured in its shadow – by acclaimed author Cristina Henríquez. It is said that the Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it mu ...Show more
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
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
The French Agent: The unputdownable historical mystery novel from the bestselling author of THE MYSTERY WOMAN for readers who love Kate Morton, Natasha Lester and Kirsty Manning by Belinda Alexandra
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A world in chaos. Two very different women. And the mystery of the man who may connect them. The stunning new novel from beloved Australian storyteller Belinda Alexandra. Paris 1946: Sabine Brouillette is a war crimes investigator with the French secret service. She lost her family, including her ...Show more
Sisters of the Sky by Lana Kortchik
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'[A] captivating story, wonderfully fleshed out characters and relationships, and beautiful writing make this a must-read!' NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front. She has witnessed so ...Show more