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The Girl Behind The Wall by Mandy Robotham
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
"A poignant, tender story of families and sisters divided by the cruelty of political chance-my heart ached for them on every page." Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network *contains exclusive audio content* A city divided.When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong ...Show more
The One Pink Rose, One Red Rose, One White Rose by Julie Garwood
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
An omnibus edition of three previously published stories--One Pink Rose, One White Rose, and One Red Rose, follows the romantic adventures of the Clayborne brothers of Montana, who begin life as street urchins.
An Instance of the Fingerpost (US Ed) by Iain M Pears, M.D
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
A national bestseller and one of theNew York Public Library's Books to Remember, "An Instance of the Fingerpost" is a thrilling historical mystery from Iain Pears. "It is 1663, and England is wracked with intrigue and civil strife. When an Oxford don is murdered, it seems at first that the incident can ...Show more
Salonika Burning by Gail Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war.Amid the destruction, there are those who have come to the frontlines to heal- surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of these people-Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley-are at ...Show more
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Smythe-Smith Quartet Ser.
Honoria Smythe-Smith, the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the Earl of Winstead, plays the violin in the annual musicale performed by the Smythe-Smith quartet. She’s well aware that they are dreadful. In fact, she freely admits (to her cousins) that she is probably the worst of the bunch. But she’ ...Show more
This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: Adult
At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the bowels of the riverbed, the workers - black, white, Irish and Italian - dig togeth ...Show more
Ratcatcher by James McGee
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Matthew Hawkwood #1 | Reading Level: Adult
This is a gripping historical thriller introducing Bow Street Runner, Matthew Hawkwood - a sexy, dangerous and fascinating hero who hunts down thieves, spies and murderers in the crime-ridden streets of Regency London. Hunting down highwaymen was not the usual preserve of a Bow Street Runner. As the mos ...Show more
Miral by Rula Jebreal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: Adult
This is a heartbreaking novel dissecting the Palestinian conflict that is based on a true story. It is a film adaptation starring Freida Pinto to debut at Venice Film Festival. In 1948, as violence erupts in Jerusalem, a young Arab woman, Hind Husseini, finds fifty-five abandoned children in the streets ...Show more
Sharpe's Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 by Bernard Cornwell
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Sharpe Ser.
The seventeenth Sharpe novel sees Sharpe returning from India to London to join the newly formed Green Jackets. Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other famil ...Show more
Trust Me by Lesley Pearse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Trust Me is a powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy. For one girl betrayal goes hand in hand with trust . . . This is just one of many captivating novels from the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author Lesley Pearse. She lost her parents and then was sent far, far away . . . When their f ...Show more
Tiger Men by Judy Nunn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'This town is full of tiger men, ' Dan said. 'Just look around you. The merchants, the builders, the bankers, the company men, they're all out for what they can get.' Van Diemen's Land was an island of stark contrasts; a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its landed gentry, and an island so rich ...Show more