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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (#6 Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Outlander Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. The long fuse of rebellion has already been lit.It?s 1772, the Royal Colony of North Carolina, and the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and preserve the colony for King and Crown.One minor problem- Jamie Fraser?s wife, Claire, ...Show more
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
From the worldwide number one bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss.'A master storyteller' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing'A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as ...Show more
False God of Rome by Robert Fabbri
$19.99 AUD
$34.99 (42% off)
Category: Historical
Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Roman Empire, suppressing local troubles and defending the Roman way. But political events in Rome - Tiberius' increasingly insane debauchery, the escalating grain crisis - draw him back to the city. When Caligula becomes Emperor, Vespas ...Show more
Still Life by Sarah Winman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Over 500,000 copies sold internationallyA BBC Between the Covers Book Club PickA BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeWinner of Dymocks Book of the Year *Special gold limited edition* 'Sheer joy' GRAHAM NORTON 'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' JOANNA CANNON 'A gorge ...Show more
The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Daughters of War 2 | Reading Level: very good
An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise... A rebellious daughter 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding stre ...Show more
The Vixen: A Novel by Francine Prose
$14.99 AUD
$32.99 (54% off)
Category: Historical
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - an assignment tha ...Show more
The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives? Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. July, 1940 Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been working under ...Show more
The Last of the Apple Blossom by Mary-Lou Stephens
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The fire took everything - except two women's fighting spirits. A sweeping, big-hearted Australian family saga for readers of Judy Nunn and Victoria Purman. 7 February, 1967. Walls of flame reduce much of Tasmania to ash. Young schoolteacher Catherine Turner rushes to the Huon Valley to find her fam ...Show more
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of the underground library in WWII Warsaw, by the NYT bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London and The Librarian Spy. All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: book ...Show more
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
$37.99 AUD
Category: Historical
One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history. We have fallen into the belief that women were absent from great events, and ineffectual in normal times. Through a radical reframing of the conventional eras of our history, Normal Women tells the story of our nation - not ...Show more
Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest days of World War II. In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminen ...Show more
Trust by Hernán Diaz / Hernan Diaz
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
"Buzzy and enthralling ...A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery...Fun as hell to read." --Oprah Daily"A genre-bending, time-skipping story about New York City's elite in the roaring '20s and Great Depression."--Vanity Fair"A riveting ...Show more