Historical Fiction

Synopsis Execution by S.J. Parris is a gripping historical thriller set in 1586, featuring the heretic monk and spy, Giordano Bruno. The novel de...

Synopsis An unforgettable recreation of life in wartime, and of the tragic fate of Poland in the 20th Century. A story of sabotage, betrayal &...

Synopsis The Winner of The Orange Prize 2012. Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of Ki...

Synopsis A Mercy is Toni Morrison's ninth novel. It was published in 2008. Set in colonial America in the late 17th century, it is the story of a E...

Synopsis Number 1 Bestseller. Shardlake #6 England, 1546: King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are e...

Synopsis Winner of The Costa Novel Award 2011. An enthralling tale of an extraordinary year in pre-revolutionary Paris from the critically acclai...

Synopsis The astonishing and epic novel that won the 2013 Man Booker Prize. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the Ne...

Synopsis The Sunday Times Paperback of The Year 2023. In this novel, the bestselling author of Munich and V2 tells the story of the greatest manhun...

 Synopsis A Guardian Best Book of The 21st Century. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award. Pat Barker continues...

Synopsis The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his belo...

Synopsis Multi-Award Winner. The Red Umbrella is a moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pa...

Synopsis Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney. Bestselling author Frank Delaney sweeps us off to Ireland with a stunning new novel that captures the...

Synopsis A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice 2019 & The Sunday Times Bestseller. The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal is the intoxicating story o...

Synopsis From the bestselling author of The Dovekeepers comes a love story about one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel, the...

Synopsis A TLS Book of The Year. Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling st...

Synopsis In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barður join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barðu...

Synopsis Vespasian #7. AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has set his heart on a new wife but to clear a path for her, he must firs...

Synopsis Winner Costa Book Awards 2017. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2018. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's ...

Synopsis The Last Crossing is a sweeping tale of breathtaking quests, adventurous detours, and hard-won redemption. Englishmen Charles and Adding...

Synopsis Winner Costa Book Awards 2019. "They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I ...

Synopsis Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month for July 2018. Chosen for the Zoe Ball Book Club. Shortlisted for The HWA Debut Crown. In 1627, B...

Synopsis 1468 . . . dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. It's a crime to be out after dark, and Fa...

Synopsis From the Whitbread Award winning author of: A Good Man in Africa and the Costa Award winning Restless, a sweeping, electrifying new novel ...

Synopsis Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2019. Winner - Highland Book Prize. Somerset, 1809. A ravaged soldier drags himself across the thr...