Historical Fiction

Updated June 9, 2024
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The great divide : a novel
Henríquez, Cristina
Paper Book
'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST 'One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA SHERIDAN A breathtaking historical novel following...
Girl at war : a novel
Nović, Sara
Paper Book
A god in ruins : a novel
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD AND BESTSELLING LITERARY PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Atkinson's finest work, and confirmation that her genre-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle' Observer A God in Ruins relates the...
China : the novel
Rutherfurd, Edward
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Bravo; this is a big, complex and utterly involving portrait of 19th-century China' THE TIMES The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in...
Noonday : a novel
Barker, Pat
Paper Book
In Noonday, Pat Barker - the Man Booker-winning author of the definitive WWI trilogy, Regeneration - turns for the first time to WWII. 'Afterwards, it was the horses she remembered, galloping towards them out of the orange-streaked darkness, their manes and...
Black shield maiden
Willow
Paper Book
From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings. Lore, legend, and history tell us of the Vikings- warrior-kings on epic journeys of conquest and plunder. But the stories we know are not...
The glutton : a novel
Blakemore, A. K.
Paper Book
One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.
The tower : a novel
Carr, Flora
Paper Book
'Richly detailed' THE NEW YORKER 'Carr has taken an often overly romanticised historical figure and given her new life and originality.' THE TIMES 'A vivid, visceral read' TRACY CHEVALIER 'Bold and immediate' TLS<...
The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year 'Sparkling' OBSERVER 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY<...
The lion women of Tehran
Kamali, Marjan
Paper Book
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship,...
Hungry ghosts : a novel
Hosein, Kevin Jared
Paper Book
_____________________________ * A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * * WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 * 'A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic' THE TIMES 'An...
The house of doors : a novel
Tan, Twan Eng
Paper Book
The anticipated novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang

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