Warrior of Woden (#5 Bernicia Chronicles ) by Matthew Harffy
$22.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Bernicia Chronicles Ser.
AD 642, Anglo-Saxon Britain: Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years and Beobrand has led the king to ever-greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle, Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand's fearsome black-shielded warriors and the ...Show more
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical
From the author of the million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls comes Lost Roses, which once again celebrates the unbreakable bonds of women's friendship during the darkest days of history. It is 1914, and New York socialite Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, ...Show more
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history novel--the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president--is soon to be an HBO limited series. In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. ...Show more
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Wolf Hall 2 | Reading Level: very good
An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists. ‘Our most brilliant English writer’ Guardian Bring Up the Bodies unlocks the darkly glittering court of Henry VIII, where Thomas Cromwell is now chi ...Show more
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
$27.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Wolf Hall 1 | Reading Level: very good
From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel. ‘Every bit as good as they said it was’ Observer ‘Terrific’ Margaret Atwood ‘As soon as I opened this book I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop’ The Times In Wolf Hall, one of our very best writers ...Show more
Outlander: The gripping historical romance from the best-selling adventure series (Outlander 1) by Diana Gabaldon
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Outlander | Reading Level: good
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. As seen on TV. Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century - and a lover in another. In 1946, Claire Randall is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon in Scotland. Innocently she walks throu ...Show more
To Die in Spring by Ralf Rothmann; Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Historical
Distant, silent, often drunk, Walter Urban is a difficult man to have as a father. But his son-the narrator of this slim, harrowing novel-is curious about Walter's experiences during World War II, and so makes him a present of a blank notebook in which to write down his memories. Walter dies, however, l ...Show more
The Wall by John Lanchester
$22.99 NZD
Category: Historical
*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019* Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights. The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere ne ...Show more
The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters
$22.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: Adult
As 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone t ...Show more
Killer of Kings (#4 Bernicia Chronicles) by Matthew Harffy
$22.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Bernicia Chronicles Ser.
AD 636. Anglo-Saxon Britain. Beobrand has land, men and riches. He should be content. And yet he cannot find peace until his enemies are food for the ravens. But before Beobrand can embark on his bloodfeud, King Oswaldorders him southward, to escort holy men bearing sacred relics. When Penda of Mercia ...Show more
Tombland (Shardlake #7) by C. J. Sansom
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Shardlake Ser.
**Sunday Times Number One Bestseller**Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series.Summer, 1549.Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos ... The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old ...Show more
The Unforgiving City by Maggie Joel
$33.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Secrets and lies throw three lives into disarray in Sydney in the last days of the nineteenth century. Colonial Sydney in the final weeks of the nineteenth century: a city striving for union and nationhood but dogged by divisions so deep they threaten to derail, not just the Federation, but the colony ...Show more