Historical Fiction

Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England — the seas...

"The Magic of Saida is the sort of novel that, upon finishing, one wants to immediately read again, to examine, to study just how Vasssanji works his narra...

“A fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten.” —Kristina McMorris, New ...

A radiant talent on the brink of making it big in Nashville must confront her small-town past and an old love she’s never forgotten in this engaging nove...

Based loosely on the life of Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, Equal of the Sun is a riveting story of political intrigue and a moving portrait of the unlikely bo...

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours, The Forgotten Garden, and The House at Riverton, a spellbinding novel ...

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Sufferance and Indians on VacationWhen relics of the mysterious Obsidian murders resurface in Chinook, T...

When Luke Jensen Traps Fugitive Ben Craddock In Arapaho Springs, He's Ready To Collect On His Bounty. But The Job's Not Done - Not By A Long Shot. A Raid By...

The eleventh novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, now a major TV series from Masterpiece PBS.Cornwall 1815 Demelza sees a horseman riding down t...

Georgiana Darcy has gone missing. Lizzy Bennet knows just what to do to find her. ‘Tis no secret that Lizzy Bennet has dreams. The uniquely talented daugh...

Maude Travers gulped for air. Why had this man struck her? Why was she on this kitchen floor in this ramshackle tenement? Blinking hard she was instantly si...

A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine. In this best-selling novel, Patri...

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class s...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Churchill’s Secret Messenger comes a WWI novel based on little-known history, as four very different lives intert...

Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion...

A Globe & Mail 100 Selection Part epic of Texas, part classic coming- of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is ...

From Heather Morris, The New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Multi-million Copy Bestseller The Tattooist Of Auschwitz And Cilka's Journey Comes Three S...

When the tomb of St. Tancred is opened at a village church in Bishop's Lacey, its shocking contents lead to another case for Flavia de Luce. Greed, pride, a...

Penny Vincenzi, with over one million copies sold and fifteen bestsellers, queen of the riveting family drama, delivers her most deliciously page-turning sa...

A Boston Globe Best Book of the YearIn this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift...

“A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding.”— REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals“Fiercely feminist ...

In A Finely Woven Series Of Flashbacks And Correspondence, Lev Termen, The Russian Scientist, Inventor, And Spy, Tells The Story Of His Life To His One True...

Now repackaged with official tie-in art from the blockbuster Showtime series Outlander, which will air a second season beginning in 2016, based on Dragonfl...

Germany, 1954. Jozef grows up in a happy household - so it seems. But his father Gerhard still harbours disturbing National Socialism ideals, while mother ...

In This Bravura Follow-up To The Pulitzer Prize, And National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times Bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Bri...

This fake relationship could prove to be a royal mess.Lady Hilaria Sherton is determined to wed a duke—any duke will do. Viscount Eastwood is entirely uns...

As good as a historical novel can be—fresh, imaginative, sensitively written.” —The New York Post The Man on a Donkey is an enthralling, pano...

Sometimes Keeping Your Honor Means Breaking Your Word The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper. John FitzGilbert is a man of honor...

In The Spring Of 1942, Young Elzbieta Rabinek Is Aware Of The Swiftly Growing Discord Just Beyond The Courtyard Of Her Comfortable Warsaw Home. She Has No F...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of The Nightingale and Sarah’s Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut ...

In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a nov...

Fascinating... Cornick's Rich Mystery Will Serve Readers Well On A Rainy Day. --publishers Weekly On The Forgotten Sister In The Winter Of 1483, Francis Lov...

i Have Been Standing On The Side Of Life, Watching It Float By. I Want To Swim In The River. I Want To Feel The Current. so Writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney ...

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to...

The Jazz Club SpyCategories: Literature & Fiction Historical Fiction 20th CenturyWorld War II

Enjoying Summertime Weeks Of Freedom At A Popular Jewish Beach With Their Children, Beautiful Ada Thrives Away From Her Strict Husband, While Chef Vivie Dev...

An epic Roman novel which follows three men and one woman bound in servitude to the Republic.Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mo...

‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’ England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a...

The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House is a heart racing story about a man’s treacherous...

guaranteed To Spark Discussion And Debate This Is A Tale Of Two Young Boys Experiencing The Holocaust From Different Perspectives And Getting Caught Up In...

Advance praise for Beneath the Lion’s Gaze: “With words that make ‘a faint, tender bruise’ on the page, and a compassionate imagination that trans...

From the bestselling author of Pompeii comes the first volume in an exciting new trilogy set in ancient Rome — an imaginary biography of Cicero, Rome’s ...

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From This Day Forward? Thomas Granger Has Been Married To His Wife Lily For Five Years. The Marriage Has Been Proper, But Without Much Affection, And The Fa...

Franciszka and her daughter are unlikely heroines. They are simple people who don't stand out¦ that is, until there is a crisis. In 1939, the Nazis come to...

One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babblingon at her movie idol, the glamorous MarinaGregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure,poisoned b...

Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father's antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written re...

From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty yea...