| Author: | Philippa Gregory |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Awards: |
Midsummers Eve, 1670. A wealthy man waits outside a poor London warehouse to meet with Alinor, the woman he failed twenty-one years before. He has everything to offer, wealth, land, status, and he believes she has the only thing he cannot buy: his son... read more
| Author: | Bernard Cornwell |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Series: | The\Last Kingdom Ser. |
THE FINAL BATTLE AWAITS...
The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series, coming October 2020.
England is under attack. Chaos reigns. Northumbria, the last kingdom, is threatened by armies from all sides, by land... read more
| Author: | Lauren Chater |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Reading Level: | very good |
Birth. Death. Wonder ... One woman's journey to the edge of love and loyalty from the bestselling author of The Lace Weaver London, 1702. When her husband is lost at sea, Mary Burton Gulliver, midwife and herbalist, is forced to rebuild her life without him. But thre... read more
| Author: | Hilary Mantel |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Series: | The Wolf Hall Trilogy |
| Reading Level: | very good |
| Awards: | Longlisted Booker Prize 2020 Shortlisted The Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 |
The long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies; the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy.
‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’.
England, May ... read more
| Author: | Hilary Mantel |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Series: | Wolf Hall Trilogy |
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 grippe... read more
| Author: | Hilary Mantel |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Series: | Wolf Hall Trilogy |
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 ... read more
| Author: | Barbara Taylor Bradford |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Series: | House of Falconer Ser. |
Don't miss the second book in the unforgettable House of Falconer series, available to pre-order now! London 1889: Victorian London is a place of wealth, privilege and poverty, a city of extremes. For James Falconer, who grew up as a barrow boy on a London market, it is a c... read more
| Author: | Tracy Chevalier |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
| Awards: |
From the globally bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring 'I loved it. So compelling and warm and subtle, and very moving' Bridget Collins, author of The Binding 'Deeply touching ... careful, beautiful' Louisa Young, author of You Left Early It is 1932, and the ... read more
| Author: | Karl Marlantes |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings - Ilmari, Matti and the politicized young Aino - are forced to flee to the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pio... read more
| Author: | Alix Nathan |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Reading Level: | 1 Fiction |
What kind of person keeps a man underground for seven years? And who would agree to be part of such an experiment? The year is 1792 and Herbert Powyss is set on making his name as a scientist. He is determined to study the effects of prolonged solitude on another hu... read more
| Author: | Stacey Halls |
| Category: |
Fiction Historical |
| Reading Level: | very good |
| Awards: |
'Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' - Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist.
