The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Jorge Luis Borges remains one of the most influential short story writers of the twentieth century, whose spe ...Show more
The Light of Luna Park by Armstrong Addison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
1926. Nurse Althea Anderson's heart is breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital. So when she reads about the survival rates of babies in incubators, it feels like a miracle. But the doctors dismiss Althea, forcing her to make a choice between a baby's life and the doct ...Show more
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The breathtaking new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Hamnet. Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman's battle for her very survival, written with all the drama and verve that made HAMNET an international best ...Show more
The Paper Man by Billy O'Callaghan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A deeply moving interwar romance based on a real-life unsolved mystery, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling writer of Life Sentences. 1980s Cork. Jack Shine is sorting through his mother's belongings when he discovers a shoe box full of love letters and newspaper clippings. Jack's mother, Rebekah ...Show more
The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman; Robert and Elizabeth Chandler (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
One of Grossman's three great war novels - alongside Life and Fate and Stalingrad."A significant, valuable addition to Grossman's small but powerful body of work" WILLIAM BOYD"A remarkable novel that illuminates the terrible realities of Barbarossa and the banal horror of warfare with incomparable under ...Show more
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick and Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, for fans of PANDORA, THE ESSEX SERPENT and THE NIGHT CIRCUS.Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023.'I just fell in love with it within the first two sentences . . .' - Ruth Jones'One ...Show more
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'Absolutely loving this . . . A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!' DAVID HAREWOOD, actor and author of Maybe I Don't Belong Here 'Phenomenal! Highly recommended' MALORIE BLACKMAN, author of Noughts and Crosses 'An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. ...Show more
The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen
$27.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Two sisters find themselves at odds in this breathtaking historical fantasy - and when one releases a dark spell, someone will have to burn. They are witches, after all.Rage burns brighter than any spellfire...Deep in the birchwoods of Norway, magic courses through the veins of two sisters. For years th ...Show more
The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A spellbinding historical debut which tells the story of a silent midwife hiding a secret and a witch-hunt that tears a community apart. Perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Maggie O'Farrell, Jessie Burton and Hannah Kent. East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for m ...Show more
A Better Place by Stephen Daisley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
In a novel of stark and lyrical beauty, award-winning author Stephen Daisley portrays the brutal effects of war on two New Zealand brothers. The old people in the district would often say that Roy was not quite the same after he come back. There was a brother. A twin brother, Tony. Tony Mitchell, diff ...Show more
A History of What Comes Next (Take them to the Stars #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Mia is not sure what she is, but she isn't human. Smarter, stronger than her peers, all she knows are the rules- there can never be three for too long; always run, never fight.When she finds herself in Germany, 1945, she must turn the Nazi's most trusted scientist with an offer- abandon the crumbling Na ...Show more
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party by Nick Dyrenfurth, Frank Bongiorno
$27.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A little book about the big history of one of Australia’s most important institutions The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government. This short, sharp history tells the story of the party’s formation, its successes and failures at winning ...Show more