The Liars' Gospel by Naomi Alderman
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
'He was a traitor, a rabble-leader, a rebel, a liar and a pretender to the throne. We have tried to forget him here.' For fans of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pulman, Naomi Alderman's The Liars' Gospel is the story of a Jewish man, Yehoshuah, who wandered Roman-occupied Judea ...Show more
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, singleminded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man. This is the roving party and their purpose is massacre. With promi ...Show more
Havisham by Ronald Frame
36.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
A compelling prelude to Great Expectations, telling compelling story of Miss Havisham's early life, before heartbreak came to define her entirely. There was a delicate tracery of gold foil on the back of the dress. How strange that such a consummately made garment should be worn for this one day only. ...Show more
Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
One warm rainy summer, Freya Dane, a PhD candidate in archaeology, arrives on the ancient Scottish island of Findnar. Estranged as a child from her recently dead father, himself an archaeologist, Freya yearns to understand more about the man, his work on the island, and why he left her mother so many ye ...Show more
The Ripper Secret by Jack Steel
26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
August 1888. Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Charles Warren has a precious artefact, a relic of incalculable value that dates back to the very earliest days of human history, in his possession. Previously sent to Jerusalem to survey and explore the ancient religious sites there, he found the sol ...Show more
The Diviners by Libba Bray
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
1920s New York. A teen clairvoyant. An old evil. It has begun...Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old home town and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City - and she is pos-i-tute-ly thrilled! New York is the city of speak-easies, rent parties, shopping and movie palaces, and soo ...Show more
Rome: The Coming of the King by M. C. Scott
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Sebastos Pantera, known to his many enemies as the Leopard, is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging and important of missions. Hunting alone, trusting no-one, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome's empire and bring him to bloody justice. But his prey is cunning, subtle and ...Show more
A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Lady Emily Mystery
Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities - reading "The Aeneid", waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women's Liberal Federation in the early stages of ...Show more
The Emperor of All Things by Paul Witcover
36.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
"Tempus Rerum Imperator: Time, Emperor of All Things". 1758. England is embroiled in a globe-spanning conflict that stretches from her North American colonies to Europe and beyond. Across the Channel, the French prepare for an invasion - an invasion rumored to be led by none other than Bonnie Prince Cha ...Show more
Rome's Executioner by Robert Fabbri
22.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Vespasian Ser.
A hero is forged in battle and a legend is born in this second installment in the Vespasian series Thracia, AD30: Even after four years of military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can't escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome hav ...Show more
Tribune of Rome by Robert Fabbri
22.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Vespasian Ser.
26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, com ...Show more
The Sweet Girl by Annabel Lyon
35.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Pythias is her father's daughter, right down to her hard, intelligent slate-grey eyes. Aristotle has never been able to resist a keen mind in another - even in his own girl-child who should be content with the kitchen, the loom and a life dictated by the rhythms of childbearing. His little Pytho is smar ...Show more