The Terror by Dan Simmons
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
The men on board Her Britannic Majesty's Ships Terror and Erebus had every expectation of triumph. They were part of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition - as scientifically advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth - and theirs were the first steam-driven vessels to go in search of the fabled North-W ...Show more
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
27.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
In Cambridge a child has been hideously murdered and other children have disappeared. The Jews, made scapegoats by the all-powerful Christian clergy, have been forced to retreat into the castle to avoid slaughter by angry townspeople. Henry, King of England, is displeased. The Jews provide a large part ...Show more
The Death Maze (Mistress of the Art of Death #2) by Ariana Franklin
27.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Adelia Aguilar Ser.
At King Henry II's court, terrible things are happening. His Queen, Eleanor, is stirring up revolt against her husband. Rumour has it she has poisoned Fair Rosamund - the King's mistress. In a race to prove Eleanor's innocence, Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, is recruited to help avoid a c ...Show more
Men of Bronze by Scott Oden
25.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
526 BC and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity. Corruption and decay cripple its cities, infects its leaders and cripples its armies, while across the great expanse of Sinai, like jackals drawn to carrion, the forces of the omnipotent king of Persia watch ...Show more
Rome: The Emperor's Spy by M. C. Scott
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Rome is burning. Only one man can save it. The Emperor: Nero, Emperor of Rome and all her provinces, feared by his subjects for his temper and cruelty, is in possession of an ancient document predicting that Rome will burn. The Spy: Sebastos Pantera, assassin and spy for the Roman Legions, is ordered to ...Show more
Company of Spears by Allan Mallinson
26.99 NZD
34.00 (20% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Matthew Hervey Series
1827, and Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting. He soon finds one in the Cape Colonies, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local forces, and in particular to form a new company of horse. Accompanied by a mixed-race captain from the disbanded Royal African Corps, Hervey head ...Show more
Lilah by Marek Halter
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
I can't be with those who throw stones at women and children. It's beyond me. Beyond my love for Ezra. Beyond my respect for God. In 397 BC, in Susa, the opulent capital of the Persian empire, where the Jews are living in exile, young Lilah is destined for a happy life: she is due to marry Antinoes, a g ...Show more
Man of War by Allan Mallinson
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Matthew Hervey
An Act of Courage by Allan Mallinson
26.99 NZD
34.00 (20% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
Christmas 1826 finds Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons alone and a prisoner. Captured by the Spanish, he is locked up in the notorious fortress of Badajoz, with little means of outside communication, his Prayer Book his only mental sustenance. He must escape, but as he lays his plans his thoughts ...Show more
Dreaming the Hound (#3 Boudica) by Manda Scott
24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Boudica Ser.
Set in Iron-Age Britain, the third magnificent story in the life of the world's most famous warrior queen. This story is set in AD 57. Much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for over ten years, with key areas in the south and east administered as vassal states, where the tribes pay costly ti ...Show more
Zipporah by Marek Halter
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
Tells about a forgotten protagonist of the "Old Testament", Zipporah who was the embodiment of intelligence and love. Although the weakest of the weak, her emotional bravery and strength in adversity made her, a modern heroine. She was the first to understand the full potential of the role given to Mose ...Show more
Hannibal by David Anthony Durham
26.99 NZD
33.00 (18% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
In ancient Rome, parents used to silence misbehaving children with the utterance 'Hannibal ad portas' (Hannibal is at the door). Such was the fear and awe that Hannibal Barca instilled... Told in arcing, epic technicolour, this is the story of one of the ancient world's most remarkable figures and the l ...Show more