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  • A Class Liberated
    The characters are so carefully and believably crafted and the pace of the storytelling in her writing never slows, making this latest novel in the series another fantastic page turner. Freedom may be within their grasp... As the devastation of the potato blight continues, Cormac and Bridget grapple with their dual roles at Bewley Hall in England and Oakleigh Manor...
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  • A Class Coveted
    Susie Murphy...is an absolute HIT...This is another excellent installment to a beautiful series. - The Lit Bitch, book reviewer Their choices have shackled her dreams... It's 1836, and Bridget and Cormac have arrived, full of hope, to the city of Boston with their growing family. However, as they adjust to domestic life together for the first time, they face anti-Irish...
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  • A Class Forsaken
    EDITORS' CHOICE, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY 'This series keeps getting better... Once I started reading this book, it was so hard to stop... Such evocative writing.' - Elizabeth Bell, author of the Lazare Family Saga His past could destroy their future... Having escaped capture in London, Bridget and Cormac flee to Ireland with their daughter, Emily. Their homecoming is bittersweet as...
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  • A Class Entwined
    A book that you can't stop reading because you want to see how it ends, and yet you never want it to end...Susie Murphy is becoming one of my favourite authors. — Ashley O'Melia, author and freelance writer They never thought they'd see each other again... Trapped in a loveless marriage far from home, Bridget does what she can to...
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  • A Matter of Class Series Books 1-3
    I am completely blown away by this series...Simply outstanding. Book Reviews for U, book reviewer This single paperback volume contains the first, second, and third books in Susie Murphy's historical fiction series A Matter of Class. Society said they shouldn't fall in love... A Class Apart: It's 1828, and Ireland is in turmoil as Irish tenants protest against their upper-class...
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  • Twin Jades of Jiangdong (Novel) Vol. 1
    Set in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms era comes a story of childhood friends and the changes their relationship faces in the midst of war. From Fei Tian Ye Xiang, author of Legend of Exorcism - Tianbao Fuyao Lu and Dinghai Fusheng Records! Turmoil rocks the Han dynasty. After a peasant rebellion tears Zhou Yu's family apart, fate reunites...
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  • The Trap
    Sydney, 1942: a city in wartime. As nightclubs are raided, the sly-grog trade thrives, and public toilets become the hunting grounds for corrupt police running an entrapment scheme. As journalists, lawyers, and establishment figures close in on this scandal, figures from the city's demi-monde must reckon with how to survive in dangerous times. The Trap brings to life a turbulent...
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  • The Beheading Game
    The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann is a compelling, entertaining, and original historical novel where Anne Boleyn returns from the dead to exact revenge on Henry VIII. Disgraced. Beheaded. Revived... When Anne Boleyn awakens after her execution, she discovers she's not ready for death just yet. With unfinished business regarding the king who had her murdered, she is determined to...
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  • Sense, Sensibility and Scandal
    Jane Austen returns to solve another devilish mystery, in the compelling follow-up to Miss Austen Investigates. Welcome to Godmersham Park, 1797. Jane Austen is spending the summer with her estranged brother, Neddy. As heir to wealthy widow Mrs Knight's fortune, it is imperative that Neddy stays in his benefactor's good graces. But upon arrival in Kent, Jane realises Neddy is...
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  • Joyful Reunion (Novel) Vol. 3
    An unwanted child becomes a man with a great destiny in this danmei/Boys' Love novel series from acclaimed author Fei Tian Ye Xiang (Legend of Exorcism, Dinghai Fusheng Records)! Truths Laid Bare: After a narrow escape from the assassin Helan Jie, Duan Ling and Wu Du race back to Tong Pass to carry out their mission—to eliminate the treacherous general...
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  • Everything Is Poison
    Everything Is Poison is a historical YA novel in prose and verse from New York Times bestselling author Joy McCullough, now available in paperback! This gripping historical narrative reveals a deadly secret lurking in plain sight and follows the courageous women who risk everything to care for those with nowhere else to turn. It's perfect for fans of Blood Water...
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  • Daughter of Chaos
    For mortals to be free, the Gods must fall in this sweeping, epic fantasy set in Ancient Greece that became an instant number 3 Sunday Times bestseller. In Ancient Greece, the Gods demand the ultimate tribute—food, treasure, even human sacrifice. There are some mortals who cling to a desperate prophecy—one will come and set them free. But few believe it....
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  • Against the Odds Winter Whiteouts
    Decodable tales of survival against the odds for striving readers aged 10-14. From blinding blizzards to a devastating avalanche, three young people battle against some of the most brutal natural disasters in history. The Children's Blizzard, 1888 Yungay Avalanche, 1970 The Storm of the Century, 1993 This book is part of the Against The Odds series, a captivating series of...
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  • The Original
    ‘Casually magisterial’ Guardian 'Endlessly intriguing' Observer ‘A marvel of a novel’ Ali Smith ‘Jane Eyre by way of Patricia Highsmith’ BBC Radio 4 ‘Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters’ Financial Times ‘There was a painting my family set on fire. It burned to ashes, and then it came back.’ Oxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries...
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  • Lord of Scoundrels
    They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them... Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"—and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best—sin and sin...
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  • The Wild Rose
    Be swept up in the unforgettable new historical novel from the reader’s favourite. Can Rosina discover the hidden secrets of Moonshadow Manor? When spirited Rosina Wills is driven from her London home by a conniving stepmother, she seeks refuge in the wild heart of Dartmoor. But Moonshadow Manor is a house of secrets—and her ailing Aunt Jane is not the...
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  • The Timekeepers: The Aztec Adventure
    Tag along with the Timekeepers and discover amazing events that shaped our world in these history-themed adventure stories. The Timekeepers are a secret organisation of kids who keep the course of history on track – and history needs them. A villain called DeLay is causing chaos! When the hands on their watches start to spin backwards, the Timekeepers know that...
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  • Lighthouse Girl
    Based on the true story of Fay Howe, this gentle, illustrated tale brings to life the hardships of those left at home during WWI—those waiting, wondering, and hoping. At the outbreak of World War I, Fay lives alone with her father on bleak, windswept Breaksea Island. As war rages over the world, Fay's life is about to dramatically change as...
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  • Hagtale
    Hagtale, a dark fable, a fireside story, known to Shakespeare, but unwritten. Until now. In eleventh-century Scotland, feral wolf-child Wulva is brought up by witches and then sent to live at a Scottish castle, where she falls under the spell of the cruel, ambitious Lord Macbeth. Three hundred years later, gentle Brother Rowan embarks on a strange and perilous journey...
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  • Winter of the Wolf
    Inspired by a notorious werewolf trial, blending history with paranormal and feminist themes, and with a moving queer romance at its core, this is an unmissable Australian debut. Eastern France. Winter. 1572. When Sidonie's guardian dies, she flees Paris rather than submit to a forced marriage, seeking sanctuary in the home of her estranged aunt in Dole. A town consumed...
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  • Where The Murray River Runs
    A nineteenth–century story of greed, honour and an overwhelming love Bendigo 1890 Ard O'Rourke is Linley Seymour's perfect man. They've known each other since they were children, and she has never wanted anyone else. But when she discovers Ard has fathered a child with another woman, her dreams turn to dust. Then fate takes a hand. Linley and her Aunt...
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  • War Diary
    The young artist and writer Yevgenia Belorusets was in her hometown of Kyiv when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of February 24, 2022. For her and millions of Ukrainians, reality changed overnight. With urgency and clarity, she set out to document the devastation and its effects on the ordinary residents of Ukraine: the relentless presence of sirens...
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  • Under the Tamarind Tree
    A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. 1964 — Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home, her parents' safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors of Partition, if...
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  • Ukraine: Remember Also Me
    A collection of vivid and powerful testimonies from the conflict in Ukraine, collated and illustrated by award-winning artist George Butler. While reporting on the war in Ukraine, George Butler has created striking and intimate illustrations to introduce us to the people behind the headlines. His drawings, made in a variety of places, from missile-scarred streets to nursing homes, vividly capture...
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  • The Winter Warriors
    A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A bestselling, award-winning World War II novel about the heroism of a single Finnish infantry company - and the best sniper the world has ever seen - defending their country against the largest army in the world. November 1939- The Soviet Union invades its tiny, relatively defenceless neighbour Finland, just three months after the...
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  • The Wild Date Palm
    From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion, and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what you are willing to die for. For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris, and Alli Parker. During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915, during World...
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  • The Widow and Her Hero
    A subtle examination of heroism ... This clever, compelling novel asks some uncomfortable questions Penelope Lively, The Guardian To be a hero's wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt. I knew in general terms I was marrying a hero. The burden lay lightly on Leo, and to be a hero's wife in times...
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  • The Whale's Last Song: A beautiful, tender book about love and sacrifice, for readers of Charlie Mackesy and Paulo Coelho
    Once upon a time, a young girl ventured into a dark forest, looking for a cure for her much-loved elder sister ... A touching, tender, and lyrical fable about what we do for the ones we love, and the beauty and mystery of being alive in a world in which we are part of everything, and everything is part of...
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  • The Weaver and the Witch Queen
    The Weaver and the Witch Queen tells the story of Oddny and Gunnhild, who meet as children in tenth century Norway. Despite their differences—Oddny longs for a quiet life, while Gunnhild yearns for power and an escape from her cruel mother—a visiting wisewoman binds them together with an ominous prophecy involving Oddny, her sister Signy, and Gunnhild. They take a...
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  • The Voyageur
    Exceptionally vivid and intense - Sunday Times A marvellously dark yarn - The Spectator Swaggering debut - Daily Mail But everyone expects at least a little bit of deception as they go through their days and nights, and there's a chance of winning nevertheless, so many choose to play. Alex is a motherless stockboy in 1830s Montreal, waiting desperately for...
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  • The Unworthy Duke
    Witty, passionate and fast-paced, this sparkling debut Regency romance is a must-read for any fan of Georgette Heyer, Julia Quinn or Loretta Chase. Secrets and scars that run deep ... a delightful Regency twist on Beauty and the Beast! - Alison Stuart, author of The Postmistress She's running from her past; he's hiding from his. Miss Ellen Burney doesn't have...
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  • The Two Loves of Sophie Strom
    A house fire, Vienna, 1933: thirteen-year-old Max is orphaned, disfigured and adopted by an Aryan family who change his identity - and his prospects - for the better. A house fire, Vienna, 1933: thirteen-year-old Max saves his parents and escapes unharmed, to face life as a Jew in 1930s Austria. In one unforgettable night, Max Spiegelman's life splits in two....
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  • The Tulip Tree
    A vivid, immersive, historical saga from beloved Australian author Suzanne McCourt. Henryk reached out to embrace him, formally, awkwardly. How rarely they'd touched since childhood, thought Adi, as he sank against his brother. How clumsy their love was. Brothers Henryk and Adam Radecki's relationship is one of fraught love and jealousy. Henryk, unhappily married, becomes a rich and successful industrialist,...
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  • The Tigress of Mysore
    Set against the evocative backdrop of India in the first half of the 19th century, this novel marks the welcome return of Matthew Hervey and the 6th Light Dragons in their fourteenth adventure in this bestselling series. Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen — The Times Following the 6th Light Dragoons' successful...
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  • The Temple of Fortuna
    The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy A courtesan in Rome. Playing for power. Haunted by her past. Her name is Amara. How will her fortunes fall? Amara’s journey has taken her far, from a lowly slave in Pompeii’s brothel to a high-powered courtesan in Rome. Yet she is still drawn back to her past....
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  • The Teacher of Auschwitz
    Haunting and beautiful. Excruciatingly vivid, The Teacher of Auschwitz is rigorously researched and true to the history, powerfully conveying what a smart, loving and energetic man Fredy was. — Dr Elizabeth Baer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts... At the dark heart of the Holocaust, there was a wooden hut whose walls...
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  • The Studio Girls
    The Studio Girls is a sumptuous, nostalgic journey back to the glamorous Golden Age of cinema and the intoxicating world of Tinseltown, where nothing is quite what it seems... Fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo will love Lisa Ireland's cinematic new novel. Set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, The Studio Girls is opulent and scandalous, yet ultimately...
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  • The Story Thief
    Kyra Geddes deftly weaves literature, history, and the possibility of truth to give the Drover's Wife a name. In doing so, she invites us to imagine the lives of other women whose stories have been told by men. Pip Williams Brimming with evocative, authentic detail, The Story Thief brings a fresh, feminist perspective to Australian literature and art. Australian historical...
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  • The Spirit Circle
    For Ellen Whitfield, the betrothal of her dear friend Harriet to Ellen’s brother has brought both loss and solace. But when Harriet suddenly breaks off the engagement, ostensibly at the insistence of her deceased mother, Ellen is bewildered. And when she learns that Harriet is involved with a spiritualist group led by the charismatic Caroline McLeod, she fears losing her...
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  • The Sorrow Stone
    An epic and compelling novel that reimagines the fate of one of Iceland's famous women of history. UQP is offering a money-back guarantee that The Sorrow Stone is a great read—see inside the back cover for details. After committing an audacious act of revenge for her brother's murder, Disa flees with her son through the fjords of Iceland. She has...
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  • The Silence of Water
    Wrenched from her idyllic home to live in another state with a grandfather she's never heard of, Fan searches amongst the relics of her family's possessions for the truth about her convict heritage. When Fan's mum, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes's father—a man they've never spoken of before now—Fan finds herself...
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  • The Ship's Midwife
    Lives are about to be irrevocably changed following a typhus outbreak on a cramped emigrant ship bound for Australia. 1850 Sarah Hallow is orphaned, penniless and alone, with only the skills learned from her midwife mother to guide her. Passage on a ship bound for the new settlement of Brisbane, Australia, is her last option. Though her skills are quickly...
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  • The Settlement
    On the windswept point of an island at the edge of Van Diemen’s Land, the Commandant huddles with a small force of white men and women. He has gathered together, under varying degrees of coercion and duress, the last of the Tasmanians, or so he believes. His purpose is to save them—from a number of things, but most pressingly from...
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  • The Secret Submarine
    Uncover the untold story of a forgotten battle off Australia's shores The official history of the Royal Australian Air Force claims that no enemy submarines operating off the Australian coast during World War II were sunk. But what if history got it wrong? In a fierce and decisive air action off the coast of New South Wales, RAAF Beaufort bombers...
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  • The Sawdust House
    This sweeping tale of a larger-than-life figure is a must-read for lovers of historical fiction. San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James 'Yankee' Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan's mistress seeks his release, and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the...
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  • The Samurai of the Red Carnation
    The Samurai of the Red Carnation by Denis Thériault tells the story of Matsuo, who is destined to be a samurai. However, during his training in the art of war, he realises that he is meant for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, Matsuo decides to do battle with words,...
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  • The Runaway Heiress
    London, 1815. Cassandra Hazeldon is on the run. Under duress to marry a repellent friend of her uncle, Cassandra has made her escape, but now she is very much alone. With luck and quick thinking, she finds a refuge in a grand mansion in Mayfair, and a protector in Lord Irlam, or Hal to his friends. Posing as a friend...
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  • The Quick and the Dead
    It matters not who you are born to but where you are made. It is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave. 'Vividly told, with powerfully drawn characters, this tale of obsession and betrayal set in the dark world of Tudor alchemy will cast its spell over historical fiction fans.' Heat It is 1597...
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  • The Proxy Bride
    In 1939, Giacinta sets sail from Italy to Australia. Decades later, a granddaughter discovers the true story of her family... A stunningly crafted novel of family, secrets and facing adversity, perfect for readers of Victoria Purman. Imagine marrying someone you've never met ... When Sofie comes to stay with her grandmother in Stanthorpe, she knows little of Nonna Gia's past....
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  • The Pretender
    Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition. ‘A vivid, transporting feat of imagination’ - Maggie Shipstead ‘Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved it’ - Sarah Waters ‘Brilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty’ - Joanna Quinn ‘The Pretender has everything:...
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  • The Pearl of Tagai Town
    A sweeping, heart-warming and ultimately triumphant story of the life of a young Torres Strait Islander woman from Tagai Town, a shantytown on the northeastern coast of Australia, in the decades before, during and after World War II. Growing up in the 1930s, Pearl strives for a place in the wider world, battling deep-seated prejudices. When she rescues a white...
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  • The Orchard Murders
    The Orchard Murders is a novel about revenge, obsession, and the dangerous gullibility of religious fanatics. In 1944, in the outer-Melbourne suburb of Nunawading, a brutal triple murder heralds the return of a long-forgotten cult. A man named Anthony Prescott has declared himself the Messiah and has promised his followers immortality. There are those who believe him and who are...
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  • The Natural History of Love
    For fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things, The Dictionary of Lost Words, The Natural History of Love is based upon the true story of 19th-century French explorer, naturalist and diplomat, the Count de Castelnau, and his lover Madame Fone eca; a sweeping historical narrative set in the wilds of Brazil, salons of Paris and the early days...
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  • The Modern Fairies
    The sentences sing on the page with wit and intelligence ... Reminds the reader of the enduring power of storytelling to transform and even save lives, then and now — The New York Times Versailles, 1682 — a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back...
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  • The Mistress of Dara Island
    In the 1960s, a tropical island in the Coral Sea hides dark secrets behind its primordial beauty. Thalia – 'Tally' – Ramsey has grown up barefoot, wild and free on the island purchased by her maternal grandfather. It is a paradise with two faces: an idyllic honeymoon resort for the rich and famous; and an untamed coastline with steeply rising...
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  • The Midnight Carousel
    Water for Elephants meets Moulin Rouge in this spellbinding tale of a beautiful carousel that causes people to inexplicably vanish into thin air... Paris, 1900 Carousel-maker Gilbert works tirelessly to finish his masterpiece in time for the city's Exposition Universelle. But Gilbert is struggling in the wake of his wife and son's tragic deaths, and as he finalises his creation,...
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  • The Lost Letters of Rose Carey
    A stirring tale of mystery and romance, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon and ‘million-dollar mermaid’ Annette Kellerman. BLUE MOUNTAINS, 2024: Working on a documentary at the historic Carrington Hotel, videographer Emma Quinn discovers a box of handwritten letters belonging to Rose Carey, water dancer and golden girl of the silent film era. Intrigued, Emma begins to...
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  • The Little Penguin Bookshop
    A captivating story about the power of Penguin books and how they brought people together during World War II, written by a former Archers scriptwriter. Books can change lives, even in wartime... When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers,...
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  • The Lie
    The Lie by Mary Chamberlain tells the gripping story of Joan, once a singing star of the 1940s and 1950s, who now ekes out a lonely, impoverished existence. Her fate seems set until a chance encounter promises a comeback concert and an album. Meanwhile, her sister Kathleen, a successful medical researcher, faces new challenges. She has been offered the directorship...
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  • The Last Truehart: Thrilling historical detective adventure fiction from a bestselling Australian author.
    A woman alone and a charismatic private detective are caught up in a dangerous quest to discover her true identity in this thrilling historical adventure romance set in 19th century Victoria, from a bestselling Australian author. 1898, Geelong, Victoria. Stella Truehart is all alone in the world. Her good-for-nothing husband has died violently at the hands of an unknown assailant....
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  • The Last Station
    With the riverboat trade along the Darling River slowly dying, a once-prosperous pastoralist family fights to survive - and discovers there is a cost to love... 'Unputdownable ... epitomising the great Australian novel.' Anita Heiss 'A warm and uniquely Australian story.' Herald Sun In nineteenth-century New South Wales, the name Dalhunty stood for prosperity and prestige. The family's vast station...
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  • The King's Messenger
    1613: King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son, Henry, has plunged the nation into mourning, as rumours rise that the prince was poisoned. Andrew Logan has heard the rumours, but he's paid them little heed. As one...
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  • The Killing of Louisa
    Finally, convicted murderess Louisa Collins can tell her own story. But will she confess? To lose one husband may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like murder. In New South Wales in 1888, Louisa Collins was sentenced to hang after being tried multiple times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. The testimony of her young...
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  • The Impossible Survivor
    Nothing can prepare a man for the horrors of war, nor the haunting memories that linger long after the battle is over. In The Impossible Survivor, Jeff Steel invites readers into the life of Neil Lindsay, a retired RAF Bomber Command veteran, as he confronts the shadows of his past. On a seemingly ordinary day in 1995, Neil and his...
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  • The Illusions
    At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their own destiny . . . Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden's life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers...
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  • The House with Nine Locks
    1950s Flanders – A master forger transforms a young woman's life, but will the price be too high? Combining the cinematic allure of The Queen's Gambit with the seductive intrigue of Jessie Burton's The Muse, The House with Nine Locks is a compelling and sweeping historical novel with characters you won't soon forget. A master forger. A hidden fortune. A...
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  • The Homestead in the Eucalypts
    Leonie Kelsall is becoming the voice of the South Australian rural outback. Beauty and Lace on The Blue Gum Camp When student doctor Taylor Lawrence's city life is turned upside down, she seeks sanctuary on her grandparents' farm in the South Australian countryside. During the lonely nights, she fantasises of a time long-gone; of Anna, who, rising at dawn to...
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  • The Good Woman of Renmark: A woman on the run ... Riveting, fast-paced historical adventure fiction from a bestselling Australian author. For reade
    Adventure, romance and history combine in this thrilling 19th century journey through the South Australian bush and along the mighty Murray River in the company of a determined heroine. 1895, Renmark, South Australia Maggie O'Rourke has always had a hard head. No man was going to tie her down to a life of babies and domestic slavery, even if that...
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  • The Girls of the Glimmer Factory
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Historical Fiction

Welcome to our Historical Fiction section, where the past comes alive through captivating stories. If you love novels that transport you to different times and places, filled with rich detail and unforgettable characters, this is the perfect place to start your next reading adventure.

In this collection, you'll find tales set against the backdrop of significant historical events, from ancient civilizations to the 20th century. Explore stories that illuminate different cultures, highlight pivotal moments in history, and delve into the lives of both real and imagined figures who shaped the world.

Whether you’re drawn to epic sagas, intimate personal dramas, or adventures that blend fact with fiction, our Historical Fiction section offers a diverse range of books to satisfy your curiosity and passion for the past. Step back in time and discover stories that resonate across the ages.