Historical Fiction

I sing of arms and of the man After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas - Augustus' legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also provided Rome...

Medusa, Circe, Athena; legendary female figures from the annals of Greek myth have a surprising amount to teach us about life in the twenty-first century. In poetry, prose and picture, the multi-talented Nikita Gill takes us on a whirlwind tour of...

The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the...

Set on an imaginary Caribbean island, this tantalising tale of disruption brought about by a beautiful stranger marries mythical elements with the piercing realism of everyday life. Overall Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 Longlisted for...

The first book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world. In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings,...

It's 1920s New York City. It's flappers and Follies, jazz and gin. It's after the war but before the depression. And for certain group of bright young things it's the opportunity to party like never before. For Evie O'Neill, it's escape. She's never fit...

Long live the queen: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane kick off an all-new historical trilogy with the classy, courtly tale of Mary, Queen of Scots. Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world’s most mysterious dictatorship.“Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on...

Gaiman’s wildly imaginative magnum opus follows a bereaved husband and an alleged former god on a riotously fantastical road trip through the dark heart of America. The best thing – in Shadow’s opinion, perhaps the only good thing – about being in prison...

The bestselling author of Talking to Strangers returns with an eye-opening volume that explores a group of idealistic strategists whose well-intentioned plans and technological innovations veered in a new direction after the outbreak of the Second World...

**OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2021**'Better than any debut novel has a right to be' -- Richard RussoAn extraordinary debut of life after slavery for readers of WASHINGTON BLACK, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and DAYS WITHOUT END. In the dying days of...

Taking a real-life witch trial as her inspiration, Hargrave’s adult debut weaves an atmospheric tale of self-sufficient womanhood and sexual suspicion in a tight-knit island community during the seventeenth century. Longlisted for the Jhalak...

"The kind of book for which the word "rollicking" was invented."--New York Times Book ReviewOne of Bustle's Best New Books Out June 2021A Popsugar Best Summer Read of 2021 A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his...

'Talia Hibbert is a rockstar! Her writing is smart, funny, and sexy' --  Meg CabotOne of Oprah Magazine's 21 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020USA Today bestselling author Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about...

The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.The classic novel Zorba the Greek is the story of two...

No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwyla likes it that way. Ever since she and her brother were abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman sultan's courts, Lada has known that ruthlessness is the key to survival. For the...

The plague is spreading.The hundred year war is beginning.Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch.The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.An illiterate widow, Katherina...

A fabulously imagined fairytale about scary monsters, wicked courtiers and resourceful children, J.K. Rowling’s standalone fable is adorned with illustrations submitted by young readers. Shortlisted for the Book AwardsChildren's Fiction Book of the Year...

Coming soon to Disney+!Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero. I look like a normal kid. Only there's a difference. Poseidon, God of the Sea is my dad. Which sounds cool, but actually means there is usually someone (or something), somewhere, trying to kill me. Now...

From the New York Times number one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, comes Wild, a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope and the promise of new beginnings.In the rugged...