Historical Fiction

A sensational debut novel: gothic, romantic gaslamp fantasy at it’s very best. A magical tale of intrigue on dangerous waters and a love story for the ages. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and China Mieville. Arden Beacon arrives in the salt-swept...

In Victorian England, a young woman inherits her father’s curiosity shop and all its ghostly secrets in a bewitching novel by the author of Salt & Broom. It’s 1851 in old York. Lizzy Grimm struggles to save her late father’s...

‘A glittering rush of sugar-sweet enchantment’ -- Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse for True Love. Nottingham, 1906. Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are...

A SECRETARY LIKE NO OTHER.IN AN EPIC SPANNING 40 YEARS.All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein.But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and...

The eighth gripping adventure in David Gilman's critically acclaimed Master of War series set in fourteenth-century Europe. Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his...

“A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time, especially for those of us old enough to remember 1968.”—John Banville. An immersive, literary thriller set in 1960s Dublin about an ambitious young female...

“A surprise from the author of Chocolat,” New York Times bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, “this pacy adult fantasy is narrated by Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief” (Vogue).This novel is a brilliant first-person...

An extraordinary chronicle of war and an occult story of love between a father and his son from one of Iraq’s most celebrated contemporary writers.“Whenever he told lies, the birds would fly away. It had been that way since he was a child...

"Fans of true-crime murder mysteries won't want to miss this one."—Booklist, STARRED Review on The Perfect Place to Die. It's 1918, WW1 is in full swing, and a Spanish Influenza outbreak is on the horizon. In the midst of the chaos, families are...

“A wonderful, provocative novel . . . I stepped into the stream of the narrative and didn't look up until I came to the last page.” –Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake.As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes...

An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane.“A...

"Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know."—Bonnie Garmus, New York Times-bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry. From internationally bestselling author and host of The Graham Norton Show, a dazzling and decades-sweeping...

Inspired by the true events of occupied Holland during WW2, don't miss this utterly gripping story of love, bravery and sacrifice. Holland, 1944: Undercover British agent Nancy Callaghan has been given her toughest case yet. A key member of the Dutch...

Mad Men meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two dynamic, groundbreaking writers renowned for their scandalous and controversial novels, and the...

The brand new epic family drama from the nation’s favourite storyteller. Where can a daughter turn when her father’s love is stolen away? When heart-broken Sarah Quinn is left to care for her father and siblings when her mother dies,...

Dark academia and found family mixed with supernatural horrors and magical dark underbelly of 19th century Italy? We're in. In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy, the world of the dead is closer than you think. Agrigento,...

Dark academia and found family mixed with supernatural horrors and magical dark underbelly of 19th century Italy? We're in.In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy, the world of the dead is closer than you think. Agrigento, Sicily,...

Following a boy who stays behind in the Caribbean as his parents leave for England in search for a better future for them all, A Trace of Sun is a beautiful, emotionally searing saga of separation, sacrifice and family. Longlisted for the Women's...

Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice).  ...

Paradise of the Blind is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. Through the eyes of Hang, a young woman in her twenties...