Historical fiction

Circe [9781408890080]

From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, in…

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The Woman in the Wood [9781405921053]

The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, number 1 bestselling author of Belle, Stolen and Remember Me. Fifteen-year-old…

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Fools and Mortals [9780007504114]

Lord, what fools these mortals be ... In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London play…

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The Burning Chambers [9781509806836]

Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secret…

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Tombland [9781447284482]

Tombland is the seventh novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, Engla…

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The Last Tudor [9781471133053]

'Bitterly, I think that Elizabeth does not want cousins, she does not want heirs, she wants all her relations to be as dead as her mother. But she doe…

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Munich [9780091959197]

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Set over four days against the backdrop of the Munich Conference of September 1938, Munich follows the fortunes of two …

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Invictus [9781472213365]

INVICTUS is a gripping, authentic and exciting novel of the Roman army from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggu…

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Before the Rains [9780241287088]

'Dinah Jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity' - Kate Furnivall A…

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The Last Tudor [9781471133077]

`How long do I have?' I force a laugh.`Not long,' he says very quietly. `They have confirmed your sentence of death. You are to be beheaded tomorrow. …

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The Flame Bearer [9780007504251]

The brand new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.…

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Vindolanda [9781784974688]

'An instant classic of the genre. Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion is a wonderful, charismatic hero. No historian knows more about the Rom…

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The Silence of the Girls [9780241338070]

Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Novel Award From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration and one of our greatest contemporary writers on war c…

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Wolf Hall [9780007230204]

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be si…

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Victoria [9780755396115]

From the creator of the ITV Sunday night drama, Victoria, comes the exclusive standalone novel by Daisy Goodwin, author of the bestselling My Last Duc…

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Pharaoh [9780007535842]

'Best historical novelist? I say Wilbur Smith' - Stephen King The old Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded. A…

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The Resolution: A Novel of Captain Cook's Adventures of Discovery to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, Through the Eyes of George Forster Botanist on Board His Ship [9781782398301]

A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's …

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The Shadow Sister [9781447288602]

Star D'Apliese is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father - the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughte…

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Birdcage Walk [9780091959401]

AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME It is 1792 and Europe is seized by political turmoil and violence. Lizzie Fawkes has grown up in Radical circle…

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The Outcasts of Time [9781471146558]

'The most remarkable medieval historian of our time' - The Times Nothing is as foreign as the future . . . December 1348. With the country in the grip…

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