The Violinist of Venice by Alyssa Palombo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
A dramatic and beautiful novel about composer and priest Antonio Vivaldi's two great loves - his mistress and his music. Following her mother's death, the one source of joy for Adriana d'Amato is her music. Now eighteen, she refuses to let her strict father stop her from pursuing her dreams and begins t ...Show more
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Bridgertons
1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And, in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better . . . --Lady Whist ...Show more
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: near fine
A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo -- the owner of a Parisian palace filled with beautiful objects, turned into a memorial for his lost son -- by the bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes. 'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... T ...Show more
Echoes of War (aka Daughter of Calabria) by Tania Blanchard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Set in Mussolini's Italy amid great upheaval, this is the story of one woman's determination to find her place in a world that men are threatening to tear apart. Another heart-rending novel inspired by a true story from Australia's bestselling author of The Girl from Munich. Calabria, Italy, 1936 In a r ...Show more
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix 'It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time' Hilary Mantel, twice Booker Prize-winning author of The Mirror & ...Show more
Outlander (#1, TV tie-in, previously "Cross Stitch") by Diana Gabaldon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Outlander Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. As seen on Amazon Prime TV. Previously published asCross Stitch. Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century - and a lover in another. In 1946, Claire Randall is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second ...Show more
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Plantagenet and Tudor Novels Ser.
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe newest novel from "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) tells the story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, who is caught in the middle of a battle for the crown of England.The White Princess opens as the news of the Battle of Bosworth is brought ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Six Tudor Queens
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose ...Show more
Shanghai Wife by Emma Harcourt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Forbidden friendship, political conspiracy and incendiary passion draw Australian woman Annie Brand deep into the glamour and turmoil of 1920s Shanghai. Leaving behind the loneliness and trauma of her past in country Australia, Annie Brand arrives to the political upheaval and glittering international ...Show more
The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Discovery. Desire. Deception. A wondrously imagined tale of two female botanists, separated by more than a century, in a race to discover a life-saving flower . . . In Victorian England, headstrong adventuress Elizabeth takes up her late father's quest for a rare, miraculous plant. She faces a perilous ...Show more
Frieda: A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley by Annabel Abbs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover. 'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved. She, and all those connected wi ...Show more
The Last Hours by Minette Walters
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical
When the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in Dorseteshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church proclaims it a punishment from God but Lady Anne of Develish has different ideas. With her brutal husband absent, s ...Show more