The Librarians of Rue de Picardie by Janet Skeslien Charles
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of wome ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
The follow-up and companion to one of the most successful Australian novels ever, The Dictionary of Lost Words. What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy an ...Show more
The Vanishing Point by Andrea Hotere
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Crime/Thriller
A dazzling and spellbinding debut about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two women connected across centuries by a quest to discover the truth - for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O'Farrell. London, 1991: Alex Johns, an art intern at the Courtauld, believes ...Show more
A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
'Beautifully written and illuminating... Excellently conveys the experience of being deaf in a hearing world' Priscilla Morris, Women's Prize Shortlisted author of Black Butterflies Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiance receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ell ...Show more
The Little Liar: The moving, life-affirming WWII novel from the internationally bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
A moving new novel from the beloved author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven When the Nazis invade Salonika, Greece, eleven-year-old Nico Crispi is offered a chance to save his family. He is instructed to convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards ...Show more
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Reading Level: near fine
FROM THE THREE-TIME NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATES AND FURIES AND MATRIX Part of a loose trilogy based on the end of empire, The Vaster Wilds is the story of a young girl who is servant to a minister and his young mistress, and in charge of their young daugh ...Show more
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between ...Show more
The Wild Date Palm by Diane Armstrong
35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
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 are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train journey ...Show more
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the power of familial love in the face of the horrors of war, for fans of Pachinko and All the Light We Cannot See. 'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE CH ...Show more
The Captive Wife (Popular Penguin) by Fiona Kidman
16.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
A prize-winning novel that has become a New Zealand classic. When Betty Guard steps ashore in Sydney, in 1834, she meets with a heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst Taranaki Maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about what really happened s ...Show more
The Storm Sister: The Seven Sisters Book 2 by Lucinda Riley
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: The Seven Sisters | Reading Level: very good
Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father - an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his da ...Show more
The Will of the Many: Hierarchy series book one by James Islington
40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: Hierarchy
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by the internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.