The Denniston Rose (Popular Penguin) by Jenny Pattrick
16.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the 1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty co ...Show more
News of the World: A Novel by Paulette Jiles
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA #1 LibraryReads Pick2016 National Book Award FinalistIn the wake of the Civil War, a seventy-year-old retired army captain does live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. He is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan, raised by Kiowa r ...Show more
The Tower by Flora Carr
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
A fiery feminist retelling of Mary, Queen of Scot's darkest hour for fans of MATRIX and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS 'The Tower is such a vivid, visceral read, you feel you're locked in the tower alongside the characters, acting out a royal family drama. I am moved and impressed' TRACY CHEVALIER They are im ...Show more
China by Edward Rutherfurd
28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Bravo; this is a big, complex and utterly involving portrait of 19th-century China' THE TIMES The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to for ...Show more
The Space Between by Lauren Keenan
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
How do you choose between two sides, when you don't belong on either? Frances is an unmarried Londoner newly landed in colonial Aotearoa at the dawn of the First Taranaki War. Once well-regarded, her family's impressive fall from grace sees them seeking their fortune in a raw, new country and struggling ...Show more
The Rabbit Hunter by Christopher Worth
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Athens, April 1941. Adolf Hitler has conquered most of Europe, and he's now turning his attention to the Balkans. The unstoppable Wehrmacht is unleashed on Greece. Standing in its way, on the imposing slopes of Mount Olympus, sacred home of the ancient Greek gods, are soldiers of the New Zealand Divisio ...Show more
Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame - until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light. Unsure of what to expect but bent on uncovering what really lies beneath the canvas, Alana steps into Sara Murphy's well-guarded ...Show more
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: Essex Dogs Trilogy Ser.
The sensational historical fiction debut from Sunday Times bestseller Dan Jones. A BBC History 2022 Book of the Year! July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground.Swept up in the bloody chaos, a ...Show more
Black Silk and Sympathy by Deborah Challinor
38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: Tatty Crowe Ser.
A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the fascinating world of Victorian funeral customs and featuring Sydney's first female undertaker. Tatiana Caldwell's childhood in London is idyllic and filled with the love of doting parents. But when they die ...Show more
Mythos: The stunningly iIllustrated story by Stephen Fry
95.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld ...Show more
The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier by Doug Gold
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
The true story of an escaped soldier hiding out in the house of a Greek dressmaker who is secretly a resistance fighter. It's an epic love story against the odds, set during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WW2. Peter Blunden, a New Zealand soldier captured in Crete, jumps from a train and escapes from ...Show more
The Pearl Sister: The Seven Sisters Book 4 by Lucinda Riley
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Historical | Series: The Seven Sisters
CeCe D'Apli se has always felt like an outcast. But after the death of her father -- a reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe -- she feels more alone than ever. With nothing left to lose, CeCe delves into the mystery of her familial orig ...Show more