Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Tess of the d'Urbervilles ,A Pure Woman Faithfully PresentedThomas Hardy"Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to t ...Show more
The Complete MAUS by Art Spiegelman
$41.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Reading Level: very good
'A quiet triumph, moving and simple - impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to achieve in any medium but comics' - Washington Post Maus is the harrowing story of the author's parents, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living in Hitler's Europe, and then his father dealing with Art Spiegelman' ...Show more
The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
An enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writer In the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces, and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the L ...Show more
The Mirror And The Light (#3 Wolf Hall) by Hilary Mantel
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Thomas Cromwell
The brilliant #1 New York Times bestseller Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall ...Show more
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
$20.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Reading Level: very good
In love we find out who we want to be.In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, ...Show more
The Odyssey: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Geraldine McCaughrean
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual test of moral endurance, Homer's ancient Greek epic "The Odyssey" is translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox in "Penguin Classics". When Robert Fagles' translation of "T ...Show more
The Order of the Day by Eric Vuillard; Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
'A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster' - Guardian Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt Éric Vuillard's gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two. What em ...Show more
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
$28.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: The Kingsbridge Novels | Reading Level: very good
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read #1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Column of Fire, the "monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal ...Show more
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a monumental new masterpiece, set in the midst of literature's most famous war. Pat Barker turns her attention to the timeless legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of t ...Show more
The Snail On The Slope by Arkady STRUGATSKY and Boris STRUGATSKY
$28.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
ENTER THE ADMINISTRATION Peretz spends his days navigating the bureaucracy of the Administration, the institute tasked with governing the Forest below. Except no one ever seems to go there, and his attempts only trap him further within the workings of this strange organisation. ENTER THE FOREST Candide ...Show more
The Star on the Grave: A novel inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life by Linda Margolin Royal
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
A novel inspired by 'the Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life. In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismis ...Show more
Wait for Me by Santa Montefiore
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical fiction
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, sweeping across England during WWII to Australia five decades later, based on a true story. Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do wa ...Show more