The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier by Doug Gold
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ historical 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
Invincible by WJ Moloney
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
This is the incredible story of one man's journey through a world war and then onto world-wide sporting glory. Son White and his horse Ben endured the horrors of WWI. Upon White's return home, he embarks on another journey with another group of young New Zealanders, who bind together to become Invincibl ...Show more
Plumb (Popular Penguin) by Maurice Gee
$15.99 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature &- half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destr ...Show more
Pompeii by Robert Harris
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel. Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire's richest citizens are relaxing in th ...Show more
The Burnings by Naomi Kelsey
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
Inspired by an incredible true story, by a multi-awardwinning new star of historical fiction 1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries “witch”, no woman is safe. Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess A ...Show more
The Girl from London by Olivia Spooner
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
London, 1940. Ruth, a young schoolteacher, volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children from war-torn England to Australia and New Zealand. Her three-month voyage is fraught - their passage is perilous, and the children anxious and homesick. Nine-year-old Fergus is more troubled than most and Ru ...Show more
Three Sisters: A breath-taking new novel in The Tattooist of Auschwitz story by Heather Morris
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
'I want you to make a promise to me that you will always take care of your sisters. That you will always be there for one another. That you will not allow anyone to take you away from each other, ever. Do you understand?' When they are little girls, Cibi, Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - ...Show more
A Crooked Rib by Judy Corbalis
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
A compelling novel based on the true story of Sir George Grey's disastrous and scandalous marriage. Trapped in an increasingly loveless union, Sir George and his wife, Eliza Lucy, each sought affection elsewhere. Lady Grey's indiscretion caused her to be cast off by her husband and vilified throughout c ...Show more
A Secret Mind by Kaye Kelly
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
After an accident at four years old, Libby Budd has difficulty speaking. Her devoted father refuses to see there's a problem - even when she starts having fits, seeing dead people and, as she grows older, behaving erratically and violently. In the 1880s, all the doctors can recommend is that she be sent ...Show more
A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington by Redmer Yska
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction | Reading Level: near fine
How does a city make a writer? Described by Fiona Kidman as a 'ravishing, immersing read', A Strange Beautiful Excitement is a 'wild ride' through the Wellington of Katherine Mansfield's childhood. From the grubby, wind-blasted streets of Thorndon to the hushed green valley of Karori, author Redmer Ysk ...Show more
A Tattooed Heart (Convict Girls #4) by Deborah Challinor
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction | Series: Convict Girls
The fourth and final book in the epic Convict Girls saga from bestselling author Deborah Challinor, vividly bringing the past and its people to life. 1832: Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Sarah Morgan and Harriet Clarke have been serving their sentences in Sydney Town for three years. For much of that time ...Show more