The Nurses' War by Victoria Purman
$29.99 AUD
$32.99 (9% off)
Category: Historical
There is more than one way to fight a war...An extraordinary story of grit, love and loss, based on the true history and real experiences of Australian nurses in World War 1. In 1915, as World War 1 rages in Europe and the numbers of dead and injured continue to grow, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barke ...Show more
The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
For readers of The Woolgrower's Companion and The Three Miss Allens... Their friendship transcends nationality and background, but can it overcome the horrors of the past? A post-Second World War story of strong female ties and family, secrets and lies, set in the multicultural Australia of the fifties. ...Show more
Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas
$21.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Rich and alive with descriptions of the bustling streets of old Cairo, and the vast, foreboding desert surrounding it - "Iris and Ruby" is a stirring story of mothers, daughters and the distance between three generations of one family. Stiflingly quiet and claustrophobic, Iris Black's Cairo house is sud ...Show more
The Paris Secret by Karen Swan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Not every door should be opened . . . With stunning locations and page-turning tension, The Paris Secret is an intense and gripping tale from bestselling author Karen Swan, the perfect escapism for fans of Santa Montefiore. Somewhere along the cobbled streets of Paris, an apartment lies thick with dust ...Show more
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Two lives collide in a world of secrets. But one secret greater than them all, is about to tear them apart . . . At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems-especially for the people who put on the show. Lena Papadopoul ...Show more
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
$24.99 AUD
Category: Historical
What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898: When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer's block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn's writing talent. When he comm ...Show more
The Brightest Star by Emma Harcourt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
A thirst for learning and a passion for astronomy draw an extraordinary young woman deep into the intellectual maelstrom, political complexities and religious extremism of Renaissance Florence. This beautifully crafted novel will appeal to readers of Karen Brooks' The Good Wife of Bath and Pip Williams' ...Show more
Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
$24.99 AUD
$32.99 (24% off)
Category: Historical
'I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.' So begins the exquisitely written new novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the ...Show more
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Wolf Hall 1 | Reading Level: very good
From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel. ‘Every bit as good as they said it was’ Observer ‘Terrific’ Margaret Atwood ‘As soon as I opened this book I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop’ The Times In Wolf Hall, one of our very best writers ...Show more
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
$23.99 AUD
Category: Historical
This is a pre-read / used book. Excellent condition - like new. This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by Dreamworks, with David Heyman (Harry Potter) set to produce. It is the winner of three prestigious ABI ...Show more
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
$21.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A moving tale of post-war friendship, love and books, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is a captivating and completely irresistible novel of enormous depth and heart. It's 1946, and as Juliet Ashton sits at her desk in her Chelsea flat, she is stumped. A writer of witty newspaper columns d ...Show more