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Genre: Historical Fiction

The Racing Line

Kelly Frost

She runs her own race. An expansive, inspiring feminist novel about one woman’s rise as a racing driver in mid-century Britain._________________It’s 1945 and Winifred ‘Freddy’ Vaux fears she’s the onl …

Cairo Gambit

S. W. Perry

RRP: £9.99

‘An enthralling thriller … hypnotically readable’ ANDREW TAYLOR’A compelling tale of a world on the brink of war’ THE TIMES’Ceaselessly entertaining’ OBSERVERIn the heat of the desert, will the trai …

The Wanton Road

J. C. Harvey

RRP: £11.99

When widowed, grieving war hero Jack Fiskardo arrives in the London of 1639, a veteran not just of conflict but also of tragedy, his only wish is to make a different life for himself and his sons. But …

Not Alive, Not Dead

John Donoghue

RRP: £9.99

How do you find someone nobody believes is missing? A new historical thriller perfect for fans of Conclave________________’Likely to find favour with fans of Robert Harris’ STRONG WORDS’A masterful me …

The Players

Minette Walters

RRP: £9.99

Readers love THE PLAYERS’Totally riveting… Perfect.’I was transported every time I picked up this highly imaginative story”Everything I love about historical fiction”This is historical fiction at …

The Glass House

Rachel Donohue

RRP: £9.99

‘Distinct shades of Daphne du Maurier’ Sunday Independent’Lyrical prose with ominous secrets saturating its deepest core’ ALEX MARWOODTHE WINDOW TO THE PAST CAN NEVER BE CLOSED…1963: At the stark an …

The Mischief Makers

Elisabeth Gifford

RRP: £9.99

‘AS COMPELLING AS ANY OF DU MAURIER’S OWN WORKS’ SUNDAY TIMESShe wrote her stories in his shadow. Now Daphne’s past is catching up with her…In a beautiful house in the wilds of Cornwall, Daphne du M …

Bonjour, Sophie

Elizabeth Buchan

RRP: £9.99

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS SPRING PICK 2025’Vividly conjures the excitement of Paris’ RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS’Beguiling’ The TimesCan she escape the darkness of …

Cold Victory

Karl Marlantes

RRP: £9.99

Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. At an embassy party, Finnish-American Arnie Koski and Russian Mikhail Bobrov drunkenly challenge each …

Berlin Duet

S. W. Perry

RRP: £9.99

‘A POWERFUL, PANORAMIC NOVEL OF WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH’ SUNDAY TIMES’What a love story’ Elizabeth Buchan’Gripping and heartfelt’ Elisabeth Gifford’Entirely convincing and authentic’ Leonora NattrassDIV …

The Blue Maiden

Anna Noyes

RRP: £9.99

‘Haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES’A shimmering spell of a novel’ EMMA TÖRZS’Partly a young girl’s coming of age, partly a treatise of the wildness of women’ STEPHANIE DANLER___________________________________ …

Lightborne

Hesse Phillips

RRP: £9.99

A stunning debut on queer love, betrayal and survival in the Elizabethan Age from a vital new voice in historical fiction

Peace and Love

J. C. Harvey

How is a warrior to live his life, once all the wars are done?Uppsala Province, Sweden, 1720: Magnus von Lindeborg, soldier, commander, champion; grandson of Jack Fiskardo’s youthful high-born ensign, …

The Cornish Rebel

Nicola Pryce

RRP: £8.99

Cornwall, 1801. In the wake of her mother’s death, Pandora Woodville is desperate to escape her domineering father and finally return to Cornwall. Posing as a widow, she safely makes it across the Atl …

Lucky Red

Claudia Cravens

RRP: £9.99

The USA Today bestseller!’A good old-fashioned freight train of an adventure story’ Sara NovicA feminist coming-of-age tale from a debut author – playful, feminist historical fiction for readers of Sa …

Killingly

Katharine Beutner

RRP: £9.99

*FEATURED IN SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, APPLE’S BEST BOOKS, AMAZON’S BEST BOOKS OF JUNE,CRIMEREADS RECOMMENDS AND LITHUB’S TOP BOOKS*’SARAH WATERS AND DONNA TARTT SQUAD, BUCKLE UP: Killingly is hit …

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