Historical Fiction
Get your historical fiction fix with our roster of world-class authors, including C. J. Sansom, Kate Morton and Kate Mosse.
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If you're looking for inspiration for your next read, discover our edit of some of the greatest historical fiction novels ever written.

The Sin Eater
Megan Campisi

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Secrets of the Lake
Liz Trenow

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Secrets at Bletchley Park
Margaret Dickinson

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue

Black Country Orphan
Annie Murray

The Hidden Wife
Joanna Rees

The Yellow Bird Sings
Jennifer Rosner

The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason

The Land Beyond the Sea
Sharon Penman

A Mother Forever
Elaine Everest

The Animals at Lockwood Manor
Jane Healey

The Hiding Game
Naomi Wood

The Other Bennet Sister
Janice Hadlow

The Jam Factory Girls
Mary Wood

The Storm Child
Rita Bradshaw

Christmas with the Teashop Girls
Elaine Everest

A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories
Eva Ibbotson

Spy
Danielle Steel

Candide, or The Optimist
Voltaire

The Girl from the Tanner's Yard
Diane Allen

Lampedusa
Steven Price

Big Lies in a Small Town
Diane Chamberlain

Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff

The Sun Sister
Lucinda Riley

A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes

Freebooter
Tim Severin

Wedding Bells for Woolworths
Elaine Everest

Girls in Tin Hats
Annie Murray

The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
Mary Paulson-Ellis

The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer

The Doll Factory
Elizabeth Macneal

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain

Under a Wartime Sky
Liz Trenow

The Spitfire Sisters
Margaret Dickinson

The Glovemaker
Ann Weisgarber

Blood & Sugar
Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Emperor Nero: The Splendour Before The Dark
Margaret George