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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Daughter of the Dales
Diane Allen

The Faithful
Juliet West

The Love Letter
Lucinda Riley

Empire of Dragons
Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Secrets Under the Sun
Nadia Marks

The Duchess
Danielle Steel

To Die in Spring
Ralf Rothmann

Wartime at Woolworths
Elaine Everest

The Pearl Sister
Lucinda Riley

Sisters of Gold
Annie Murray

The Allotment Girls
Kate Thompson

The Spy
Andrew Gross

The Confessions of Young Nero
Margaret George

The Cursed Wife
Pamela Hartshorne

The Poppy Girls
Margaret Dickinson

Total War Rome: Destroy Carthage
David Gibbins

Privateer
Tim Severin

Sea Robber
Tim Severin

In Love and War
Liz Trenow

The Stolen Marriage
Diane Chamberlain

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy

Brighter Days Ahead
Mary Wood

Christmas at Woolworths
Elaine Everest

The Windfell Family Secrets
Diane Allen

Orlando
Virginia Woolf

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe

The Good People
Hannah Kent

Black Rainbow
Barbara Michaels

Greygallows
Barbara Michaels

Once Again Assembled Here
Sean O'Brien

Child of a Dream
Valerio Massimo Manfredi

The Muse
Jessie Burton

The Invisible Mile
David Coventry

The Watercolourist
Beatrice Masini

Tomorrow Brings Sorrow
Mary Wood

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas

The Passenger
F. R. Tallis

The Butlins Girls
Elaine Everest