Historical fiction books

Anne Perry's seventeenth William Monk novel, now in paperback, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London's docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series.
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Fictional but highly credible account of the last days and downfall of a dictator in Southeast Asia.

The riveting story of Anne Neville, youngest daughter of the ruthless Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in 15th century England

There are ghosts on the Black Isle.
Ghosts that no one can see.
No one...except Cassandra.
Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother, young Cassandra finds the Black Isle's bustling, immigrant-filled...

On November 6, 1943, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, receives a message: Th e Eagle has landed . His crack German paratroopers are safe in England, poised to kidnap Churchill from his country retreat. A typical Higgins thriller...

A thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms

Saladin: the legend takes wing - a warrior comes of age

A pitch-perfect story of life above and below stairs and an elegy to the last days of aristocracy and Empire.

Bondurant weaves a compelling tale of violence, desperation, and greed, as three brothers run moonshine in Virginia during prohibition, in this story that is based on a true story about the author's grandfather and two uncles.

Summer seemed to arrive at that moment, with its mysterious mixture of salt, cold flesh and fuel.

'Victorian Maiden' is a riveting tale of one girl's experiences during the Victorian 'defloration mania', explored through vivid and disjointed memories returning to her older self in the grip of advancing dementia.

In an exciting historical whodunit, a young black man is murdered and even though suspects abound, no one is trying too hard to find his killer.

In 1868, Munich, Inspector Hermann Preiss investigates a series of murders based around the production of a new opera by troubled composer Richard Wagner. Many people have reasons to dislike the man, but who wrote the anonymous...

Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Doubleday.

In True Believers, Kurt Andersen--the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century --delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent...

Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a Hero of Rome, Valerius is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has...

The first volume of a new series set in 19th Century Britain.