historical fiction
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Arthur and George
- £40.00
- Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of…
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Arthur, King of the Middle March (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Medieval life meets Arthurian magic in a novel that transcends boundaries of time and age, appealing to children of 9+ and older readers alike. The final book in the trilogy from the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Smarties Prize bronze award is a timeless novel. It…
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Atonement
- £25.00
- ‘A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.’ On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too…
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Atonement (SIGNED)
- £110.00
- ÔA person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.Õ On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too…
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Author, Author, a novel (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- In David Lodge's previous novel (Thinks), the novelist Henry James was invisibly present in quotation and allusion. In Author, Author he is centre stage, sometimes literally. The story begins in December 1915, with the dying author surrounded by his relatives and servants, most of whom have private anxieties of their…
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Bhowani Junction
- £15.00
- The tensions and conflicts that accompanied the birth of modern India are grippingly evoked in John Masters' classic 'Bhowani Junction'. Set in the late 1940s and first published in 1954 in the wake of Partition, the novel has increased in stature over the years. 'Bhowani Junction', along with Masters' other…
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Birds without Wings – a novel
- £25.00
- Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges…
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Black Betty (an Easy Rawlins Mystery)
- £20.00
- Detective Easy Rawlins returns in a mystery set in 1961 Los Angeles as Easy accepts a job searching for a beautiful woman nicknamed "Black Betty," who works as a housekeeper in Beverly Hills.
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Blood Red, Sister Rose
- £40.00
- The story of Joan of Arc has always held a special fascination for writers - among them Voltaire, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh. Here Thomas Keneally transforms the legend, presenting a Joan who is at once a tough radical, an instinctive soldier, a nagging prophet and a…
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Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 2)
- £50.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
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Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 2) SIGNED
- £135.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
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Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 3)
- £20.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
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Britannia (Eagles of Empire 14)
- £15.00
- Roman Britain, AD 52. The western tribes, inspired by the Druids' hatred of the Romans, prepare to make a stand. But can they match the discipline and courage of the legionaries? Wounded during a skirmish, Centurion Macro remains behind in charge of the fort as Centurion Cato leads an invasion…
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Cahokia Jazz (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently -- from the bestselling author of Golden Hill. In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a…
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Captain Margaret, a romance
- £35.00
- For most of the book the five main characters are shut together in the confined space of the cabin quarters on a 500 ton ship, The Broken Heart, sailing from Salcombe to Virginia and then on to the Spanish Main. They are Captain Margaret, a practical idealist with a commission…
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Arthur and George
- £40.00
- Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of…
- Add to basket
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Arthur, King of the Middle March (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Medieval life meets Arthurian magic in a novel that transcends boundaries of time and age, appealing to children of 9+ and older readers alike. The final book in the trilogy from the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Smarties Prize bronze award is a timeless novel. It…
- Add to basket
-
Atonement
- £25.00
- ‘A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.’ On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too…
- Add to basket
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Atonement (SIGNED)
- £110.00
- ÔA person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.Õ On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too…
- Add to basket
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Author, Author, a novel (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- In David Lodge's previous novel (Thinks), the novelist Henry James was invisibly present in quotation and allusion. In Author, Author he is centre stage, sometimes literally. The story begins in December 1915, with the dying author surrounded by his relatives and servants, most of whom have private anxieties of their…
- Add to basket
-
Bhowani Junction
- £15.00
- The tensions and conflicts that accompanied the birth of modern India are grippingly evoked in John Masters' classic 'Bhowani Junction'. Set in the late 1940s and first published in 1954 in the wake of Partition, the novel has increased in stature over the years. 'Bhowani Junction', along with Masters' other…
- Add to basket
-
Birds without Wings – a novel
- £25.00
- Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges…
- Add to basket
-
Black Betty (an Easy Rawlins Mystery)
- £20.00
- Detective Easy Rawlins returns in a mystery set in 1961 Los Angeles as Easy accepts a job searching for a beautiful woman nicknamed "Black Betty," who works as a housekeeper in Beverly Hills.
- Add to basket
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Blood Red, Sister Rose
- £40.00
- The story of Joan of Arc has always held a special fascination for writers - among them Voltaire, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh. Here Thomas Keneally transforms the legend, presenting a Joan who is at once a tough radical, an instinctive soldier, a nagging prophet and a…
- Add to basket
-
Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 2)
- £50.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
- Add to basket
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Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 2) SIGNED
- £135.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
- Add to basket
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Bring Up the Bodies (Wolf Hall Trilogy 3)
- £20.00
- Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 WomenÕs Prize for Fiction ÔSimply exceptionalÉI envy anyone who hasnÕt yet read itÕ Daily Mail. ÔA gripping story of tumbling fury and terrorÕ Independent on Sunday. With this historic win…
- Add to basket
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Britannia (Eagles of Empire 14)
- £15.00
- Roman Britain, AD 52. The western tribes, inspired by the Druids' hatred of the Romans, prepare to make a stand. But can they match the discipline and courage of the legionaries? Wounded during a skirmish, Centurion Macro remains behind in charge of the fort as Centurion Cato leads an invasion…
- Add to basket
-
Cahokia Jazz (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently -- from the bestselling author of Golden Hill. In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a…
- Add to basket
-
Captain Margaret, a romance
- £35.00
- For most of the book the five main characters are shut together in the confined space of the cabin quarters on a 500 ton ship, The Broken Heart, sailing from Salcombe to Virginia and then on to the Spanish Main. They are Captain Margaret, a practical idealist with a commission…
- Add to basket