historical fiction
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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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Charity Girl
- £15.00
- When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane, to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they have always been…
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Coming Home (signed)
- £25.00
- Spring, 1947. In a few months' time the British flag will be lowered all over India, and with Independence thousands of those who made their lives there - as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian army - will be returning to England. Among those coming home, as everyone speaks…
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Confederates
- £40.00
- The best novel of the Civil War since The Red Badge of Courage' Newsweek. As the Civil War tears America apart, General Stonewall Jackson leads a troop of Confederate soldiers on a long trek towards the battle they believe will be a conclusive victory. Through their hopes, fears and losses,…
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Conspirators
- £17.00
- Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, on the border between Europe and the East, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches helplessly while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When a member of his own family is murdered, the Count gives broad police powers to his…
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Coram Boy
- £12.00
- Aaron grows up in the 18th-century Corum Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak, who believes Aaron's mother to be an angel. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell…
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Coram Boy
- £12.00
- Aaron grows up in the 18th-century Corum Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak, who believes Aaron's mother to be an angel. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell…
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Devotion (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A glorious love story' Ð Sarah Winman, author of Still Life. Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. A stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist, from the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Hannah Kent. Hanne and TheaÕs friendship is…
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End and Beginning
- £20.00
- A lesser-known short play by the Poet Laureate John Masefield, concerning Mary, Queen of Scots and set in Fotheringay Castle during her imprisonment.
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End and Beginning (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A lesser-known short play by the Poet Laureate John Masefield, concerning Mary, Queen of Scots and set in Fotheringay Castle during her imprisonment.
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Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (from The Flashman Papers, 1858-9)
- £30.00
- Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman on his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. A hasty retreat from the boudoir would normally suffice when caught with a…
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Fools and Mortals (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- A dramatic departure for the #1 bestseller. A gripping story of rivalry and ambition, loyalty and love set in the heart of Elizabethan England. ÔWith all the vivid history that is his trademark, Bernard Cornwell transports the readers to the playhouses, backstreets and palaces of Shakespeare's London with added depth…
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Go Set A Watchman
- £15.00
- A landmark late novel from Harper Lee published just months before her death, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch Ð ÔScoutÕ Ð returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father, Atticus. Set against the…
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Golden Hill (SIGNED – Faber Members)
- £250.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious…
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Goodbye Mickey Mouse
- £15.00
- December 1943. A group of US fighter pilots is camped at a windswept air base in Norfolk. Their job is to escort bombers over Germany, and each mission could be their last. Among them are cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse (nicknamed 'Mickey Mouse'), who is almost on his way to becoming…
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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…
- Add to basket
-
Charity Girl
- £15.00
- When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane, to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they have always been…
- Add to basket
-
Coming Home (signed)
- £25.00
- Spring, 1947. In a few months' time the British flag will be lowered all over India, and with Independence thousands of those who made their lives there - as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian army - will be returning to England. Among those coming home, as everyone speaks…
- Add to basket
-
Confederates
- £40.00
- The best novel of the Civil War since The Red Badge of Courage' Newsweek. As the Civil War tears America apart, General Stonewall Jackson leads a troop of Confederate soldiers on a long trek towards the battle they believe will be a conclusive victory. Through their hopes, fears and losses,…
- Add to basket
-
Conspirators
- £17.00
- Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, on the border between Europe and the East, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches helplessly while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When a member of his own family is murdered, the Count gives broad police powers to his…
- Add to basket
-
Coram Boy
- £12.00
- Aaron grows up in the 18th-century Corum Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak, who believes Aaron's mother to be an angel. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell…
- Add to basket
-
Coram Boy
- £12.00
- Aaron grows up in the 18th-century Corum Foundling Hospital, having been saved from death by a boy called Meshak, who believes Aaron's mother to be an angel. Meshak, Aaron and Toby, the child of an African slave, all have a narrow escape as Meshak's evil father sets sail to sell…
- Add to basket
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Devotion (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A glorious love story' Ð Sarah Winman, author of Still Life. Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. A stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist, from the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Hannah Kent. Hanne and TheaÕs friendship is…
- Add to basket
-
End and Beginning
- £20.00
- A lesser-known short play by the Poet Laureate John Masefield, concerning Mary, Queen of Scots and set in Fotheringay Castle during her imprisonment.
- Add to basket
-
End and Beginning (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A lesser-known short play by the Poet Laureate John Masefield, concerning Mary, Queen of Scots and set in Fotheringay Castle during her imprisonment.
- Add to basket
-
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (from The Flashman Papers, 1858-9)
- £30.00
- Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman on his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. A hasty retreat from the boudoir would normally suffice when caught with a…
- Add to basket
-
Fools and Mortals (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- A dramatic departure for the #1 bestseller. A gripping story of rivalry and ambition, loyalty and love set in the heart of Elizabethan England. ÔWith all the vivid history that is his trademark, Bernard Cornwell transports the readers to the playhouses, backstreets and palaces of Shakespeare's London with added depth…
- Add to basket
-
Go Set A Watchman
- £15.00
- A landmark late novel from Harper Lee published just months before her death, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch Ð ÔScoutÕ Ð returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father, Atticus. Set against the…
- Add to basket
-
Golden Hill (SIGNED – Faber Members)
- £250.00
- A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious…
- Add to basket
-
Goodbye Mickey Mouse
- £15.00
- December 1943. A group of US fighter pilots is camped at a windswept air base in Norfolk. Their job is to escort bombers over Germany, and each mission could be their last. Among them are cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse (nicknamed 'Mickey Mouse'), who is almost on his way to becoming…
- Add to basket