Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
Mortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . . There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes ...Show more
The Falcon of Sparta: The bestselling author of the Emperor and Conqueror series' returns to the Ancient World by Conn Iggulden
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical
In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others.401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India.As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute.But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . .Battles can ...Show more
Best Kept Secret (#3 The Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Clifton Chronicles Ser.
1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goe ...Show more
Mightier Than The Sword: The Clifton Chronicles 5 by Jeffrey Archer
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Clifton Chronicles Ser.
Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately ...Show more
The Sins of the Father: The Clifton Chronicles 2 by Jeffrey Archer
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: CLIFTON CHRONICLES
New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his offer. After Tom is found guilty, Jelks disappears, and the only way for him to prove his innocence would be to ...Show more
Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles #1) by Jeffrey Archer
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The\Clifton Chronicles Ser.
The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." But it will be another 20 years before Harry discovers how his father really died, which will only lead him to question: who was his father? Only Time will Tell covers the ye ...Show more
Lion's Torment (Birth of the Plantagenets #3) by Blanche D'alpuget
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: Plantagenet Dynasty
The third book in the compelling Birth of the Plantagenets series follows the battle for dominance between the Church and the Crown. England's Archbishop of Canterbury is dying and with him the power of the Church. Seizing his chance, King Henry II is determined to enforce the rule of law that he has p ...Show more
Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: 2 Crime
1952. Soviet troops control British streets.After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany, and only rescued by Russian soldiers arriving from the east and Americans from the west. The two superpowers divide the nation between them, a wall running through London like a scar. ...Show more
The Lion Rampant (Birth of the Plantagenets #2) by Blanche D'alpuget
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: birth of the plantagenets series
The second book in the captivating Birth of the Plantagenets series brings the twelfth-century reign of Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine to vivid life, from bestselling author Blanche d'Alpuget. 1154. After years of manipulation and political cunning, young Henry II accedes to the throne o ...Show more
The Young Lion (Birth of the Plantagenets #1) by Blanche D'alpuget
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: birth of the plantagenets series
The first book in the Birth of the Plantagenets series is sumptuous, rich historical fiction for fans of Wolf Hall and Game of Thrones. Queen Eleanor of France, said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe, has not been able to give birth to an heir. A strategic liaison with Geoffrey the Handsome, the ...Show more
We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet
$35.00 NZD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A woman; a war; a child that changed everything. Spanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave is a luminous and profoundly moving novel about the people we rescue and the ways in which they rescue us back. She was fast asleep on the back seat of the bus. Curled up, thumb in mouth. Four, ...Show more
Heartstone (Shardlake #5) by C. J. Sansom
$19.99 NZD
Category: Historical | Series: The Shardlake Series | Reading Level: very good
Heartsone is C. J. Sansom's fifith spellbinding mystery inthe Shardlake series.Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the lar ...Show more