James by Percival Everett
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fic
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees, James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhe ...Show more
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
$28.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fic
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIt is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay.Willie ...Show more
The Last Line by Stephen Ronson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fic | Series: John Cook Ser.
John Cook is the Jack Reacher of 1940's Britain' - Damien Lewis May 1940. With Nazi forces sweeping across France, invasion seems imminent. The English Channel has never felt so narrow. In rural Sussex, war veteran John Cook has been tasked with preparing the resistance effort, should the worst ...Show more
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fic
'As with everything Colm Tóibín sets his masterful hand to, <i>The Magician</i> is a great imaginative achievement - immensely readable, erudite, worldly and knowing, and fully realized.' - Richard Ford When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, ...Show more
The New Life by Tom Crewe
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fic
Discover Tom Crewe's magnificent debut novel about forbidden desire and the search for freedom in Victorian England... After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John has finally found a man who returns his feelings. Meanwhile, Henry is convinced that his new unconventional marriage will bring free ...Show more
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fic
Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, ...Show more
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