Historical fiction Books

James Carlos Blake is a masterful chronicler of the restless, outcast, the lawless, and the lonelyheart. His previous novel, In the Rogue Blood, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. Now he has written a powerful and rousing...

Encounter the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth in this culmination of the Jerusalem Chronicles.

The iconic First Lady, Jackie lived her life in a fishbowl yet she was shrouded in mystery. She was the epitome of style, poise, grace, and femininity, but her lifelong silence in front of the media has left many unanswered questions.In this juicy yet...

Successful father-and-son business partners Maurice and Norman Messer know a good product when they see it. That product is the Holocaust--and they market it enthusiastically. Maurice is a survivor with a self-inflated personal history. Norman enjoys...

In the year 1240 AD, the land of Gwynedd Wales found themselves without a leader when their king, Llywelyn the Great, died at a ripe old age. The natural successor to the king was his son Dafydd, who took on the job of ruler after his death. Soon after...

In Aida Morden's Shadows of the Living Mountain, the volcanoes don't just erupt with lava, ash, mud, boiling water and massive rocks. They also send her stories and characters into the world. Destruction and creation go hand in hand. Families come...

Une grande majorité de Québécois de souche française descend soit d'un soldat issu du régiment de Carignan-Salières ou d'une fille du Roy. Mais qui étaient ces braves hommes et femmes qui ont sciemment quitté leurs terres natales pour s'exiler en...

A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself.Paris in the 1920s shimmers with...

Forbidden love tastes the sweetest. He should hate her-instead she becomes his obsession. Rivalry and passion collide in Medieval Scotland.Jaimee Mackay wants to remain unwed, but the time is coming when she must choose a husband. As a laird's sister,...

 A gripping tale of passion, treachery, betrayal, and grief, yet also a story of hope, faith and love and a merciful God whose ways are not ours.Set in the early years of the twentieth century, when the greatest expectation for a woman's future was...

t's 1986 in small-town New Zealand. The entire town is stuck in a stalemate between the striking mill workers and its management. With livelihoods, families and identities under siege, all must choose where their loyalties lie. As the effects of...

From the much-loved Margaret Dickinson

Rich with warmth and humour, this is the gritty new saga from much-loved storyteller, Ruth Hamilton.

The third volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting follows the tragic fate of the inhabitants of the ghetto. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a story of long-lost love and its redemption in future generations.

Amid war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute widow discover the true meaning of Christmas---and sacrificial love.

It's 1867 and the Munros have lost their entire homestead to a wildfire. The whole family-Moses, Grandma, Pa, Ollie, Judith, and newlyweds Jimmy and Celine-flee north and return to Rupert's Land. Desperate for work, Moses, Jimmy, and Celine gratefully...

1814. America teeters between defeat and surrender in its war with Britain. The British burn Washington. President Madison flees, barely escaping capture. An immense British fleet prowls south along the Eastern seaboard. Final destination: America's...

Abigail DeWitt's News of Our Loved Ones is a story of old Europe, of a tumultuous time that shifted borders, loyalties, and family order. But it is also an enduring story of love, secrets, denial, and redemption. Each word she writes is imbued with...

"At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political protests, and the birth of Black power, three coeds from New York City--Zelda Livingston, Veronica Cook, and...

"The story of two women: one an immigrant seamstress who disappears from San Francisco's gritty streets in 1876, and the other a young woman in present day who must delve into the secrets of her husband's wealthy family only to discover that she and the...

"Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling."--St. Petersburg Times"Galland has an exceptional gift."--Neal StephensonThe critically acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, Nicole Galland now approaches William...

In the 1940s and 1950s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. This historical novel was inspired by the true stories of those who "took the Reno cure." But as three women settle in at the...

Includes "P.S. Insights, interviews & more..." (Meet Karen Harper, Author's note, Reading group discussion questions).

A royal wedding masks the unfolding of Catherine de Medici's murderous plot against the Huguenots. Survival rests with a beautiful young couturiere and a dashing nobleman. Faith in Christ must uphold them, and all who stand alone, to escape the venom of...

Questo "libretto per un requiem" si articola in sezioni tematiche, che affrontano la guerra in tutti i suoi frangenti: l'arruolamento e la partenza di soldati spesso giovanissimi, l'arrivo al fronte, lo scavo e la difesa delle trincee, gli assalti, le...