Historical fiction Books

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...

While on a mission to investigate a supposedly empty dwelling in the middle of nowhere in Iraq, Lieutenant Johnny Tisdale of the Canadian Armed Forces finds and rescues a missing sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. After getting her safely back...

On the sixth of April, 1844, John Gavin was the first European hanged in the Swan River Colony. He was fifteen years old. His crime, trial, and execution still stir controversy and passions almost one hundred and eighty years after the event.John Gavin...

O, Lucifer, will take you on an exciting journey through the creation of the Universe, Lucifer, Planets Nibiru, Earth, and your future destiny.Millions of years ago a great war was waged in Heaven. Michael cast out rebellious Lucifer and his angels into...

Tom Thomson, one of the painters belonging to the Canadian Group of Seven, disappeared on Canoe Lake in 1917. His death was confirmed eight days later when his body was recovered. Did he commit suicide or was there foul play at work? Was he murdered by...

Wolfe gives poignant and poetic voice to... a free spirit and early feminist..What could be easily have been salacious fluff capitalizing on JFK's sexual proclivities is, instead, a compassionate and intricate portrait of a woman's psyche. By placing...

"Gamble seduces with her rich, rollicking portrait of life in Jacksonian Ohio."--New York Times Book Review

Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Historical FictionThis dazzling new Victorian mystery from USA Today bestselling author Karen Odden introduces readers to Nell Hallam, a determined young pianist who stumbles upon the operations of a...

"A luminous once-in-a-lifetime story of war, love, loss and the enduring grace of the human spirit. I can't remember the last time I was so deeply moved by a novel. You must read this book!"--Lauren Willig, author of the Pink Carnation series and THE...

When World War I breaks out, as a woman, a Jew, wife of a German Jew, a suffragist and a mother of three, it seems Milbourne Goldschmidt's life just lurches from one obstacle to another. When her husband is interned as an enemy alien, it is difficult to...

The War of the Methi is about an ancient war that was fought between two brother princes when there were only two supercontinents in the world. And this was when it was only these two supercontinents then seen well floating upon the waters of the great...

'Black boys don't need schoolin',' said the orphan's guardian. It's 1843, Ohio. Blacks can't vote, have almost no rights, and as for going to school! What's the point? But John Mercer Langston yearns to learn. His heart is set on attending college.His...

A Scottish druidess. An English knight. A passion that brings two worlds together. Her mission is to seduce her enemy-not fall in love with him.Nessa is a Guardian of Alba, one of an ancient secret order of druidesses dedicated to defending Scotland from...

THE LOST ONEAuthor's Best Seller!Spanning three generations, The Lost One begins during the Russian Revolution, as Kyril Komarov flees Moscow - entrusted with keeping two of the imperial family's priceless Fabergé Easter eggs...

John Timmons is a responsible rancher who saves a young woman from hanging and begins to let her into his heart. When she brings danger into the lives of his family, he fears that her past may destroy his family, his ranch, and his future.

The Fisher Lass is a love story as powerful and restless as the mighty North Sea

In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, an enthralling and original novel that brings to life one of Christianity's most significant figures, Martin Luther, and the tumultuous world of late medieval Germany that shaped--and was...

Falls Ende - Quintus is book five in this fast-paced medieval series.Haunted by his father's troubled past, Odo's life is in imminent danger when he journeys to Dover Castle to attend to the king and queen. Shaken by revelations shared with him by...

Experience the expanding lanscapes of the Hokianga region in the late 1800s. A harsh land where you could make a fortune digging Kauri gum or catch your death. In this land we meet Hugh Clifford who has come to try his hand at digging. Idealistic and...

Set against the real history of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation and the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers ensemble, To Wager Her Heart is a stirring love story about seeking justice and restoring honor at a time in American history when both...

Culloden to Sydney Town is a work of historical fiction. It covers the century from the Lovat family's move from the Scottish Highlands to its arrival in New South Wales. The story begins with the defeat of the Jacobite army at Culloden on the 16th of...

Have you ever gazed at the stars and wondered if there is life out there? How and why Stonehenge was built? About the presence of aliens on Earth? If mind transfers exist? How we could travel instantly from once place to another? Then again, are you...

Africaville turns history into an engaging family story, one that begins in Nova Scotia and then travels across North America. It's a gripping and moving book. Jeffrey Colvin writes with such affection and authority. I thought of the fine work of Esi...

A strong debut... the highlight is Eva, a complex and thoughtful woman who finds herself in the midst of a significant moment in history. --Publishers Weekly

Through letters with a famous author, one French librarian tells her love story and describes the brutal Nazi occupation of her small coastal village.

A warrior in need of redemption. A young woman with scars that time won't heal. A love that will change their lives forever.Eithni believes herself too damaged to ever find love, and Donnel vows he will never love again. Can they find their way out of...

He takes her as his warprize-but she enslaves his soul. Pict and Roman culture collide in this epic Historical Romance set in Dark Ages Scotland.Lucrezia is the wife of a Roman soldier posted on the northernmost reach of the Empire. Locked in an unhappy...

Fear, drama, suspense... and hope.Amid the ruins and chaos left by the Second World War, a family sets out from a small town in Russia to escape the uncertainty of living under the iron fist of Stalin. Their arduous journey takes them through Poland and...

And even if a thousand times not; only parochialism can see in the trembling adherence of a rotting nobility the salvation of the state. He, Gus, knows and intuits, feels that the modern age is held in the conspirator Catiline, that his abettors are...

Love . . . Loyalty . . . Betrayal . . .