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  • Where in the World Are You? Where in the World Are You?
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    Where in the World Are You?

    Where In the World Are You? chronicles the life of Lester McCloud from the time he was a pre-teen through his new life in Canada and his life in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. It also...
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  • Heir to the Silver Cross Heir to the Silver Cross
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    Heir to the Silver Cross

    The gods gave the silver cross to mankind, allowing one who possessed it to wield unspeakable power. King Leo was the last to use it; he destroyed an entire invading army and united the five nations...
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  • Student in the Underworld Student in the Underworld
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    Student in the Underworld

    Fiction. California Interest. The setting of STUDENT IN THE UNDERWORLD takes place fifty years ago--in the 1960's, mostly in San Francisco's historic Butcher Town. It's ironic, however, that STUDENT...
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  • Cerebral Offer Cerebral Offer
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    Cerebral Offer

    Fiction. California Interest. Harry Gnostopolos is frantically trying to keep his beloved indie theater afloat while his frustrated girlfriend implores him to let it go along with his other neuroses...
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  • Fugitives of the Heart Fugitives of the Heart
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    Fugitives of the Heart

    In this, William Gay's last posthumous novel, we have his homage to Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Set in post-World War II Tennessee, in Gay's familiar "Harrikan" area. Marion Yates is a teenager...
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  • The Black Harvest The Black Harvest
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    The Black Harvest

    In The Black Harvest young Ashby Marchbanks finds himself disillusioned with the regular Army in Missouri after it suffers a crushing defeat at Wilson's Creek during the Civil War. Forced to...
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  • THE ENIGMA STRATEGY THE ENIGMA STRATEGY
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    THE ENIGMA STRATEGY

    In early 1942, Italian Partisans steal the Nazi Enigma Machine. The British must obtain it from a North Italian Lake. A cruiser carries a Racing Seaplane to Naples Bay. The pilot flies to the lake,...
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  • Secesio (Originala romano en Esperanto) Secesio (Originala romano en Esperanto)
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    Secesio (Originala romano en Esperanto)

    La nova originala romano de la svedo Sten Johansson rekondukas nin al la tumultaj intermilitaj dek jaroj 1925 ĝis 1935 en Aŭstrio, al la bataloj de politikaj grupiĝoj kaj la klopodoj de artistoj en...
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  • The Jewess of Toledo (German Classics) The Jewess of Toledo (German Classics)
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    The Jewess of Toledo (German Classics)

    Franz Grillparzer (1791 - 1872) was an Austrian dramatic poet. The Jewess of Toledo may perhaps be said to mark the climax of his productive activity. Written in 1851, it was first performed in...
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  • Beheld Beheld
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    Beheld

    Having survived a grave illness to become one of 11th-century England's wealthiest landowners, Godgyfu of Coventry remains forever grateful to the town whose patron saint worked such miracles. She...
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    The Master of Appleby

    Set during the American Revolution, this historical novel follows the story of Captain John Ireton, an honorable soldier caught in a web of loyalty, love, and treachery. As he returns to claim his...
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  • Tule Lake Tule Lake
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    Tule Lake

    First Japanese-American novel to portray the passionate, desperate struggle for justice and freedom from within the confines of America's concentration camps by those who refused to cooperate with...
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    Copperstone

    Weapons create power, and better weapons create even better power. In this sweeping story of the lives of Chief Copper Stone and his son, White Pine, the chief's discovery of copper gives his tribe...
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  • You and I Am You and I Am
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    You and I Am

    The Story of You is a true experience of a young infant now seven years old. The rest of the story is fiction although many events are true. The doctor in the fiction is our way of giving credit to...
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    The Scorpion and the Knight

    Robert sat huddled out of view, watching out across the dessert wasteland under a burning sun, alone save for the company of his horse. His orders were to wait for a messenger he would not know, but...
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  • Venetians Venetians
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    Venetians

    Two brothers were raised on a remote farm, their identity hidden and their nobility claim unknown to them. The day they discovered who their true parents were, a barbarian horde abruptly pillaged...
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  • Glimpses of the Past Glimpses of the Past
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    Glimpses of the Past

    Glimpses of the Past; Heritageof the Old South is anhistorical novel about theOld South during the CivilWar. Few historical novelshave presented the Old Southin such a heartfelt manner...
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  • Tears of a Patriot Tears of a Patriot
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    Tears of a Patriot

    Our Vietnam veterans who survived combat were very happy to come home after their tour of duty, but they didn’t expect to be met with derision by some factions for serving their country.Jack Stryker...
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  • Jay and the King Jay and the King
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    Jay and the King

    Jay, a curious bluejay, is pleasantly surprised to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1968, at the historical March on Washington.     
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  • Some Do Not... Some Do Not...
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    Some Do Not...

    Some Do Not... is Ford Madox Ford’s masterpiece, landmark novel about the World war One and the events leading up to it. He perfectly captures the chaos and insanity that enveloped the word...
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  • The House of Blood and Tears The House of Blood and Tears
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    The House of Blood and Tears

    “She gazed at the majestic stone building from a distance; with the sun reflecting in the tall gabled windows, it was lovely enough to be a little palace. But appearance is deceiving; inside it was a...
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  • Aunt Clara Aunt Clara
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    Aunt Clara

    Sixty-two-year-old Clara leads a virtuous life. She spends all her time helping others and she always puts her friends and family first. It's a shame that nobody, including her four siblings and...
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  • I Ordered a Table for Six I Ordered a Table for Six
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    I Ordered a Table for Six

    Adela Framley seems to be a perfect citizen. She's a proud mother, she runs a charity for homes which have been bombed and wants to hold a dinner party in aid of the charity's patron, Gardiner...
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  • The Future is My Past The Future is My Past
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    The Future is My Past

    In this final book of the trilogy, award-winning journalist, Dr. Donna Clovis, writes from Einstein’s lecture hall and takes classes in physics at Princeton University. Here, she recounts stories of...
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  • Conflict Overhead Conflict Overhead
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    Conflict Overhead

    The main character in the book is Gordon William Grey, a young man from Australia who was raised in the bush. It's the 1930s, and his love for flying takes him to Victoria, where he joins the RAAF...
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  • Honor Among Outcasts Honor Among Outcasts
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    Honor Among Outcasts

    As the Civil War rages, a man and his regiment of former slaves risk their lives for freedom in the second novel from the author of The Lies That Bind.  2017 Missouri Writers Guild Historical Fiction...
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  • A Pillar of Iron A Pillar of Iron
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    A Pillar of Iron

    New York Times Bestseller: A magnificent novel of ancient Rome and the tragic life of Cicero, who tried in vain to save the republic he loved from tyranny.In this riveting tale, the Roman Empire in...
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  • Lo! Jacaranda Lo! Jacaranda
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    Lo! Jacaranda

    LO! JACARANDA is a young, Spanish-Gypsy woman in 1760s Spain. As fate would have it, she is born and raised as the daughter of a wealthy ranchero owner. A beautiful life of prosperity and love...
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  • Four Hundred Bones Four Hundred Bones
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    Four Hundred Bones

    This book is about "Stalinism" and the "Thought Police" in academia during the Communist regime. The setting is the School of Medicine in Bucharest, Romania. The year is 1949.With the Communist...
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  • Wagon Tracks Wagon Tracks
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    Wagon Tracks

    Wagon Tracks: Across Kansas is a continuation of The Tennessee Mountain Man saga. Abel Strawn, one of Jack Leffingwell's sharpshooters, has an opportunity to acquire land in the western Kansas...
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  • The Queen's Stallion The Queen's Stallion
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    The Queen's Stallion

    Desoto came to steal treasure as he had done in Peru, where he found the gold and jewels of the Inca. But he was not happy at home, so he returned with an army from Spain to find new treasures.He had...
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  • Can He Love Me After This Can He Love Me After This
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    Can He Love Me After This

    Elizabeth was very happy living on her farm with her husband, Mark and baby girl, Cassie. Everything was good until the frightful day six cowboys came to her house when her husband was gone. She...
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  • Such a Time as This Such a Time as This
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    Such a Time as This

    Liesel von Schwarzkopf is a spoiled young socialite living in Germany. Pampered and loved by her parents and society, she is just beginning to know love, stepping out into a future that seems so...

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  • The Fireglass The Fireglass
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    The Fireglass

    Peter Shamokin is a young man who comes of age amid neglect and sorrow in the high-risk environment of the frontier of the New World in the late eighteenth century. He drifts into a life as a lone...
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  • Edge of Doom Edge of Doom
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    Edge of Doom

    A workman bulldozing the rotting remains of a barracks of the former Weimar Concentration Camp, spots a corner of a rusted canister protruding from the dirt. He believes the contents could be...
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    1886 Ties That Bind

    It is 1886 as Englishman Lord Langsford travels by train to San Francisco. Newly widowed, Langsford is desperate to escape his grief, demons, and life in England. As Langsford completes the last leg...
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    Shadows of Us

    It is 1969 as Eileen Emerson points her car toward the California border. Eileen, who has always embraced her gift to see things not apparent to others, is used to keeping her abilities a secret. But...
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  • The Longhorn Feud The Longhorn Feud
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    The Longhorn Feud

    Barry Litton lay on the earthen floor of the shack with a bullet in his ribs. Outside, gun in hand, waited his old enemy-the hired killer Rann Duval.Duval laughed mockingly. "Litton. I've got you...
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  • Gundown Gundown
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    Gundown

    The street was deserted except for two shadowy figures—tall and menacing. The sun was high, and the hot, dry air held the secret of what was about to happen.…Walt Slade, ace Texas Ranger, walked...
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  • Gunsight Showdown Gunsight Showdown
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    Gunsight Showdown

    The mighty bridge crossing the Rio Grande was to be the final step in the completion of the railroad and the taming of the West. But when Ranger Walt Slade saw the plans, he knew there was a sinister...
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  • Buccaneer's Blade Buccaneer's Blade
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    Buccaneer's Blade

    If you enjoy a novel of swashbuckling peril, of pirates, wenches, and the quest for Spanish gold, then Donald Barr Chidsey's new book is your dish! It's the story of a dashing young swordsman, Talbot...
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  • Episode on the Riviera Episode on the Riviera
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    Episode on the Riviera

    Steven Cogswell was being hunted on the Riviera. Between crooks and party girls, things are getting tough. Add his ex wife ... and beautiful Nadine (who may not be as innocent as she pretends) .....
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  • The Mindleberg Papers The Mindleberg Papers
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    The Mindleberg Papers

    When free-lance writer Nick Saltire arrives in the town of Textilia, North Carolina, he little suspects he is destined to do for this charming little backwater what Sherman did for Georgia. Nick,...
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  • Faded Flag Faded Flag
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    Faded Flag

    In 1960s Ireland, the “Troubles” wreak havoc over the entire country, terrorizing citizens in both the North and the South. Paul Redding, a career supply runner for the Irish Republican Army, has...
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  • And the Darkness Fell And the Darkness Fell
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    And the Darkness Fell

    Pat McGrath's historical fiction "And The Darkness Fell," tells the nearly forgotten story of Hypatia of Alexandria, the last of the great pagan intellectuals/teachers in the last years of the Roman...
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  • Salvage Optic Salvage Optic
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    Salvage Optic

    A slave-diver is hunted in the life-devouring Moluccas... Salvage Optic is the tale of a young man's adventure in the Dutch East Indies in 1674, a tropical hell where English-Balinese youth William...
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  • Finding Ariadne Finding Ariadne
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    Finding Ariadne

    WHEN WOMEN RULE AND MEN OBEY THE WORLD'S OLDEST STORY OF TRUE LOVE... Finding Ariadne is a story about a young woman's love for her people, a mother's love for her child, and the love between a man...
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Historical Fiction Books | Buy Historical Novels & New Releases Online at BookLoop

Step into the past with the finest collection of historical fiction books at BookLoop. Whether you are drawn to sweeping epics, intimate love stories, or novels that bring forgotten voices to life, our collection allows you to explore the world’s most fascinating eras through powerful storytelling. At BookLoop, we make it easy to buy books online with fast delivery across Australia, giving readers access to both timeless classics and trending new releases in historical fiction.

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Our shelves are filled with novels by some of the most acclaimed and bestselling authors in historical fiction. From Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall series to Ken Follett’s sweeping epics such as The Pillars of the Earth, you’ll find the perfect read to immerse yourself in history. Fans of Philippa Gregory’s Tudor novels and Geraldine Brooks’ Australian historical fiction will also discover a wide range of titles to enjoy. If you love Australian voices, authors like Kate Morton continue to deliver gripping stories set against richly imagined backdrops, making her novels some of the most popular historical fiction books in Australia.

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