Biographical fiction
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The Chaperone
$18.00 Add to cartSoon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks… [more below]
- Author: Moriarty, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631433
- Language: English
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Rebel Queen
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi–India’s Joan of Arc–who against all odds defied the mighty British inv… [more below]
- Author: Moran, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1476716366
- Language: English
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Pondré Mi OÃdo En La Piedra Hasta Que Hable / I Will Put My Ear on the Stone Unt Il It Speaks
$21.95 Read moreEsta esperada novela de William Ospina busca, entre miles de p?ginas cient?ficas y los testimonios de sus encuentros, al Humboldt m?s humano y personal que all? se esconde.
«C?mo no fascinarse c… [more below]- Author: Ospina, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 8439741839
- Language: Spanish
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Public Burning
$19.00 Add to cartA controversial best-seller in 1977, The Public Burning has since emerged as one of the most influential novels of our time. The first major work of contemporary fiction ever to use historical figures
- Series: Coover, Robert
- Author: Coover, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 562
- Publish Date: April 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0802135277
- Language: English
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Earthly Joys
$19.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the passionate, turbulent times of seventeenth-century England as seen through the eyes of… [more below]
- Series: Tradescant Novels #1
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 07 2005
- ISBN10: 0743272528
- Language: English
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Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father; A Novel
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the critically acclaimed author of The Widow’s War comes a captivating work of literary historical fiction that explores the tenuous relationship between a brilliant and complex father and his de
- Author: Gunning, Sally Cabot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0062320440
- Language: English
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Lilac Girls
$9.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – One million copies sold! Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Martha Hall
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 059349945X
- Language: English
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Mrs. Mike
$17.00 Add to cartA classic and wholesome romantic tale that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide, Mrs. Mike brings the fierce, stunning landscape of the Great North to life–and masterfully evokes the tender, t… [more below]
- Series: Mrs. Mike Novel
- Author: Freedman, Benedict
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0425183238
- Language: English
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The Virgin’s Lover
$18.00 Add to cartFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambi… [more below]
- Series: Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 07 2005
- ISBN10: 0743269268
- Language: English
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The Swiss Nurse
$18.99 Read moreBased on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to a
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1400236053
- Language: English
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Godmersham Park: A Novel of the Austen Family
$26.95 Read moreA richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family by the #1 International bestselling-author of Miss Austen.
On Januar- Author: Hornby, Gill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362584
- Language: English
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Pope Joan
$19.00 Add to cart“Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama–love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”–Los Angeles Times Book Review
In this int- Author: Cross, Donna Woolfolk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 09 2009
- ISBN10: 307452360
- Language: English
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Retrato de Casada, El
$27.95 Read moreFlorence, mid-16th century. Lucrezia, third daughter of the Grand Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, is a quiet and perceptive girl, with a singular talent for drawing, who she enjoys in her discreet and quiet p
- Author: O’Farrell, Maggie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 8419089419
- Language: Spanish
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The Only Woman in the Room
$17.99 Read moreThe instant New York Times Bestseller
She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both? Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1432869175
- Language: English
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The Bookseller’s Secret: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWII
$18.99 Add to cart“The Bookseller’s Secret is a delight from start to finish, a literary feast any booklover will savor!” –Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye
ARISTOCRAT, AUTHOR, BOOKSELLER… [more below]
- Author: Gable, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1525806467
- Language: English
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Mason & Dixon
$30.99 Add to cartCharles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Lin
- Author: Pynchon, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: January 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0312423209
- Language: English
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The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel
$19.99 Add to cartLegendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style–the iconic little black dress–and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a co
- Author: Binnings Ewen, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 419
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1799956415
- Language: English
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Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
$16.00 Add to cartSteinbeck’s first novel and sole work of historical fiction–the violent, exciting story of the infamous pirate Henry Morgan
A Penguin Classic From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pir- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 26 2008
- ISBN10: 0143039458
- Language: English
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They Were Strong and Good
$20.99 Add to cartAwarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, They Were Strong and Good is a classic book that follows the path of one family’s journey through American history. Robert Lawson introduces us to his forefathers … [more below]
- Author: Lawson, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 1940
- ISBN10: 0670699497
- Language: English
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The Great Mrs. Elias
$17.99 Read moreThe author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and stee
- Author: Chase-Riboud, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0063020017
- Language: English
