Historical Fiction

Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.

'Gritty, pacy historical fiction. The action never lets up and it's a real pleasure to share the perilous adventures of Will and his hard-fighting band of followers.' SIMON SCARROW, #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 1191. For Will Bowman, newly restored to the service of King Richard 'Lionheart', the...

The exhilarating new instalment in Griff Hosker's Border Knight series. When Sir Henry Samuel’s nephew, Sir Matthew, has to go to the crusades with Henry of Almain he does so reluctantly. The crusade that was almost a disaster did not begin well. With an aging king and aging regent left to...

Elise, an artist grieving the loss of her son and a fracturing marriage, is in North Norfolk to restore Marsh House to its former glory, its walls adorned with the fading murals and paintings of its long-ago owner, Lilias Carter-Brown. Elise makes an immediate connection to the house, to Sam—a carpenter and a comfort—and to history itself when an old photograph draws Elise into Lilias’s heartbreaking past. In 1939, with war threatening, Lilias and her sister turn Marsh House into a sanctuary for London evacuees—a young boy and his mother.

The court of young King Henry VIII seethes with secrets and scandals, but every ambition has its price. Elizabeth Boleyn, loyal wife to Thomas Boleyn and devoted mother to Anne, Mary and George, believes she can navigate the shifting tides of court life. In present day Hampshire, Tabitha Mundy has found a haven in Cerensthorpe Abbey. When her research uncovers hidden clues rumoured to lead to a lost manuscript of The Canterbury Tales and a connection to the Boleyn family, Edith is eager to investigate.

After an anonymous encounter at a Hertfordshire assembly, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet conduct a secret courtship without knowing each other's identities—unaware that she is the paid companion to the cousin he jilted and that their families' intertwined fates will force them to choose between love and duty.

1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution. The cobblestone streets run red with blood as the people rise against the oppressive aristocracy. But revolutionary justice comes at a high price. At a time when the divide between the rich and the poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart, a young man and woman fight to avenge all they have lost.

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

Before Assassin's Creed: Origins, there was an Oath. Egypt, 70 BC, a merciless killer stalks the land. His mission: to find and destroy the last members of an ancient order, the Medjay—to eradicate the bloodline. In peaceful Siwa, the town's protector abruptly departs, leaving his teenage son, Bayek, with questions about his own future and a sense of purpose he knows he must fulfill.

"Marry me, and I'll let your father live." Princess Caliane is convinced she'll die. Her castle's gates are torn open, her father, the king, bound and gagged on his throne, and in his throne room stands the tyrant. His skin is gray, his teeth sharp, his hands tipped with black claws. When he smiles like a predator scenting prey, her stomach roils with terror. The monster forces her to choose: her father's life for her hand in marriage.

Kassandra was raised by her parents to be fierce and uncaring, the ideal Spartan child, destined for greatness. But when a terrible tragedy leaves her stranded on the isle of Kephallonia, near Greece, she decides to find work as a mercenary, away from the constraints of Sparta.

The May Day celebrations are underway and offer some light relief from the daily hardships and a glimmer of hope for a brighter future for the folk of Norton Dene. Conscientious Sister Edith Harrison has her fortune told and a handsome, tall dark stranger is predicted to be on the horizon for her affections. Imagine her surprise when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a hidden agenda that will upset those at Orchard Manor House. It seems like there are some ghosts from the past that need to be put to rest.

Birmingham, 1858. Dora, a spirited young maid with a vivid imagination, finds solace in the library of the esteemed family she works for. But when a forbidden love leads to a secret that could ruin her, Dora has no choice but to leave the only place that has ever offered her security and...

Der junge Malcolm Struan ist der Erbe des Hongkonger Handelshauses Struan, der von seiner Mutter nach Yokohama gesandt wird, als Japan nach langer Isolation seine Grenzen wieder für Europäer öffnet. An Bord des Handelsschiffes Tōkaidō trifft er auf eine Reihe Gleichgesinnter – und auf die junge, mittellose Französin Angelique, in die er sich verliebt.

A cannon booms at high noon, and the race begins in the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. Amid the crowd is Minnie Hoopes. Tenacious and fiercely independent, she is determined to endure the brutal frontier and create a life of her own. Guarding her solitude, she distances herself from bordering homesteaders and finds peace under the starry nights of the vast frontier. But this is outlaw country, and Minnie soon has the blood of two gunfighters on her hands.

With his family fortune dwindling and Penrith Manor and estate falling into disrepair, Sir Phillip Penrith signs over the deeds to Penrith Scar lead mine to his respected manager and illegitimate half-brother Tor Hardy. Emma Watts works at Penrith Manor and is the family's breadwinner following her father's crippling mine accident. Emma's head is turned when Tor saves her virtues from local rogue Ike Hanson, and their unexpected romance begins.

During World War I, the ancient manor house of Greyladies in rural Wiltshire is requisitioned for a hospital. Living in Swindon, Phoebe Sinclair is unaware of any connection to Greyladies and the Latimers. She loses her job when her German employers are interned because of the war. When Phoebe is posted to the hospital at Greyladies, she feels she's come home. But Frank is still pursuing her and Corin has his own problems. With obstacles at every turn, can Phoebe find happiness and embrace the role of mistress of Greyladies?

1793. L'ultimo desiderio del tirannico lord Lavenham è stato chiaro: suo nipote, sir Tristram, dovrà sposare la giovane cugina Eustacie, che ha cercato rifugio in Inghilterra per sfuggire al regime del Terrore che si sta diffondendo in Francia. Ma Eustacie, impulsiva e romantica, non ci pensa neppure a sposarsi, e quindi si dà alla fuga… finendo così dritta fra le braccia di un contrabbandiere che, destino vuole, porta lo stesso cognome del nonno.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen comes to life in this captivating audiobook, narrated by Brady Smith from Another World Audiobooks. Follow the Dashwood sisters—practical Elinor and passionate Marianne—as they navigate love, heartbreak, and societal expectations in 19th-century England.

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Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A bold young woman defies society’s expectations in the early 1900s to love and lead in this gripping novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. In April 1912, twenty-three-year-old Lady Victoria Oldbrooke is traveling with her beloved father...

The army is no place for being idle. A bad soldier is one who can't get this into his head; one who'll do anything to get out of work, who's forever looking for a quiet corner where he can sit and do nothing. But Konstantin was not that soldier. Konstantin was always looking for ways to make...

When Elizabeth Bennet returns to Pemberley after five years, she never expects to find healing from past trauma—or love with the very man who once seemed so proud and disagreeable. As Fitzwilliam Darcy discovers that the spirited girl he barely noticed has become the woman he cannot live without, they must both learn that second chances at happiness are worth every risk.

Miss Maddie Smythe My callous father wagered me to a brooding stranger during a hand of cards, leaving me terrified. But Lord Wheaton was nothing like the baron who’d forced me into servitude and gave me away. The handsome marquess was compassionate, honorable, and my only hope for a future. I...

The place will be of their choosing. The time will be of their choosing. But the Indians will have their vengeance. 1025 CE, India. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. But among the ashes of destruction, an oath is taken.

Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.

Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.

飲み屋で男二人が喧嘩をした。一人は大怪我、殴った男は遁走の果てに首を吊った。町方にすれば“些末な”事件のはずだった。

小間物問屋〈遠野屋〉の元番頭が亡くなった。その死を悼む主の清之介は、火事で焼けた仕舞屋で見つかった若い女が殺されていたと報される。

北町奉行所定町廻り同心、木暮信次郎が腹を刺された。信次郎から手札を預かる岡っ引の伊佐治、信次郎と旧知の小間物問屋・遠野屋清之介に衝撃が走る。襲った男は遺体で大川に上がる。

お気楽者の麻之助、ついに父に――！妻のお和歌が子を宿した麻之助。子どもの名前を考えながら、今日も町の揉め事に立ち向かう！　大好評「まんまこと」シリーズ第９弾。

Anastácia carrega na pele as marcas deixadas por um casamento odioso. Em sua última noite como uma mulher livre, ela perdeu o controle do seu futuro e acabou presa no famoso hospício para alienados do Rio de Janeiro. Mas agora, três anos após sua internação, Anastácia precisará enfrentar o passado e descobrir como recomeçar. Quem ela escolherá ser longe do peso do título de Condessa De Vienne?

葉茶屋・青陽堂の嫁として初めての新年を迎えた律。若おかみの務めと上絵師の仕事――その両立に励む折り、懐妊の兆しに気づく。喜びと不安に揺れる律に、女形の役者から着物の仕事が舞い込んだ。

父の跡を継ぎ、上絵師として身を立てたい律だが、ままならず落ち込むことも多い。幼馴染みの涼太への想いも、深く胸に秘めるばかりだ。しかし副業の似面絵の評判は上々で、引きも切らず注文が舞い込んでいた。

上絵師として、初めて着物を手がけることになった律。粋人として名を馳せる雪永が親しい女に贈るものだ。張り切って下描きを仕上げる律だが、なかなか良い返事がもらえない。

鞠の意匠をあしらった「鞠巾着」が人気となり、安定した仕事をもらえるようになった律。涼太との祝言の日取りも決まり、幸せをかみしめながら、職人の仕事も一生続けていこうと決意するのだった。

池見屋から巾着絵の仕事を減らされ、律は焦りを覚えていた。そんな折、葉茶屋・青陽堂では、商品に古茶が混じったことで、得意客が離れる騒ぎが起こる。

牢屋敷の首打役と刀の試し斬り御用を生業にする浪人、別所龍玄。ときに切腹の介錯を務めることもある。ある日首を打った僧侶の末期の声を聞いた龍玄は、幼い頃父親と訪ねた母子の店のことを思い出す（「妻恋坂」）。

幕末から維新、明治と激動の時代の外交を料理で支えた男がいた――長崎生まれの料理人・草野丈吉で、店の名は「自由亭」。