Historical Fiction

The breakout Roman historical thriller from Harry Sidebottom about a war hero who returns home to a series of brutal murders

In a thrilling new adventure in Simon Scarrow's acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series, battle-scarred veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro return to Rome

An intoxicating novel that tells the story of Charlotte Lucas, who marries the unfortunate Mr Collins after Lizzy Bennet spurns him, this beautifully told story of marriage, duty and friendship follows Charlotte's story from where Pride and Prejudice ends

The beautifully wrought new novel from Kate Grenville tells a story of passion and resilience, giving voice to a woman silenced by history

War Lord by Bernard Cornwell is the epic conclusion to the bestselling Last Kingdon series. In the most terrible battle Britain has ever experienced, with the kingdom’s future resting on a knife edge, Uhtred takes his stand on one side of the shield wall. Only fate will decide the outcome

Stunning new fiction from Bridget Collins, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Binding

Winner of the Women's prize for Fiction 2020, Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright, a boy whose life has been all but forgotten but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written

Bestselling author Anne O'Brien returns with the forgotten story of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, a strong woman who claimed the throne for her family in a time of war

Featuring two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World, The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling about a people driven to preserve their freedom at any cost, the first book in Conn Iggulden's new Athenian series

Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of sisters Cassandra and Jane Austen

A rip-roaring epic novel of one of history’s greatest warriors by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ben Kane

The Lady of the Ravens inhabits the squalid streets of Tudor London, the imposing walls of its most fearsome fortress and the glamorous court of a kingdom in crisis

For fans of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Janice Hadlow’s first novel tells Mary Bennet’s story

The second in a series about the last great hero of ancient Greece, from the king of historical fiction

From 'one of the finest historical fiction writers in the world' (Ben Kane) comes a brand new series about the last great hero of ancient Greece

The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend by Lars Mytting, author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme