Historical

The Nature of Monsters

by Clare Clark

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza...

Ambush at Shadow Valley

by Ralph Cotton

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of a gang of Yuma jailbreakers led by the blood-thirsty Suela Soto, and he's leaving a trail of death and destruction. The pursuit will bring Sam up against one of...

I, Quantrill

by Max McCoy

Bloody Bill Quantrill was one of the most notorious and brutal guerrilla fighters for the South in the Civil War, riding with the James brothers and slaughtering his enemies mercilessly. Now, Quantrill tells...

Killing Rommel: A Novel

by Steven Pressfield

BONUS: This eBook edition contains an excerpt from THE PROFESSION: A Thriller by Steven Pressfield. On sale June 2011.

Steven Pressfield’s quintet of acclaimed, bestselling novels of ancient warfare— Gates...

Cathedral of the Sea: A Novel

by Ildefonso Falcones

The “riveting”(The Washington Post) #1 international bestseller—now in paperback in the U.S.

In the tradition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship...

In Pursuit of Glory

by William H. H. White

Oliver Baldwin, recently back from the Barbary Wars, sets sail in the U.S. frigate Chesapeake on a routine patrol. The patrol becomes anything but routine when the ship is confronted by the 50-gun HMS Leopard...

The Religion

by Tim Willocks

This is what we dream of: to be so swept away, so poleaxed by a book that the breath is sucked right out of us. Brace yourselves. May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a...

The Tudors: King Takes Queen

by Elizabeth Massie & Michael Hirst

Dissent rises in the kingdom of King Henry VIII of England. The king's ongoing dispute with the papacy over a desire for annulment is about to incite the Reformation, and his next step is to appoint a new archbishop...

He Who Lifts the Skies

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

Powerful imagery creates a "you are there" immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of moving the Flood off the Sunday School flannelgraph...

Mary of Nazareth: A Novel

by Marek Halter

The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth

Miriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed...

The Last Empress: A Novel

by Anchee Min

The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China’s history, marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellions and ending in the demise of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The only...

The Disagreement: A Novel

by Nick Taylor

It is April 17, 1861 -- the day that Virginia secedes from the Union and the sixteenth birthday of John Alan Muro. As the Commonwealth erupts in celebration, young Muro sees his dream of attending medical school...

The Secret Bride: In The Court of Henry VIII

by Diane Haeger

For fans of The Tudors comes a captivating drama about the only woman who could defy Henry VIII -and keep her life. Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her...

A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

RITA Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements 2007

by Laurien Gardner

Continuing the story of Henry VIII's wives-from the author of The Spanish Bride. Frances Pierce is a simple, plain country girl who enters Lady Anne Boleyn's circle after shielding her from an angry mob. Anne...

Heart of Oak

Adam Bolitho #4

by Alexander Kent

The war with France ended in 1818 and Captain Adam Bolitho is given command of the newly commissioned frigate Onward. He is sent to North Africa on a diplomatic mission to accompany the French frigate Nautilus...

Wolf Totem: A Novel

Man Asian Literary Prize 2007

by Jiang Rong

China's runaway bestseller and winner of the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize

Published in China in 2004, Wolf Totem has broken all sales records, selling millions of copies (along with millions more on the...

Genghis: Lords of the Bow: A Novel

by Conn Iggulden

From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Conn Iggulden's Khan: Empire of Silver.

For centuries, primitive tribes have warred with one another....

The Venetian Mask: A Novel

by Rosalind Laker

Enduring friendships and long-held vendettas come alive against the splendor and decadence of eighteenth-century Venice.

In 1775 Venice–known to outsiders as “the brothel of Europe”–the tradition of mask-wearing...

Mistress of the Revolution: A Novel

by Catherine Delors

View our feature on Catherine Delors' Mistress of the Revolution.

An impoverished noblewoman, Gabrielle de Montserrat is only fifteen when she meets her first love, a commoner named Pierre-André Coffinhal....

The Blue Star: A Novel

by Tony Earley

Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story...