Historical

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

"Great Expectations" is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life (and attempting to become a gentleman along the way). "Great Expectations" was widely popular and was riddled with many of the themes...

Alice's Girls

by Julia Stoneham

1945 and the war is drawing to a close

For three years, the land girls at Post Stone Farm have worked together, defying Hitler in their own way. They have witnessed love and loss, found their independence, and...

Hottentot Venus: A Novel

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry’s ballroom. Below...

The Fiery Cross

Outlander #6

by Diana Gabaldon

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes.

New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon mesmerized readers with her award-winning Outlander novels, four dazzling...

Dragonfly in Amber

by Diana Gabaldon

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon's Voyager.

From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland......

To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War

by Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping,...

The Flowers of War

by Geling Yan & Nicky Harman

It is December 1937 and the Japanese Imperial Army has just entered Nanking. Unable to reach the Safety Zone in Pokou, a group of schoolgirls are hiding out in the compound of the St. Mary Magdalene mission....

Follow the River

by James Alexander Thom

Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken,...

The Source: A Novel

by James A. Michener

In his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the...

Devil in the North Woods: A Novel Based on the Tragic 1908 Metz, Michigan, Wildfire

by Walt Shiel

"Written with the pace of a thriller...a fascinating read, building a bonfire of dusty pages of history." -Robert Downes, Northern Express Weekly

"Will have readers frantically turning the pages!...Leaps off...

Henry VIII and his Court

by Luise Muhlbach

This novel is based on the true life of Henry VIII, one of England's most famous - or infamous kings. Marriages, divorces, beheadings, death and glory - all contained within the pages of this fantastic ebook....

Voyager

Outlander #3

by Diana Gabaldon

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon's Drums of Autumn.

From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.

Their passionate...

Sharpe's Triumph

The Sharpe Stories #2

by Bernard Cornwell

In the four years since he earned his sergeant's stripes, young Richard Sharpe has led a relatively peaceful existence. But Sharpe's reverie ends when he barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter...

The Burning Land: A Novel

The Saxon Stories #5

by Bernard Cornwell

In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born.

At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see...

Sharpe's Prey

The Sharpe Stories #5

by Bernard Cornwell

Bestselling novelist Bernard Cornwell returns to his popular Richard Sharpe series with this eighteenth dazzling installment, which finds his beloved hero in the heart of war-torn Denmark, trying to protect...

Sarum: The Novel of England

by Edward Rutherfurd

A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUM is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapesty weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their...

Sick Heart River

by John Buchan

‘Sick Heart River turns the adventure yarn into a spiritual quest with an authority that few have ever rivalled.’ – Evening Standard Sick Heart River is both John Buchan’s most powerful novel and his...

The Plague Tales

The Plague Tales #1

by Ann Benson

It is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror,...

True Colours

by Alaric Bond

The Royal Navy is immobilised by mutiny, and the only thing that's standing in the way of an invasion is a commander who is communicating with a fleet that isn't there. While Great Britain's major home fleets...

THE LADY PHILOSOPHER: The Story of Hypatia

by Brian Trent

On a November night in Egypt, 414 A.D., one of history's most brilliant individuals was assassinated. Her name was Hypatia, teacher and scientist at the fabled Great Library of Alexandria and the last glimmer...