Historical fiction

It is 1815. Napoleon's escape from Elba and the preparations for battle entangle the Morland family in a web of romance and heartbreak.

The year is 1938 and the world is poised on the brink of war - Germany is a dangerous place for Jews. Clara and her little brother, Maxi, must leave behind everything they know and go to England to live with a family they have never met.

This work completes the trilogy of historical novels that began with Hannibal and continued with Scipio. Carthage tells of a great city's utter eradication under the rise of Rome. But its chief characters would have wished it otherwise.

16, pregnant, and brave beyond her years, Cassie refuses to remain patiently at home, praying for the return of her soldier lover from war. Instead she leaves the small Cornish fishing village of her birth and escapes to Spain - joining the brave band of women who follow Wellington's forces.

This is the latest volume in the Morland Dynasty series set in the 1870s, moving between the drawing rooms of high society to the moors of Yorkshire and the stifling confines of a Victorian rectory.

The Roman Empire faces a new threat from its long-standing enemy, Parthia. With Parthia vying for control of Palmyra, the Governor of Syria dispatches experienced officers Macro & Cato with a small task force to protect Palmyra's borders from invasion. But their presence prompts Parthia to amass ...

From the author of 'The Conquest' and 'First Knight' comes a tale of medieval castles and squires, love, betrayal and mistresses. Elizabeth Chadwick won a Betty Trask award for her first novel 'The Wild Hunt'.

The restoration in 1689 enabled the Morland family to restore their own fortunes, but now the Jacobite rebellion brings another threat to their security.

This clever and colourful novel begins with 'The Prioress's Tale', and continues the 'The Friar's Tale', 'The Merchant's Tale' and 'The Clerk's Tale'. Thus, story by story, Peter Ackroyd builds his portrait of medieval London.

'The Colour' is a sweeping saga of sacrifice and greed set during the mid-nineteenth century gold rush in New Zealand.