Historical fiction

Amara's journey has taken her far; from a slave in Pompeii's wolf den to a high-powered courtesan in Rome - though her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is AD 79, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make ...

When Julia Lovat is dropped like an unlucky penny by Michael, her lover of several years, he gives her a book which belongs to a Cornish girl some 400 years past. Drawn to uncover the story of its owner, Julia's quest takes her on a journey she could never have imagined.

This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an e...

Against his natural instincts, Harry must campaign to be voted permanently as coroner by the local people. But the death of a pioneering schoolteacher is soon revealed to be not the accident it first seemed. Harry's determination to uncover the truth threatens to undermine his campaign and his fu...

Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar living in Florence at the tail end of the fifteenth century. An anti-corruption campaigner, his hellfire preaching increasingly spilled over into tirades against all luxuries that tempted people towards sin. These sermons led to the infamous 'Bonfire of t...

Yorkshire, 1819. Laura is the only daughter of self-made man Obadiah Pennington. Proud of his success, Obadiah is keen to see his daughter secured in marriage to an eligible suitor. And he has his sights set on local mill owner Daniel Tranton. Wilful and headstrong, Laura is reluctant to have her...

Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath. But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unp...

Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster. Assuming her to be a homely figure, he could not quite believe that she was the beautiful woman on his doorstep - but are they really right for each other?

Inspired by the incredible stories of the heroines of the Italian Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching dual-timeframe story which is a portrait of war and a powerful exploration of how far we will go to protect our families, set between World War II Naples and the glamorous Golden Age of Hollywood.

1841. Mr Montgomery Hurst of Radcliffe Park is getting married. To the great consternation of the county of Wickenshire, he is not marrying the daughter of an earl, but an impoverished widow with three children, whom nobody has ever heard of. Society is both appalled and intrigued. Nobody is more...