Genre: Historical Fiction (54 Listed volumes)
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Chantel Acevedo
Cages
Cages is a sweeping, polyphonic portrait of a man seen through the eyes of those who loved him, feared him, and betrayed him. -
Alexandra Lapierre
The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin
The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend -
Robert Seethaler
The Last Movement
An intimate portrait of genius, love, and betrayal at the end of Gustav Mahler’s life. -
Camille de Peretti
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
A saga inspired by the incredible but true story of the iconic Klimt painting -
David Greig
The Book of I
A brilliant Scottish debut, shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize and the Bookmark Book Festival Book of the Year. -
Joseph O’Connor
The Ghosts of Rome
In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Rome Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls from the sky, The Choir is plunged into lethal danger and the survival of the Escape... -
David Greig
The Book of I
A brilliant Scottish debut, shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize and the Bookmark Book Festival Book of the Year. -
Joan London
The Golden Age
Thirteen-year-old Frank Gold contracts polio and finds himself at The Golden Age, a sprawling children's hospital. But it's there that he falls in love: with poetry, and with Elsa. With tenderness and humor, The Golden Age tells a deeply moving story about illness and recovery, and about embracing... -
Franco Bernini
The Throne
This meticulously researched and brilliantly told historical novel, the first of a planned trilogy, recounts the enigmatic life of Niccolò Machiavelli, revealing the complex man behind the infamous political strategist.
