Historical Fiction

Set in 1973 Cape Town, this exceptional debut novel follows eleven-year-old Marnus, a boy growing up in a prominent, elite Afrikaner military family. When a mysterious visitor named Mr. Smith arrives at their home, a quiet but irreversible shift shatters Marnus's world, exposing a deep undercurrent of hypocrisy and disillusionment. Serving as a poignant indictment of apartheid's complex realities, this deeply moving work safely secures its place alongside the finest masterpieces of South African literature.

Author: Mark Behr

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Author: H.E. Bates

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Fate has brought her to the brink of a legendary battle...Anaxandra's life was destined to be extraordinary. Taken hostage as a child, she was forced to live as a slave-girl on a remote island. Now, six years later, she's the sole survivor of a bloodthirsty raid by pirates. When King Menelaus finds her, Anaxandra knows that this is her big chance to find a new life. So she tells a lie that will hurl her on a journey towards Troy - and into the heart of the fiercest war the world has ever known.

The sweeping, epic story of one fearless girl - and her quest to find her way back home.

Author: Caroline B. Cooney

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When thirteen-year-old Margaret's father is unfairly sentenced to death by the cruel Judge Biggs, she is determined to save him, even if it means using her family's secret-and forbidden-ability to time travel. With the help of her best friend, Charlie, and his grandpa Joshua, she goes back in time to prevent the chain of events that turned a young Lucas Biggs into a corrupt, jaded man. But with the forces of history working against her, will Margaret be able to change the past? Or will she be pushed back to a present where her father is still doomed?

Author: Marisa de los Santos and David Teague

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Living as a maid in a grand house, young Annika adores her fellow servants like family and loves the glittering city of Vienna, but she secretly longs for the mother who abandoned her as an infant. When a beautiful aristocrat suddenly appears to claim her, Annika feels as though she has walked right into her own dream. However, after being whisked away to a remote, crumbling castle far from home, she realizes her new life is shrouded in dark secrets, lies, and a terrible lurking danger.

Author: Eva Ibbotson

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Tally Hamilton does not want to be sent off to a stuffy boarding school all because of the stupid war. But Delderton Hall is not just any school. Eccentric, crazy and inspiring, Delderton is the gateway to a wonderful adventure - led by the mysterious Matteo, who speaks five languages and longs for his mountain home. There, in the troubled kingdom of Bergania, Tally will prove herself to be braver than she knew and discover a deep and lasting friendship by the dragonfly pool...

Author: Eva Ibbotson

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Well, I can only say I was jolly proud of that tin canoe I'd made with my own hands and had painted pitch black with some tarry goo I found in an old bucket after the road workers had been busy in our area. I was always on cloud nine when I could go onto the lake and gaze at all the birds and waterfowl on the open water and in the various passages winding among the reeds. To be honest, to me the lake was like a little paradise where I could always escape when things got too rough for me on the home front. But maybe I should've taken serious note of Captain Hook’s warnings at the time, because of the ghastly drama that was to take place later on . . . 

Author: John Coetzee

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Experience the definitive portrait of the Roaring Twenties. "Jay Gatsby’s lavish, champagne-drenched parties on Long Island glitter with wealth, yet Gatsby himself stands alone in the crowd, hiding an intense, consuming passion for a woman from his past. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel captures the dazzling glamor and the underlying disillusionment of a generation desperate for reinvention."

Author: F Scott Fitzgerald

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Anna Blair, author of best-selling Tea at Miss Cranston's, has written 22 short stories, with very different settings: some in her native Scotland, some in Malaysia where she lived for a few years and others from North America where she has grandchildren. Some of her Scottish stories have a historical context, but most of the stories were prompted by some incident or encounter which left her wondering what might have led up to it, or what might follow. The stories are often deeply touching, but her gentle sense of humour prevents them becoming sentimental. The varied geographical and cultural settings add a richness to the collection.

Author: Anna Blair

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Where Keith and Stephen live the only signs of World War II are the blackout at night and a single random bomb-site. But the two boys suspect that their neighbors are not what they seem. As Keith authoritatively informs the trusting Stephen, the whole district is riddled with secret passages and underground laboratories — hideaways for any number of murderers, unsung war heroes and secret agents.  Then one day Keith announces that the Germans have infiltrated his own family. And when the secret underground world they have dreamed up emerges from the shadows they find themselves engulfed in mysteries far deeper and more painful than they had bargained for.

Author: Michael Frayn

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