Historical Fiction

The Gift of Rain follows sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton on the island of Penang at the start of World War II. After forming an unlikely friendship with a Japanese diplomat, Philip becomes entangled in wartime loyalties and deceit, unknowingly acting as a traitor. To save his community, he must work in secret while facing the destruction of his own family, making for a harrowing, luminous epic.

Author: Tan Twan Eng

Extra Note: Water damage to roughly the last 50 back pages. Reading not affected. Pages otherwise clean and neat. 

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Set during the devastation of World War II, this novel follows two paths that eventually collide. Marie-Laure is a blind French girl living in Paris with her father, who guards a priceless diamond at the Museum of Natural History. When the Nazis invade, they flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo. Meanwhile, Werner is a brilliant German orphan whose mastery of radio technology brings him to the attention of the Hitler Youth.

Author: Anthony Doerr

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A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As Inman attempts to make his way across the mountains, through the devastated landscape of a soon-to-be-defeated South, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive.

Author: Charles Frazier

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Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all the living things on the land and the fishes in the sea were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a convict in Van Dieman's Land who fell in love with a black woman and discovered too late that to love is not safe. Silly Billy Gould, invader of Australia, liar, murderer, forger, fantasist, condemned to live in the most brutal penal colony in the British Empire, and there ordered to paint a book of fish. Once upon a time, miraculous things happened....

Author: Richard Flanagan

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The legendary international bestseller that defined the modern political thriller. "When a young German journalist uncovers the diary of a Holocaust survivor, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. His investigation leads him straight to ODESSA—a ruthless underground network protecting former SS officers hidden within modern society."

Author: Frederick Forsyth

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The second gripping installment in C.S. Forester’s legendary naval masterpiece, presented in the iconic 1980 Sphere mass-market paperback edition.

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the ultimate test of survival on the high seas. Aboard the HMS Renown—a massive Ship of the Line bedeviled by a restive, mutinous crew and a deeply paranoid, unstable captain—a young Lieutenant Hornblower must step out of the shadows.

Author: C.S. Forester

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In 1942, against the backdrop of a world at war, a volatile but determined young woman leaves Edinburgh for London. Caught in a dangerous passion for an English airman, Charlotte Gray finds her life irrevocably altered when he disappears. With the shadow of war looming, she travels to occupied France—not just on an errand for a British organisation, but for her own private purposes.

Author: Sebastian Faulks

**DJ does have some creasing but the book itself is in excellent condition.

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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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Read the international bestselling novel that inspired the hit Netflix series. A sweeping historical epic set in 14th-century Barcelona following Arnau's journey from serf to nobleman.

This is a rare 2007 uncorrected proof copy!

Author: Ildefonso Falcones

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Set against the sun-drenched, intoxicating landscapes of Provence on the brink of World War II, the story follows a tightly knit circle of Oxford intellectuals spending a final, idyllic summer together before the gathering storm of European fascism changes their lives forever. At the dark heart of the novel is the enigmatic, fiercely independent Livia—a woman who disrupts hearts, weaponizes secrets, and eventually aligns herself with the dark historical tides of the era.

Author: Lawrence Durrell

1978 First Edition - Rare find in South Africa!

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A highly acclaimed historical novel by the Irish author Sebastian Barry. It is widely regarded as one of the most poignant and powerful depictions of the Irish experience during the First World War.

Author: Sebastian Barry

**The bottom/middle of the first and last few pages have very light/feint water stains. The book is otherwise in very good overall condition.

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A powerful saga of love and ambition set against the rough, arid wilderness of colonial South Africa, this riveting historical novel brings the legendary Kimberley diamond fields to life. The narrative follows young Barney Barnato as he escapes the squalid slums of London's East End to build a massive financial empire on the African veldt. Blending fact with fiction, the plot tracks his epic struggle from unbearable poverty to unimagined riches, detailing his influential alliances and his fierce rivalry with Cecil Rhodes. 

Author: Robert L. Fish

**Good vintage condition

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China Dawn is an expansive story spanning decades, linking pre-war Shanghai with modern Paris. The plot opens in France, where Yuki Nakamura and her daughter Dawn prepare to unveil their new haute couture house. On the eve of their big debut, sabotage threatens to collapse their business completely. Searching for answers, Yuki realizes the key lies in events from her youth. Decades earlier, a young Yuki was sold by her father and brought to the backstreets of 1930s Shanghai. Amidst sharp social divides and looming conflict, two men—an American diplomat and a Japanese colonel—fall in love with her, testing their bond. Robert L. Duncan crafts a rich saga of passion, betrayal, and survival, moving seamlessly between the glamour of French fashion and the turbulent history of the East.

Author: Robert L Ducan

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Following an extraordinary trek across Europe, Ayla and Jondalar reach his ancestral home, the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii in Ice Age southwest France. While Jondalar’s family welcomes him back, they remain wary of Ayla, her unfamiliar accent, and her tamed wolf and horses. Intrigued by their customs, crafts, and culture, Ayla seeks to integrate into their world while sharing her medicinal wisdom with Zelandoni, the community's spiritual leader. However, tension arises as the Zelandonii discover she was raised by the Clan, whom they consider animals. As Ayla longs for domestic peace and motherhood, her unique spiritual gifts demand a higher calling in the destiny of the Zelandonii.

Author: Jean M. Auel

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Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1745 Jacobite rising, this classic Scottish gothic novel follows the lifelong feud between the noble Durie brothers: James, the charming yet villainous Master, and Henry, his dutiful younger sibling.Driven by jealousy and revenge, their bitter conflict spans continents, from the wilderness of North America to the shores of Scotland. Perfect for lovers of historical fiction, psychological drama, and classic literature, this haunting adventure explores the thin line between good and evil.

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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