Adult Historical Fiction

These historical fiction books are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

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List

The lord / Soraya Antonius.
"A reporter posted to Lebanon in the early 1980s, covering the Israeli invasion of the time, encounters Miss Alice, an English missionary who is nearing the end of a long life in the region. With memories that go back to World War I and the start of the B…
Huguette : a novel of liberation / Cara Black.
"August, 1945: Badly traumatized by the last few months of Nazi occupation, orphaned, and pregnant through a story too painful and dangerous to tell, seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure seeks refuge at a convent. Her father, before he was killed by vigilant…
The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams.
"Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a quee…
Whispers at Painswick Court / Julie Klassen.
"Surgeon's daughter Anne Loveday serves as sickroom nurse to a lady at a Cotswolds manor. While navigating the other residents-including potential suitors-a series of mishaps befalls her patient, and Anne realizes there may be a murderer in their midst. W…
Best kept secret / Jeffrey Archer.
"London, 1945. Who shall inherit the Barrington family fortune? The vote in the House of Lords has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to …
Courage rising : April - August 1871 / Ginny Dye.
Will Reconstruction unite a divided country, or will it simply test everyone's courage? America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone. The newly formed Bregdan Medical Clinic faces a challenge no one anticipated, and Carrie, Janie, and E…
There was a time for such a word : a novel / Gianni Solla ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.
"September 1942. Young Davide is no stranger to hunger or cruelty. Uneducated but curious, he endures a life of quiet hardship caring for his father’s pigs with only the fiery Teresa for a friend. That is, until a group of Jewish families are relocated to…
Introducing Mrs. Collins : a Pride and Prejudice novel / Rachel Parris.
"Charlotte Lucas has never been a romantic. Practical to a fault, she accepted Mr. Collins's proposal with clear eyes and a steady heart, trading passion for security. Life at Hunsford Parsonage may be quiet and predictable, but it is hers to manage--and …
Beasts of the sea : a novel / Iida Turpeinen ; translated by David Hackston.
"Spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans, a sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature. In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Grea…
The night guests : a novel / Marina Scott.
"1903. Omaha, Nebraska. Once a prominent fixture in Omaha’s high society, Nina Wilson is now drowning in debt and disgrace following the untimely death of her father. Her engagement has been broken off, her family’s grand estate has fallen into disrepair,…
A secret in Tuscany / Alan Hlad.
"Italy, 1943: With war blazing through Europe, nowhere is entirely safe--not even the remote hills of the Tuscan countryside. It's here that Italian partisans, including thousands of women, risk their lives to provide Jewish refugees with an escape route …
The last days of Marilyn Monroe : a true crime thriller / James Patterson and Imogen Edwards-Jones.
"The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. In life, Marilyn Monroe's superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shro…
The Royal artisan / Tessa Afshar.
"Sazana of Persia creates exquisite pottery that graces Susa's finest tables, but her master, Lord Haman, does not know her secret: Sazana is one of the Jews he has vowed to eradicate. When Haman discovers her true identity, he forces her into indentured …
The first witch of Boston : a novel / Andrea Catalano.
"Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound by a love that has lasted decades. With a child on t…
Canticle / Janet Rich Edwards.
"Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret—but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, eve…