Historical fiction

A dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from Bernard Cornwell. Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, is one of the best known battles, in part through the depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant English victory and in part because it was th...

Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, is one of the best known battles, in part through the depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow.

Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his empire in chaos. The ragged survivors of war limp home on foot, while funeral pyres across Macedon sizzle with the bodies of great warriors. Meanwhile, the dead king's generals - cunning Seleukos, one-eyed Antigonos, jealous Kassandros - are scatter...

This story brings the tale of the Great Fire of London to life for young readers. When Will Farriner wakes to the sound of crackling flames and the smell of smoke, he knows something is terribly wrong! As his family escape the flames engulfing their bakery, Will realises he must stop the fire fro...

Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to her to support them. All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he take...

1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom both vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. And, when John and Ella meet, it is a dance that will change...

1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition mus...

In the seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters – barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship and is forced to marry a Mi’kmaw woman. But Duquet, ...

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain, 'Barnaby Rudge' explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life.

Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain, 'Barnaby Rudge' explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life.

Arthur Conan Doyle asks young journalist Bertram Fletcher Robinson to collaborate on a story. A research trip to deepest Dartmoor cements their friendship as they start work on what will become one of the world's most famous tales, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. But the experience will prove tr...

He is destined to succeed his father as the Duke of Normandy but questions about his legitimacy mean he consistently faces challenges from potential usurpers in the Duchy to retain the title. He marries Matilda, the equally intelligent and ambitious daughter of the King of Flanders, and together ...

Centurion Aurelius Castus has been promoted to tribune and seems settled in a life of comfort with his new wife and young son. But Rome is in the tyrranical grip of the usurper Maxentius, and Constantine is forming a plan for a surprise attack from the west, in order to take the city. Castus, who...

The Roman Empire is on the brink of civil war. Only Maxentius, tyrant of Rome, stands between the emperor Constantine and supreme power in the west. Aurelius Castus, promoted from the ranks for valour, is now a tribune in Constantine's army. But as Constantine becomes increasingly devoted to Chri...

Centurion Aurelius Castus has been promoted to tribune and seems settled in a life of comfort with his new wife and young son. But Rome is in the tyrranical grip of the usurper Maxentius, and Constantine is forming a plan for a surprise attack from the west, in order to take the city. Castus, who...

Centurion Aurelius Castus has been promoted to tribune and seems settled in a life of comfort with his new wife and young son. But Rome is in the tyrranical grip of the usurper Maxentius, and Constantine is forming a plan for a surprise attack from the west, in order to take the city. Castus, who...

'Battle Royal' is a tale set in the 6th century with family and political infighting at its core. Caewlin, King of the Saxons, has sent his son, Cenberht, to spy on the British. But Cenberht falls in love with the British chief's daughter.

Adam de Norton, a young squire devoted to the virtues of chivalry, longs only to be knighted, and to win back his father's lands. Then a bloody hunting accident leaves him with a new master: the devilish Sir Robert de Dunstanville, who does not hesitate to use the blackest stratagems in pursuit o...

AD 375. As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia. In the far west, the shattered forces of the House of Pendragon huddle together in order to protect the royal heir - their one beacon of hope. For Lucanus, their great war leader, is missing, presumed dead. An...

AD 375. As Rome's legions abandon their forts, chaos grows on the fringes of Britannia. In the far west, the shattered forces of the House of Pendragon huddle together in order to protect the royal heir - their one beacon of hope. For Lucanus, their great war leader, is missing, presumed dead. An...