Historical fiction
Results 201 - 220 of 2002
Historical fiction
Paperback. Isabella is flamboyant and passionate, a medieval Helen of Troy - wife to King John and mother to Henry III. Blanche of Castile is the serene and virtuous Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX. The two women hated each other on sight. Isabella would stop at nothing, not even murder, in her passion to destroy the French Queen. Series: Plantagenet Saga. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344. DIASPORA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099510260
- ISBN
- 9780099510260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.28
€ 12.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. A comic classic of world literature, Aleko Konstantinov's 1895 novel follows the misadventures of rose-oil salesman Ganyo as he travels in Europe. Translated into English for the first time, it is accompanied by an introduction, glossary, and notes. Editor(s): Friedman, Victor A. Translator(s): Friedman, Victor A.; Kramer, Christina E.; Fielder, Grace E.; Rudin, Catherine. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299236946
- ISBN
- 9780299236946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.43
€ 23.43
Paperback. The unsolved riddle at the heart of style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pudd'nhead Wilson> is less the identity of the murderer than the question of whether nature or nurture makes the man. In his introduction, Werner Sollors illuminates the complex web of uncertainty that is the switched-and-doubled-identity world of Mark Twain's novel. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059832
- ISBN
- 9780674059832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Hardcover. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humour and remarkable insight, this book traces three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152487
- ISBN
- 9781857152487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 21.07
€ 38.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. Following Madame Tussaud, Michelle Moran continues the story of France with a depiction of life in Napoleon's court. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Light sticker wear on back cover, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0004679
- ISBN
- 9780857388629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Walter Hartwright is married, prosperous and a little bored. When he is approached to write a life of the painter Turner he accepts, unaware that his subject lived a life more dark than light. Researching the painter's life, he is soon affected with its possibilities of violence and even murder that he no longer trusts his own sanity and character. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0005851
- ISBN
- 9780571202768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Collects the complete Cossack stories of Harold Lamb: every adventure of Khlit the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks. This title features essays Lamb wrote about his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction. Editor(s): Jones, Howard Andrew. Num Pages: 548 pages, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280502
- ISBN
- 9780803280502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.20
€ 30.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Continuing the tumultuous story of TheCousins War, Philippa tells the tale of a young mother's determined ambition for her son - soon to be Henry VII Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847394651
- ISBN
- 9781847394651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89
Paperback. "A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Editor(s): Gorra, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912692
- ISBN
- 9780393912692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.25
€ 19.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. Translator(s): Geddes, Tom. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530789
- ISBN
- 9780714530789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.19
€ 10.19
Paperback. A reconstruction of the dramatic weeks leading up to the Emperor Constantine's triumph in Rome. It summons up the Roman world of two thousand years ago, the everyday life of soldiers on campaign and the intrigues at court. It tells the many-faceted story of Constantine's loss of faith in God and in human love. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287292
- ISBN
- 9780099287292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
paperback. Merchant-banker Nicholas de Fleury, having wrested his infant son from the boy's formidable mother, pauses en route to the land of golden light to set in train a deception that will ensnare nations in the triumphant ruin of his enemies. This is volume six in the "House of Niccolo". Series: House of Niccolo. Num Pages: 656 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140112689
- ISBN
- 9780140112689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.28
€ 23.99
€ 18.28
Hardcover. How lethal is love, how dangerous is woman? And how sensual is the yearning for immortality? This book presents the drama of Jummo's life, the tragic arc of her affair with her childhood sweetheart and her lifelong love for the mysterious Sidi Wadhana, a more-than-human emissary from the Netherworld. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608660
- ISBN
- 9780815608660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. For two years Osric has lived a simple life, though he is feared and shunned for his mysterious past and blood-red eye. When raiders from across the sea ransack his village, Osric finds himself taken prisoner by their chief, Sigurd the Lucky. Osric proves a natural warrior and forges a deep bond with Sigurd, who renames him Raven. Series: Raven. Num Pages: 464 pages, B & W map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552157896
- ISBN
- 9780552157896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.61
€ 12.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. The first book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage. Series: The Grail Quest. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780007310302
- ISBN
- 9780007310302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.56
€ 14.99
€ 10.56
Paperback. George MacDonald Fraser's hilarious stories of the most disastrous soldier in the British Army - collected together for the first time in one volume. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006513711
- ISBN
- 9780006513711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.82
€ 18.99
€ 12.82
Paperback. 'This was the original game of thrones' George R.R. Martin Series: The Accursed Kings. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007491360
- ISBN
- 9780007491360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.39
€ 13.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780802139795
- ISBN
- 9780802139795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. An erotic story of Imperial China from the author of "Red Azalea" and "Becoming Madame Mao". Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747568339
- ISBN
- 9780747568339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. The heart-rending story of forbidden love in a small fishing village at the turn of the century. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747267096
- ISBN
- 9780747267096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72