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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

August 2024

 

Haere mai and welcome to our Historical fiction newsletter.

From the new to the old - we'll be letting you know about the latest titles set in the past.

 

Staff List

New For You - Historical Fiction - August 2024

Dive into the past with this selection of the latest Historical Fiction titles.

 

Coming soon

Our fiction selectors have picked out the best of the newest crop of historical fiction titles.

 

The modern fairies by Clare Pollard

A novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times.

 

Summer heat by Defne Suman

With a backdrop of the Turkish army's occupation of Cyprus in 1974, Summer Heat explores family secrets, tangled identities and one woman's place in her country's devastating history.

 

The heir of Venus by Laura Shepperson

This is the story of Rome's origins as it's never been told before, through the eyes of three women whose choices changed history.

 

Terra incognita by Simon Turney

A Roman force undertakes a dangerous expedition to find the source of the river Nile.

 

What's new

New in historical fiction

"Blitz Spirit at Harbour House" by Miller, Fenella-Jane
"Nobelang Tagalog, 1905-1975" by Reyes, Soledad S.
"Tudors" by Deary, Terry, 1946-
"Murder at Somerset House" by Penrose, Andrea, pseud
"Ang sekretong alyas ni lola Nene" by Gatmaitan, Luis P.
"A Fashionably French Murder" by Cambridge, Colleen, pseud
"Nobelang Tagalog, 1905-1975" by Reyes, Soledad S.
More new titles

eBooks

"The Diamond Hunter" by McIntosh, Fiona, 1960-
"A Worthington Wedding" by Quinn, Ella
"The Last Boat Home" by Sweasey, Rachel
"The French Promise" by McIntosh, Fiona, 1960-
"The Silver Wolf" by Harvey, Jacky Colliss
"Poor Creatures" by Kidd, Mairi
"A Worthington Wedding" by Quinn, Ella
More eBooks

Audiobooks

"Boleyn Traitor" by Gregory, Philippa, 1954-
"The Hunters Club" by Hawkins, Alis
"The Secret Book Society" by Martin, Madeline
"Every Bend in the River" by Ford, Emerson
"In Deadly Fashion" by Simpson, Rosemary, 1942-
"Only I Can Save Them" by Matthews, Imogen
"The Hunters Club" by Hawkins, Alis
More Audiobooks
 

If you like a little mystery...

Historical Mystery

From Renaissance Florence to the jazz age in New Orleans - stories of murder and investigation in richly detailed historical settings.

CWA Historical Dagger

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger is a British award for the best historical crime novel by an author of any nationality.

 
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