Browsing: Historical Fiction

Born the daughter of a circus bear keeper, Theodora rose to become Empress of the Byzantine Empire. But it’s only Stephen, a wizard’s apprentice turned palace eunuch, whom she trusts to tell her tale for posterity… “Amazing history — I felt like I was there” (Lisa Wingate).

When quick-witted Lady Adelia Calaway and her husband, Lord Theodore, investigate a scandalous murder at Mondial Castle, they unearth dangerous secrets — and an unexpected threat to their own social standing! An evocative, first-in-a-series novel set in Victorian England.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.New York Times…

A “thoroughly enjoyable” New York Times bestseller (NPR) with over 31,700 five-star Goodreads ratings! In 1950s Mexico, socialite Noemí receives a mysterious letter from her cousin — and travels to a countryside home that hides dark secrets… “Darkly brilliant and captivating” (New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo).