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Historical

FICTION

DUE MAY 2
THAT BLIGH GIRL Sue Williams RRP $ 32.99
That Bligh Girl is a fascinating story of Governor Bligh ’ s trouble-making daughter , Mary , a powerful and determined woman from the bestselling author of Elizabeth and Elizabeth .
LADY MACBETHAD
Isabelle Schuler RRP $ 32.99
Lady MacBethad is a sweeping , action-packed historical novel , exploring female ambition , power and passion against the atmospheric backdrop of early medieval Scotland .
A WOMAN ’ S WORK
Victoria Purman
RRP $ 32.99
OUR PRICE $ 27 99
The rich prize of the 1956 Australian Women ’ s Weekly cookery competition offers two women the possibility of a new kind of future , in this compassionate look at the extraordinary lives of ordinary women .
BECOMING MRS MULBERRY
Jackie French RRP $ 32.99
From author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry , those that we unearth – and those that are too dangerous to tell .
THE NIGHT TRAVELERS
Armando Lucas Correa
RRP $ 32.99
Four generations of women experience love , loss , war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and , finally , the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel from the author of The German Girl .
THE INVESTIGATORS
Anthony Hill RRP $ 32.99
The Investigators is a novel of high adventure , exploration , shipwreck and survival , based on the life of Matthew Flinders ’ cousin , fifteen-year-old midshipman John Franklin , by the award-winning author of Soldier Boy .
THE PRIZE Kim E . Anderson RRP $ 32.99
When two artists enter the 1943 Archibald Prize , a scandal erupts that grips not only the art world , but the nation . A poignant love story with shattering consequences , inspired by real-life events .
DUE MAY 3
THE FIRE AND THE ROSE
Robyn Cadwallader
RRP $ 32.99
From the critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book of Colours , comes a vibrant , richly imagined and deeply moving novel set in the turbulent world of thirteenth-century England .

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THE BOOKBINDER OF JERICHO
Pip Williams RRP $ 32.99
Evocative , subversive and rich with unforgettable characters , The Bookbinder of Jericho is a story about knowledge – who gets to make it , who gets to access it , and what is lost when it is withheld .
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CORPORAL HITLER ’ S PISTOL
Tom Keneally RRP $ 22.99
Set in a town he knows very well , in Corporal Hitler ' s Pistol , Tom Keneally tells a compelling story of the interactions and relationships between black and white Australians in early twentiethcentury Australia .
HOMECOMING Kate Morton RRP $ 32.99
Homecoming is the highly anticipated new novel from the author of The Clockmaker ’ s Daughter . It is a spellbinding story that begins with a shocking crime , the effects of which echo across continents and generations .
THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS
Pip Williams RRP $ 19.99
The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful , lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words , and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it .
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