New For You - Historical Fiction - March 2026Like this list

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• The Final Problem

  Pérez-Reverte, Arturo, 1951-

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  A group of strangers is stranded on a Greek island in 1960, in this Spanish bestseller which has been optioned by Netflix. A literary locked-room mystery for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Agatha Christie.

• Fireflies in Winter

  Shearer, Eleanor

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  The story of two young women who fight for love, survival and a spark of hope on the edge of the Nova Scotia wilderness in the late 1700s.

• Elizabeth and Ruth

  Michael, Livi, 1960-

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  This novel reimagines Elizabeth Gaskell’s encounter with a young prostitute. Drawing on real letters to Charles Dickens, it explores censorship, compassion and the limits of Victorian morality.

• White River Crossing

  McGuire, Ian

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  A captivating novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness in the 18th century,

• Mrs Pearcey

  Moggach, Lottie

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  London, 1890. Hannah Teale is newly engaged to a budding reporter. Her interest in journalism is largely confined to the advice and short stories in her beloved Girl's Own Paper, but when news breaks that a local woman has been arrested for a double…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tribe

  Arditti, Michael

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  The Tribe is the epic tale of a family and its history and a family in history.

• Pixie

  Dawson, Ms Jill

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  Jill Dawson renders the real-life figure of Pamela 'Pixie' Colman Smith, artist, publisher and illustrator of the still-iconic Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deck, in arrestingly vivid detail, breathing life into a story that is instantly knowable, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• First of December

  Jennings, Karen

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  First of December is about the unexpected twists and turns of history. Its drama is born from the strivings of its characters to find a better life amid every kind of turmoil. From the moment the bells strike midnight, setting the slaves free, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daffodil Days

  Bain, Helen

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  A stunningly inventive and poignant historical novel that follows Sylvia Plath through the final year of her life, told through the eyes of the people who knew her during her time in the English countryside.

• The Sun Dog

  Downes, Robert, 1952-

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  The Sun Dog is a masterful conclusion to Downes's three-book saga of Native America set in the 16th century. His fiction combines top-notch historical research, Native language fluency, fully realized characters, and electrifying plot twists.