The Strange Adventures of H
By: Sarah Burton
4.16
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
Orphaned young, H is sent to live with her doting aunt in London. H's life is a happy one until her…
Want to Read $ 8.99"I recalled how cruel the plague had made people to each other, and was obliged to concede that there is no disaster which can befall humanity, that we will not fail to make worse by our own hands, for it is fear that makes us cruel."-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
"I recalled how cruel the plague had made people to each other, and was obliged to concede that there is no disaster which can befall humanity, that we will not fail to make worse by our own hands, for it is fear that makes us cruel."-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
"It was as if everyone in the whole world had departed, leaving me alone in it, and I thought this must be what Hell is like. Not hot and full of pain and confusion, but cool and grey and empty, where you are shut out of everywhere, yet cannot leave."-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
"It was as if everyone in the whole world had departed, leaving me alone in it, and I thought this must be what Hell is like. Not hot and full of pain and confusion, but cool and grey and empty, where you are shut out of everywhere, yet cannot leave."-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
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1. The Household
By: Stacey Halls
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
2. The Shape of Darkness
By: Laura Purcell
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
3. Once a Monster
By: Robert Dinsdale
3.78
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
4. Mrs England
By: Stacey Halls
3.91
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
5. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
By: Jessie Burton
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
6. The Doll Factory
By: Elizabeth Macneal
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession … read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"You have everything you want! You cleave to your principles, and you are a man with the advantage of station! This - this interaction with me - it doesn't degrade you. In the eyes of the world, it ma…"-Elizabeth Macneal, The Doll Factory
7. The Foundling
By: Stacey Halls
3.99
Format: 400 pages, ebook
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hosp… read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Waarom moesten we de kaarten die ons waren toebedeeld, klakkeloos accepteren?"-Stacey Halls, The Foundling
"Mijn wereld was gekrompen tot de grootte van een walnoot. En toen was Daniel naar een van tante Cassandra's feestjes gekomen en had hij de noot gekraakt."-Stacey Halls, The Foundling
8. Lily
By: Rose Tremain
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's … read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
9. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
10. The Leviathan
By: Rosie Andrews
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan
11. Fyneshade
By: Kate Griffin
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
12. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge
By: Lizzie Pook
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
13. The Asylum
By: Karen Coles
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
1906: Being a woman is dangerous, being different is deadly. Maud Lovell has been at Angelton Lu… read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. The Strange Adventures of H
By: Sarah Burton
4.16
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
Orphaned young, H is sent to live with her doting aunt in London. H's life is a happy one until her… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Sarah Burton's The Strange Adventures of H book and Sarah Burton's The Strange Adventures of H
- romance
- british literature
- coming of age
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I recalled how cruel the plague had made people to each other, and was obliged to concede that there is no disaster which can befall humanity, that we will not fail to make worse by our own hands, fo…"-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
"It was as if everyone in the whole world had departed, leaving me alone in it, and I thought this must be what Hell is like. Not hot and full of pain and confusion, but cool and grey and empty, where…"-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
"I would check myself and wonder if I had already contracted the plague, as in such strange countries my thoughts rambled. But then I decided it was merely the times that made us strange , and we must…"-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H
15. The Burial Plot
By: Elizabeth Macneal
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. The Silence Factory
By: Bridget Collins
3.55
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
17. The Beholders
By: Hester Musson
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. The Clockwork Girl
By: Anna Mazzola
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
19. On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind
By: Nikki Marmery
3.93
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
April 1579: When two ships meet off the Pacific coast of New Spain, an enslaved woman seizes the ch… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. Cunning Women : When Women are Cast Out, They Must Find Their Own Power
By: Elizabeth Lee
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Lee is a magnetic new voice in historical fiction and CUNNING WOMEN is sure to be loved by fans of … read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
21. The King’s Mother
By: Annie Garthwaite
4.49
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more
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- historical
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