17 Best historical books like The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable

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The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.…

If you liked the historical plot in The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

1. 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

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

Similar categories in Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

4. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • fiction
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5. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

Cover of The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable

6. The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • music
  • adult fiction
  • italy
  • feminism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

Similar categories in Josie Ferguson's The Silence In Between book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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8. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. This Motherless Land

By: Nikki May

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) retelling of Mansfield Park,… read more

Similar categories in Nikki May's This Motherless Land book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • adult
  • fiction
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10. 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

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's The King’s Mother book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Life Impossible book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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12. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Peggy

By: Rebecca Godfrey

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Godfrey's Peggy book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Mesmerist

By: Caroline Woods

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial cr… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Woods's The Mesmerist book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden

15. The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst

By: Katie Lumsden

4.50

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

1841. Mr Montgomery Hurst of Radcliffe Park is getting married. To the great consternation of the c… read more

Similar categories in Katie Lumsden's The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Secrets of Flowers

By: Sally Page

4.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Secrets of Flowers book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

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17. A Little Trickerie

By: Rosanna Pike

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more

Similar categories in Rosanna Pike's A Little Trickerie book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche

18. The Stone Witch of Florence

By: Anna Rasche

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins… 1348. As the Black Pl… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rasche's The Stone Witch of Florence book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Costanza by Rachel  Blackmore

19. Costanza

By: Rachel Blackmore

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is her story. In the scorche… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Blackmore's Costanza book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • italy
  • historical
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

20. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

Similar categories in Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The House of Fever by Polly Crosby

21. The House of Fever

By: Polly Crosby

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping and gothic new historical mystery. Can she unlock the secrets of The House of Fever? … read more

Similar categories in Polly Crosby's The House of Fever book and Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • historical fiction

19 Top fiction books like The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable

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The Burial Plot

Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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The Silence Factory

Bridget Collins

3.55

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There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

4.58

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Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

Kate Atkinson

4.09

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21 Top fiction books like The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

Alison Weir

4.02

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A Court of Betrayal

Anne O'Brien

4.49

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Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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