Historical fiction novels from Virago – perfect for your next Book Club pick.
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From an award-winning author, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secrets London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment Sue draws breath, her… Read More
'A literary giant' TAYARI JONES A richly imaginative and moving new novel from the Pulitzer finalist and acclaimed author of Corregidora A cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he's a man on a quest:… Read More
'Faultless storytelling . . . Wise, generous, atmospheric' Observer Growing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit… Read More
A prize-winning, spine-tingling gothic suspense novel based on a real-life murder trial in 1897 West Virginia A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 IRISH BOOK AWARDS 'A novel that demands you turn the pages' THE TIMES, BEST HISTORICAL FICTION 'A gothic mystery pulsing with… Read More
'At once a suspenseful manhunt story and a knowing portrait of the perils of ordinary life in Hitler's Germany, The Seventh Cross is not only an important novel, but an important historical document. This new, unabridged translation is a genuine publishing event' - Joseph Kanon, author of 'The Good German'… Read More
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023 'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't… Read More
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 America. In the twilight of the Gold Rush, two siblings cross a landscape with a gun in their hands and the body of their father on their backs . . . Ba dies in the night,… Read More