Fiction - Christian - Historical

Thorliff's dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits the town...

Dinah Kendall's role in the US capital for the Office of Strategic Services is far from the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead of covert missions, she crafts rumors aimed at undermining Axis morale while trying to live up to the expectations of...

In this gripping World War II historical about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that enemies of freedom long to destroy.Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began...

Larkspur Nielsen is ready for a change. Her parents have passed on, and her older brother is successfully running the family business. She bristles at the small-mindedness that permeates life in her small Ohio community, and she sees little chance of a satisfying future...

Amid the 1900 Galveston hurricane, one woman's perseverance is tested in this captivating story from the author whose work has been called "intelligent and arresting" (Foreword Reviews) and "historical fiction as it is meant to be told" (Library Journal).I walked until I could go...

A Word Award winner.In 1942, telegrams always bring life-altering and tragic news in a war-hardened world--and the one Maggie Marshall receives is no different. But running a restaurant with the help of only pregnant, unwed girls has taught her to be tough. Maggie's no...

River of Life: a Roman-era adventure with dangerous choices, unlikely friendships, world views in conflict, and a love story you won't forget.When the future you dreamed of looks impossible, maybe God has a better one planned.Driven from home because of her Christian faith, Neferu...

Betsy never imagined she'd be hiding a stranger in her home. Risking her and her children's lives, battling cancer, and praying her husband comes home alive, this young mother must learn to trust God with everything. Based on true events, A Song in the...

Whilst seeking the truth and reasons why, with continuous vivid nightmares, Simon's many adventures were not without diversity. Not aging proved to be a problem, especially maintaining relationships in rather difficult times and conflicts. The challenge of travel, cultures and language, dealing with death...

Amid the 1900 Galveston hurricane, one woman's perseverance is tested in this captivating story from the author whose work has been called "intelligent and arresting" (Foreword Reviews) and "historical fiction as it is meant to be told" (Library Journal).I walked until I could go...

This second in a series of historical mythologies follows the main figure as he reflects on growing up in Detroit, while 18 of the city's most-famous historical figures reveal their vision for the city and its recovery. See how Detroit grew, thrived, and survived,...

Astounding historical fiction based on a true story.Nova Scotia, 1871: Annetta Stewart boards a ship bound for the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in the South Pacific, unaware she is travelling to a life of loss and a trial of her own beliefs. Leaving everything...

Everyone knows Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, but before Jericho, there was Arad...When Arisha flees Canaan, she finds herself in the Israelite camp. Under Miriam's care, the young woman begins to heal, but Israel's matriarch is close to death. She wants to be...

Robert "Rab" Munro's only refuge is the sea.Aboard the Dundee clipper Grissel Jaffray, Munro's sailor life of brawls and brothels is a familiar chaos, until a mysterious card inscribed with religious verses and a strange castaway challenge everything he knows.As the Grissel Jaffray sails...

This single volume includes books two, four, and six of The Called series. Discover the heart and character of these three ordinary people you'll recognize from the pages of the Old Testament who God chose to use in extraordinary ways. Consider their stories -...

This single volume includes books one, three, and five of The Called series. Discover the heart and character of these three ordinary people you'll recognize from the pages of the New Testament who God chose to use in extraordinary ways. Consider their stories -...

This book is a historical novel set in biblical times, following the life and reign of King David of Israel. It provides a vivid and immersive portrait of this legendary figure, and explores the political, cultural, and religious context of his era.This work has...

Facing his most cunning foe, can Robert serve the Lord, save the king, and forestall civil war?It's 1630 and there's a bounty on the head of King Charles I. English cities are plastered with pamphlets and posters promising riches and honors to whoever kills...

Will things ever go right?When Johnny's pa doesn't come home after the war, the Garret Ranch nears collapse, covered with back taxes and worthless cattle. While he struggles with bitterness and dread, his mother launches a spiritual quest for God's provision. Hannah Tall Basket,...

Proven innocent, he's returned from exile. Can he recover all that he lost?Anglo-Saxon England, AD 997. Brother Galen is anxious about leaving the haven of his abbey. Suddenly reconciled with his father after being disowned, he fears he will never again fit in with...

It's A.D. 34, and the gospel of Jesus Christ is headed toward Rome But Rome is a dirty and ugly city, and eleven year old Willem is making plans to leave it. He dreams of his own place in the country. Then he meets...

When Lanee, a teenage girl from Galilee, meets Jesus, her desire to know God is suddenly fulfilled. But after Jesus is crucified she hears of a promise He's left to His followers. "What is this promise?" she wonders as she and her family set...

Amongst fiction historical books and civil war books, you will not find any other as compelling as Harriet. The inspirational stories about family life accompanied by romantic and original poems of love will bring you right into the heart of 1860s America - complete...

In this second book of the Solomon's Bride series, the agony of uncertainty drives the Shulamite to actions she never dreamed she would take. But a stunning surprise awaits her. This is in many ways the most emotional and the most personal book in...

In a new novel from award-winning author Walt Larimore, a loving rural family struggles to survive tragedy and cope with the invasion of modern ways in the 1920s. In the Great Smoky Mountains wilderness in 1925, Nathan and Callie Randolph, with their five unique...

What would Jesus do? This wry, irreverent, fictionalized account of his life and ministry--told from the perspective of disciple Mary Magdalene--will implode everything you thought you knew. Jesus Christ--Yeshua, to his friends--is not happy. Two thousand years after his death, he sees Earth heading...

It is Christmas of 1918 and the cousins Jack and Vibert are finally on their way back home from the Western Front. The war is over, and while they may be going back home, they can never truly go back - but from out...

A second chance to set the record straight, and rekindle a lost love.Wisconsin, 1931-Buck Wilson refuses to accept failure as his reward for all he has sacrificed, but he's kept secrets for too long to be believed. With his freedom on the line, there's...

The historical/fiction account of Mary, the mother of Jesus. See the life of Jesus through her eyes.Author: Angela W. BuffISBN-10: 1941039928ISBN-13: 9781941039922Publisher: Word of His Mouth PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2015Pages: 306Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.64d

No. No more fairy tales. Widow Maggie Robbins would be a fool no more. She'd married a thief believing him to be her gilded deliverer during her mother's unexpected illness and death. Now, tucked in her cabin, Maggie and her eight-year-old son, are surrounded...

In the middle of the Great War, Christmas has come to the trenches once again. Vibert takes an assignment to deliver a message to headquarters, where his brothers Bruce and Will are stationed. It seems they will all be as close to home as...

A powerful epic story of colonialism, set in eighteenth-century Greenland, about the great forces of nature, love, death, evil, and the meeting of cultures and fathers and sons.Author: Kim LeineISBN-10: 1529014352ISBN-13: 9781529014358Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2023Pages: 576Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.28d

Nine-year-old Dana Foster will follow her older brother, Luke, wherever he goes. From climbing on ledges, jumping in a fish pond, and causing general mischief, Luke is fearless. But when tragedy strikes the Foster family, everything that Dana has ever known is suddenly turned...

It comes about suddenly. In secret. David neither anticipates nor requests it. Yet the prophet Samuel anoints him as the next king of Israel. It's no wonder. The apparent heir pursues the will of YHWH with his whole heart, whether caring for his father's...

Mennonites seemed to need to move somewhere every century, and ME AND MY HOUSE is almost a travelog, as it takes us from one part of Europe to another many kilometres away. As it moves from one generation to another, the nature of life...

Clashes between Cherokees who lived and hunted in the mountains and trespassing gold prospectors were increasing. Sooner or later someone was going to get hurt, perhaps even killed. As the men crept carefully through the woods, Elias feared Lem Starr may have become the...

"A figure emerged from the shadows and Harriet gasped. Her own brother joined the angry mob, carrying two hay-stuffed figures of a bride and groom. The bride represented Harriet and the groom her fianc Elias."One young couple finds the courage to follow their own...

In 1820, Clarissa Johnson joins a group of young missionaries leaving New England and traveling by river to the Osage lands. Together they face disease and danger that tests their courage and fortitude along the months' long journey into the untamed American West. Arriving...

- ABOUT THE BOOK: Fighting her feelings about her stale relationship with her husband of thirteen years, Sally believed she was doomed to live a life without happiness or purpose. Collin always put work before her and their boys, and he continued to make...

The future stretches out in front of Sarah Dobbs like the pure blue Texas sky. Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom, Austin Canfield, a man she has never met but whose letters...

"A grand historical joyride through the medieval world." -David R. Gillham, New York Times bestselling author of City of WomenA Quest for God and Spices begins an epic journey across the ancient world. In the year AD 1200, a new pope agitates for a...

As Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, one ex-pat uses the skills she learned in French kitchens during the war to bring long-held secrets to light.Paris, 1952 -- An ex-pat wife living in Paris signs up for a cookery class taught...

Sometimes the path to freedom is found in an unexpected future.Upon the death of her mother, Rosalind Standford's life shatters, the pieces scattering to the wind when she is forced into a betrothal to a cunning banker. But when a telegram arrives announcing the...

Ted Hatcher: Pioneer Pastor is a work of historical fiction merging a fictional story with the historical record of the setting. It is a companion volume to Ted Hatcher: Trader Trapper, Preacher (2023); and while the reader may benefit by having read the earlier...

Lew Wallace's epic novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" brings readers to the ancient realm of Judea during the reign of Jesus Christ. At its core lies the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince who is falsely accused and enslaved by the...

Straight to the White House is a special read for a variety of reasons. It's a story of a young boy whose repressed childhood trauma emerges later in his adulthood and impacts his personal and professional life choices. A combination of personal strengths allow...

Plain View Farm Journals is a delightful book, filled with the Stadems' and Ginthers' account of their lives and the history of their origins in Norway, and their immigration to America. Immediately, you will see strong spiritual influence that permeated these families, which was...

Wisteria House's Troubled Past Demands a ReckoningAs a teenaged war hero, Brax Rutledge decided to disappear, causing untold hurt to his family and damage to his soul. Now, having finally surrendered to Christ, he grapples to find his purpose in the life he nearly...

A cursed widower forsakes his faith to ensure his hope. On a verdant island beset by poverty and death, Mick Muldoon dares to escape his misfortunes. Is working a farm and raising a family such an impossible thing to ask? Wasn't God supposed to...

In middle age, and on the cusp of big changes, Miriam is looking back over her life. She was a young woman when she was first smitten by Jacob, a charming travelling stranger. They ran away together to start a new adventure.But that life...