Books like The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is a 14th‑century collection of 100 Italian tales told by ten young people who flee the plague‑ravaged Florence to a villa in Fiesole, each day presenting stories framed by a rule and a closing canzone.

A love story set against the backdrop of World War II in Greece.

Thomas Hardy’s bleak final novel follows Jude Fawley, a stonemason from rural Wessex, whose search for faith, love and independence collides with society’s harsh conventions and leads to tragedy.

A dark New England mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, casts an ancestral curse over the Pyncheon family, revealing secrets, mysterious deaths, and a complex mix of gothic, historical, and moral themes.

When the German army overrun France, an elderly Englishman escorts two children to London, only to add more to the group as he risks everything to bring six refugee children safely across the English Channel.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

289 pages ; 21 cm

Young Vasilisa, dubbed a witch by her village, disguises herself as a boy and rides into Moscow, where her gifts earn her honor—and a grave threat to the city becomes hers to confront.

Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset’s historical epic follows 14th‑century Norwegian woman Kristin Lavransdatter through devotion, love, family, and societal upheaval, set against a richly detailed backdrop of medieval Norway.

A thirteen‑year‑old German refugee, Lisa, escapes Nazi persecution via the Kindertransport, arrives in England, and faces the hardships of Blitz‑era life, memory loss, and a new identity after being adopted and hospitalized.

A historical romance novel set in the Tudor era, focusing on the life of Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII's six wives and a queen who defied expectations.

Adam Miller's love affair with a Jewish woman in post-war Venice is threatened by the dark underbelly of the Occupation and the murky past of the city itself.

A young woman from a Norman priory must rescue a knight from betrayal and betrayal's widow, who is setting her sights on taking control of his lands.