Historical Fiction

A gripping manga based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China video game, featuring iconic Assassin Shao Jun. Unveil a tale that will engulf the world.1526 AD-China is ruled by the Great Ming Empire. Though the empire flourishes, the winds of...

A gripping manga based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China video game, featuring iconic Assassin Shao Jun. Unveil a tale that will engulf the world.Shao Jun, the last Assassin in China, has returned to her homeland with vengeance on her mind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606991541Author Stan SakaiFormat HardbackPage Count 1200Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 3707g

In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away!In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the...

A down-and-out samurai named Ryudo Konosuke struggles through his hardscrabble life in early 19th-century Japan.In early 19th-century Japan, a down-and-out samurai named Ryudo Konosuke struggles through his hardscrabble life. His dear departed mother's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616555849Author Kazuo KoikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Dark Horse ComicsPublisher Dark Horse ComicsWeight(grams) 552g

England, the early 1900s. Alice, a young noblewoman, has a Japanese maid named Hanako working in her household. The two have a fairly typical relationship... until the day Alice begs Hanako to kill her. As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress...

In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away!In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the...

You’d think surviving an assassination attempt would entitle Mia Luna Tearmoon to some rest and recreation—but in comes her old friend the great famine! Forkroad and Co.’s business has completely collapsed, and with it, the logistics Mia needed for her...

It's pirates...It's treasure...It's the raccoon god...It's a monster...It's the sea king and the turtle...It's Bell...It's the Cornwalls...It's the king...It's Luther and Dorothy and Admiral Nelson and Lady Grey and so on and so on...Anyway, Aron's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421517360Author Taeko WatanabeFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Viz MediaPublisher Viz MediaWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 190mm * 129mm * 15mm

Three of the princes have left home to study away from the castle and the guidance of Heine, but Leonhard remains, still under the strict observation of the Royal Tutor! Beneath the surface of everyday life lies the fierce will to fight for the right...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421517353Author Taeko WatanabeFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Viz MediaPublisher Viz MediaWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 127mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421511641Author Taeko WatanabeFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Viz MediaPublisher Viz MediaWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 192mm * 129mm * 16mm

In the early Meiji era, against civil unrest and the end of the samurai way of life, Japan's crime rate skyrocketed. As prisons overflow, the government has no choice but to build a new, inescapable prison. This prison is Gokumonjo, located in the center...

Orphaned at a young age, Alice has lived with her aunt for most of her childhood. But her uncle is abusive and resentful, and at fifteen years old, Alice decides to return home to Kyoto and train as a maiko, eventually hoping to become a geisha.But when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616555696Author Kazuo KoikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 680Imprint Dark Horse ComicsPublisher Dark Horse ComicsWeight(grams) 567g

To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie.The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot...

With a camera in hand, Mr. Smith and his entourage finally arrive at a fishing village bythe Aral Sea. Upon arrival, they find the dark-skinned twins, Laila and Leily-to theirgreat surprise! To celebrate their nostalgic reunion, the twins and their...

At long last, the eldest prince of Granzreich has returned to the kingdom. It goes without saying there's a royal reunion to be had, and with a family full of unique personalities, it's bound to be memorable in one way or another...Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908007292Author Jiro TaniguchiFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Ponent Mon LtdPublisher Ponent Mon Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506721002Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

A timeless psychological study of a young man's deep alienation from societySet in the early 20th century, Kokoro opens with a chance encounter on a beach near Tokyo that irrevocably links a young student to a man he simply calls Sensei ("Teacher")...

What could be harder than saving an empire from oncoming calamities and escaping the looming threat of a bloodthirsty revolution? Doing all that while keeping up with your social life at a new school! And if that wasn't enough, some of Mia Luna...

Dismayed by the disturbance at Cafe Mitter Meyer, Prince Licht is keen toinvestigate--but it seems his urgency may throw him under his coworker'ssuspicions... Licht faces a choice: hide or be revealed? Hinder or help? What lessoncan Heine pull from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506733050Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Some unexpected guests to the royal palace have the princes on their toes! Between acting as gracious hosts and testing their language skills, what additional lessons will the prospective heirs to the throne learn from their visitors?Book...

Thanks to Heine's teachings, the four princes have overcome a lot and matured intoleaders in their own right-so the time has come for King Viktor to officially choose theheir to the throne. But in order to do so, he gives his sons one last task: to...

For fans of historical horror and real world ghost stories, comes this collection of chilling tales surrounding some of the most haunted sites in the Japanese city of Kyoto! Kiyomizu-dera, Kifune Shrine, and Adashino Nenbutsu-ji to most these places...

Princess Mia just wanted to go on a fun summer cruise with all her friends, but somehow she's gotten stranded on a deserted island without a boat OR supplies! Mia and her friends have to figure out how to survive, but wait! Esmeralda's gone missing?! ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867198348Author Keiji NakazawaFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506726557Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932234565Author Osamu TezukaFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506708195Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

When Leonhard receives an invitation to the Kingdom of Fonseine from Prince Claude, the princes set off on their first big trip together. Will this trip give Leonhard the opportunity to put his new language skills to some good use, or will he sink to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506707396Author Kazuo KoikeFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611800210Author Sean Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506726588Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506726571Author Hiroaki SamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 832Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams)...

A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship to a famed storyteller, and Konatsu, who yearns to...