Historical

Amid the hushed city, two hearts must navigate danger and deception, bound by a love that outshines the stars. Katherine Schneider's life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the...

County Mayo, Ireland, 1947. In the worst winter in living memory, Ruby Flynn is rescued from the tiny cottage on the Atlantic coast where her family has perished. She is one of the storm orphans, taken in by nuns to be educated for a life in service...

The TOP TEN bestselling Queen of Black Country sagas is back with a heart-breaking tale of friendship, families and survival against the odds.Thirteen-year-old Alice Truelove can't take another day of her father's cruelty.Better a life on the streets...

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'Tense, dark and intensely gripping . . . written so seductively that passages sing out from the page ' Sunday TimesCathy and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Alone in...

Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich. The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army...

THE WORST OF ENEMIES. THE BEST OF FRIENDS. A powerful, emotional novel of peace and friendship against the greatest of odds . . .1914. A boy enrols in the army, hoping to find peace in the great adventure of war. Handed a rifle, he discovers the grim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357762823Author Ramaswamy KrishnamurthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083089218Author Hannah ByronFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Hannah Byron BooksPublisher Hannah Byron BooksWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451490865Author Chanel CleetonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 302g

"He should have been wary of it, scared of this strange character grinning out at him, looking from one world into another. But he wasn't. He knew without reason that this knife was an explorer." The year AD 8. Kirin is restless. He is too young to join...

#1 bestseller in Sweden with over 1.5 million copies sold'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' GuardianThe year is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes...

From the script writer of the epic TV drama, VICTORIA comes Daisy Goodwin's THE FORTUNE HUNTER for readers of MY LAST DUCHESS (THE AMERICAN HEIRESS) and any novel by Georgette Heyer*A Richard and Judy Book Club title*'Pure, light-hearted, unpretentious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905806744Author Norah LoftsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Tree of Life PublishingPublisher Tree of Life PublishingWeight(grams) 409gDimensions(mm)...

1817. Clemency van Emden receives an anonymous terse message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen, who agree to help her unravel the...

Will this Cinderella get just one night or for ever with the Duke of her dreams? Find out in this spicy Regency fairytale! An extraordinary dress ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451655780Author Lucinda RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

The story begins in 1921 with the birth of twins to the Demengels, a notable family who inhabit Celyn Lodge in Cornwall. Right from infancy, Lara becomes something of a thorn in the side of the Demengels, threatening to tear at the fabric of the family...

Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick's trusted advice cannot convince the King to ignore his passion for the beautiful...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'Memoirs of a Geisha meets The Piano Teacher, in the best way.' InStyleAmaterasu Takahashi has spent her life grieving for her daughter Yuko and grandson Hideo, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800192317Author Marion KummerowFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

The tide is turning, but on the home front, the battle is far from over for the Campions... Autumn 1944, the allies are invading Italy. On the home front, the Campion family are doing their bit -working tirelessly in the hope that the end of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781696700252Author Nathan Dylan GoodwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

'A haunting and epic debut with shades of Steinbeck' [GRAZIA] about a makeshift family in the untamed American West. Includes Reading Group Notes. At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist,...

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THE THIRD CRUSADE IS OVER Richard the Lionheart is bound for England. But with all the princes of Europe united against him ...can the greatest warrior in Christendom make it safely home? THE LION IS CHAINED Captured. Bound. Imprisoned. King Richard's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750845Author Daniel WilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press

Inspired by the incredible true story of the most decorated servicewoman of the second world war. Nancy Wake was an Australian girl who, aged, 16 ran away from her abusive mother to the other side of the world.Nancy Wake was a wife who, when her husband...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of INSPYs the Bloggers Awards for Excellence in Faith-Driven Literature (General Fiction) 2015. Commended for Carol Award (Historical) 2015.Book InformationISBN...

Fleeing King Manasseh's tyranny, Joshua leads the faithful remnant to their new home in Egypt. But as years pass, Joshua's desire for vengeance becomes an obsession. Blinded by hatred, he makes rash decisions, placing his loved ones in jeopardy. Amid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553247626Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive." When a strange,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838882044Author Debbie RixFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 433gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm

In the summer of 1302 the famous Robin of Locksley, popularly known as Robin Hood, has gone back to his outlaw ways in Sherwood Forest where he battles against royal authority, culminating in the barborous massacre of royal tax collectors and the...

'Balkan Glory is an epic chapter in the splendid Kydd canon, weaving knotty political gambits with stirring naval actions, expressively re-creating the often harsh reality Jack Tars witnessed within their wooden walls during the Napoleonic Wars' -...

Heartache and hardship in London's East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street Amy Robinson and her fiance Matthew are struggling to resist the temptations faced by a soon-to-be-wed couple. To avoid these, Matthew...

NOW A MAJOR BBC TV DRAMA SERIESWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY COLM TOIBIN'Poetic and compelling, with a heart-stopping plot twist, Death and Nightingales seems to me a perfect novel' Hilary Mantel'A miracle of a novel which combines prose of bleak, unadorned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838889340Author Lily Lily GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847514585Author Bernard KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553258479Author Leon UrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...