Historical

Winner of the CWA Best Historical Crime Novel of the Year'Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story' KATE MOSSEMedieval England. A hideous murder. Enter the first female anatomist...Adelia...

The globally bestselling thriller that paved the way for THE DA VINCI CODE and countless copycat conspiracy novels. In the 8th century AD Ibn al'Arabi, the Moorish governor of Barcelona, bestowed a magnificent gift upon Charlemagne, Holy...

In the first century AD, Publius Ovidius Naso, the most urbane and irreverant poet of imperial Rome, was banished to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea. From these sparse facts, one of our most distinguished novelists has fashioned an...

The next gloriously uplifting, escapist, historical read from 'the queen of the contemporary Cornish novel' (Guardian) As one of the Navy's most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows that lives depend on her work in the War Office. But when a family...

'An exhilarating whodunit and my favourite book of the year.' TESS GERRITSEN1176- The monks of Glastonbury have discovered two skeletons buried in their graveyard - one is tall, like that of a warrior, the other small and delicate. Are these the remains...

From the author of The House Between Tides, winner of the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year, comes an atmospheric and stunningly evocative historical novel. Perfect for fans of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent.'Maine writes beautifully' THE...

The dramatic story of a young woman's war - full of heartache and triumph from the bestselling author of Christmas on the Mersey and London Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit...

"A deeply moving book." -LEILA SLIMANI *** "A work of rare grace and importance."-THE GUARDIAN In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opera Garnier; on the other, the names of their...

'A Western like you've never seen before: a story of reinvention, sex work, found family, and queer self-discovery' Harper's Bazaaar, Best Queer Books of 2023In the summer of 1877, Bridget is orphaned when her unreliable father succumbs to a snakebite as...

The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus...

THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns...

A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television. Becoming the social secretary for millionaire financier Andrew Harrison...

The first book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series on the American Civil War. It is summer 1861. The armies of North and South stand on the brink of America's civil war. Nathanial Starbuck, jilted by his girl and estranged from...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's moving and addictive masterpiece of European identity, nostalgia and the end of an era. 'A masterpiece:...

'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday TimesLamentation is the sixth breathtaking historical novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory...

Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World...

'A full-throated song of praise. I loved it' Sherman AlexieIreland, 1959. Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. ...

'Written with all the ingenuity and twisty tautness of a thriller' The TimesFrom the Booker-winning Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. This is the story...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993515842Author E J BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Greyfire PublishingPublisher Greyfire PublishingWeight(grams) 381g

A major film from the makers of Normal People and Room, starring Florence Pugh and streaming on Netflix.'An old-school page turner with crackling intensity' Stephen King'Powerful, compulsively readable' Irish TimesEleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell stops...

She will keep her head held high, no matter what...Polly Pride's life is falling apart. Her husband has lost his job, there's no money coming in, and she has two young mouths to feed.With the prospect of poverty looming over her, and her husband...

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky.In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something...

'Moved me to tears' Angela Petch bestselling author of The Tuscan Secret In 1944 in war-torn Dubrovnik Branko Milisic holds his newborn daughter Safranka and wishes her a better future. But while the Nazis are...

Merlin's epic quest continues as he journeys to Constantinople in search of his father.Myrddion Emrys of Segontium is the product of a brutal rape, but when King Vortigern hints at his father's identity, Myrddion embarks on a journey across France and...

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden...

By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry...

The adventure continues . . . At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write the twenty-first book in his famous and much-loved Aubrey-Maturin series. The chapters he left behind are presented here, both in printed version and a...

Britain and America are newly at war, and Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught in the very thick of the action. En route to England and his next command, Captain Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen...

'I was completely captivated' Barbara Erskine The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O'Brien. England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history.....

Masterful, Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American...

'A master of the genre' The Times The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, is the prisoner of the chieftains he once led. And the Roman leader has an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr, the barbarians'...

WINNER OF THE ROMANTIC TIMES BRITISH-ISLES SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARDIN THE ARMS OF DANGERBold. Brave. Brutally handsome. Hugh Fitzroy, the Duke of Kyle, is the king's secret weapon. Sent to defeat the notorious Lords of Chaos, he is ambushed in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079711Author Pete DexterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Rome, AD 34: Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Empire. But political events in Rome - Tiberius's increasing debauchery, the escalating grain crisis - draw him back to the city. When Caligula becomes Emperor, Vespasian...

A war on two fronts. A deadly threat from within. The new gripping medieval historical thriller from expert historians and authors A.J. Mackenzie1346: Sent back to England in the wake of the tremendous victory at Crecy, Simon Merrivale is at once caught...

**FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017**'Scrupulous, pitch-perfect. With heart-pounding force, Dunmore builds up a double narrative of suspense' Sunday TimesLeningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803146836Author Amanda LeesFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837905119Author Sharon MaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm

'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'A gripping saga' People's FriendIf you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing novels!' (ITV's This Morning presenter Sharon Marshall)From the author of...