Historical

A dramatic departure for the #1 bestseller. A gripping story of rivalry and ambition, loyalty and love set in the heart of Elizabethan England. 'With all the vivid history that is his trademark, Bernard Cornwell transports the...

The initial volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author's tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway-the first new English translation in nearly a century As a child, Olav Audunsson is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toresson, who...

A fallen woman. An opportunity for redemption. But at what cost?Sheffield, 1867. It's the height of a long-running and violent campaign known as the Outrages, where murderous acts are carried out on behalf of a rogue union leader.Louisa Leigh, a former...

A little girl goes missing from Yew Tree Manor - the same house from which a girl vanished decades before. Does the key to the present lie buried even deeper in the past, in the forgotten history of an innocent midwife accused by a family of shocking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837909629Author Ellie MidwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Dr Max Aue is a family man and owner of a lace factory in post-war France. He is an intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music. He is also a former SS intelligence officer and cold-blooded assassin. He was an observer and then a...

All families have secrets. In Sunday Times bestseller Penny Vincenzi's WICKED PLEASURES lies a family secret that will tear it apart. 'Penny Vincenzi is the doyenne of the modern blockbuster' Glamour. Sexy, glamorous and fun, WICKED PLEASURES is the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths.'Myth for a MeToo age. Pat Barker returns to Homer in this gory but...

'Prepare to have your heart broken' - Good HousekeepingWoman & Home Book Club PickPoland, 1941. A mother. A child. An impossible choice.After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, seek shelter in a local...

* AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * 'A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR 'Extravagantly beautiful' DAILY MAIL 'One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON 'Extraordinary' GUARDIAN 'The best book I've read in years' LOUISE KENNEDY ...

THE ELEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIESSunderland, 1944As the promise of victory draws closer, this Christmas will surely be one to remember.It should be a magical time for Dorothy, who has just been proposed to by her sweetheart Toby...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733167604Author Elizabeth BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 490Imprint Claire-Voie BooksPublisher Claire-Voie BooksWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

THE #1 BESTSELLER Introducing the explosive first Ben Hope adventure 'Non-stop action - this book delivers' STEVE BERRY Ben Hope lives on the edge. A former elite member...

Following the acclaimed Queen's Gambit, Elizabeth Fremantle brings us a new novel of intrigue and menace at the Tudor Court. . .1554: Lady Jane Grey is executed by her cousin Queen Mary... Now Lady Jane's younger sisters Katherine and Mary, cursed with...

The compelling, gorgeously atmospheric tale of love, betrayal and innocence, inspired by the incredible true story of female convicts'Beautifully written, an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery . . . an unputdownable read' KATIE FFORDE'I...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915179135Author Sophie ParkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Northodox PressPublisher Northodox Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999936204Author Mark SippingsFormat PaperbackImprint Mark SippingsPublisher Mark Sippings

The new heartwrenching story from the Queen of the Rural Saga, million-copy bestseller Anna JacobsCan she find happiness in her new home? 1935. At thirty-six, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as an unpaid servant. When a kind...

Alexanor is a man who has seen too much blood. He has left the sword behind him to become a healer in the greatest sanctuary in Greece, turning his back on war.But war has followed him to his refuge at Epidauros, and now a battle to end the freedom of...

'Superb ... radically new and beautiful' Observer 'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong 'An ancient tapestry of...

London, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique timeslip story, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Miniaturist, and Lucinda Riley.On the morning of Friday 5th February, 1927, Miss...

It's Death on the Nile meets Downton Abbey, as the action moves between Highclere Castle and Egypt's Valley of the Kings . . . A gripping story touching on friendship, scholarship, love and family' Daily MailBased on a true story of discovery, The...

'Exhilarating to read - thoughtful, heart-warming and poignant, with a quiet intelligence and elegance that does its heroine proud' Bridget Collins Two women Ten years A recipe for success Eliza Acton, despite never having boiled an egg, became one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837907427Author Anna StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 23mm

Catch up on Lizzie Lane's gritty, historical saga series set in Bristol's Tobacco factories...As war rages, everyone has to do their bit...Bristol. 1941As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727888310Author Chris NicksonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 145mm *...

Experience the captivating world of medieval Bampton, Oxfordshire with Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of Bampton Castle, as he faces his most dangerous case yet. Master John Wyclif, known for his sharp tongue and wit, is at a loss when his...

'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' GuardianIt is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of Stockholm. Tycho Ceton prowls the city, willing to do anything to...

THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE'A delightful book, well-researched, complex and hugely entertaining' ANN CLEEVES'A twisting plot and an intriguing cast of characters, together with vivid glimpses of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451228000Author Diane HaegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

The Quincunx is an epic Dickensian-like mystery novel set in 19th century England, and concerns the varying fortunes of young John Huffam and his mother. A thrilling complex plot is made more intriguing by the unreliable narrator of the book - how much...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553276817Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 174mm *...

In the dead of night in a notorious area of Victorian London's East End known as St Giles a factory girl stumbles over the bloody bodies of two City gentlemen. When Detective John Evan finally arrives at the scene, he is confronted by a most difficult...

Discover this magnificent magical novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Midnight's Children. When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727823069Author Michael JecksFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...

*The author of the Sunday Times bestselling Outlander series returns with the newest novel in the epic tale.*'Gabaldon's vast and sweeping account of the war is so intricately plotted and peopled that one is amazed she could conceive and write it in only...

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE MULTI-MILLION COPY, INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING ERAST FANDORIN MYSTERIES SERIES'A sparkling romp of a story' TLS'In Russia Boris Akunin is roughly the counterpart of John Grisham' TIME'Think Tolstoy writing James Bond with the...

AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has set his heart on a new wife but to clear a path for her, he must first assassinate his Empress, Claudia Octavia. Vespasian needs to tread carefully here - Nero's new lover, Poppaea Sabina, is no...

'Set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant.' Daily MailFrom Robert Seethaler, the author of the Man...

Welcome to the Regency world of Stephanie Laurens - and to the Cynsters and their ever-expanding clan! Now, Charles Morwellan, who we first meet in A SECRET LOVE (0749937203), one of her most beloved Cynster novels, meets his match in this exciting, and...