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A forgotten house and a secret hidden for a century... 'Wonderfully evocative' Judy Finnigan 'An absolute delight!' Hazel Gaynor 'Wonderful escapism' Tracy...

THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILILPPA GREGORY 'Margaret's story is shocking, deeply moving... the depiction of Henry VIII's transformation from indulged golden boy to sinister tyrant is perfect pitched' Sunday ExpressThey trust her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835257012Author Julie HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second War War.A Failed MissionTwo weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications...

FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO'Solzhenitsyn is one of the towering figures of the age, as a writer, as moralist, as hero' Edward CrankshawAfter years in enforced exile on the Kazakhstan steppes, a cancer diagnosis brings...

ONE OF GRAZIA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' MARIAN KEYES 'A dark, bewitching and captivating read that had my heart in my mouth by the ending' JENNIFER SAINT, author of ARIADNELancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838286705Author Peter RimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Kamba LimitedPublisher Kamba Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738430307Author Ann BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Andaman PressPublisher Andaman Press

A historical series from bestselling author Lizzie LaneA country town in need of a good Doctor, but will they accept her as one of their own?Somerset, March 1930Born in the workhouse and adopted by a former suffragette, Frances Brakespeare was encouraged...

Japan, 1865, the women's palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, is chosen to be his...

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - Now a major TV series. For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the majesty of Scotland's mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to...

Stylish, riveting and appalling, GB84 is a shocking fictional documentation of the violence, sleaze and fraudulence that characterised Thatcher's Britain.Great Britain. 1984. The miners' strike. It is the closest Britain has come to civil war in fifty...

"Mel Starr has done it again. This latest episode in the saga of Hugh de Singleton, medieval surgeon and detective, is another jewel in the author's crown. Each of these stand-alone dramas are tales of the highest order. The epoch and the region are...

It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of...

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - GuardianThomas Kydd has dragged himself up in the navy from press-ganged seaman to captain of his own ship. Now he faces disgrace.After losing favour with his...

'A gripping thriller' THE TIMES'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMAN---Gunpowder and treason changed England forever. But the tides are turning and revenge runs deep in this masterful historical...

This is the story of Francis Andrews, a young man whose betrayal of his fellow smugglers has left a man dead. Fearing vengeance, he flees and takes refuge in the house of a young, isolated woman who persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices...

'A fascinating portrait of the women who helped make a dynasty' The Times 'Bewitching' Woman & Home 'Evocative' Woman's Weekly Two women, two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783347753693Author Joss SheldonFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Rebel BooksPublisher Rebel BooksWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

SHORTLISTED FOR MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA BEST FIRST NOVEL EDGAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION ILP JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2024SHORTLISED FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARDS BEST FIRST NOVEL 2024'An epic, devastating, majestic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515444473Author Ernest HemingwayFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder PublicationsWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Sisters of Gold is an emotional and heart-warming story with a richly imagined Birmingham setting, from Annie Murray, author of The Doorstep Child.Sisters Margaret and Annie lost their mother years ago, they long for her every day. Their protective and...

September 314 AD and once more death strikes the sprawling streets of Imperial Rome. When two prostitutes are found murdered - their bodies ripped open and their right eyes gouged out - it's feared a notorious killer, the Nefandus, has returned...

'Thrilling WWII set thriller that has heart-pounding action, but more importantly, a lot of heart... Completely gripping... A narrative that is as taut as piano wire! ...Not to be missed if you enjoy action-packed historical thrillers' Reader review ...

Honour, duty, vengeance... The way of the Samurai. The second Samurai adventure from David Kirk, perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden.Musashi Miyamoto's reputation precedes him. He is known as the greatest warrior of all time. But all that must change, for...

The classic novel of King Arthur. A beautiful paperback edition of The Once and Future King, White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend. T.H. White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here...

Read Elizabeth Bowen's accessible feminist take on the Irish aristocracyWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY VICTORIA GLENDINNINGThe Irish troubles rage, but up at the 'Big House', tennis parties, dances and flirtations with the English officers continue, undisturbed...

The next thrilling book in Lizzie Lane's superb, bestselling series The Tobacco GirlsLife for the Tobacco Girls isn't getting any easier...Bristol, 1943Bridget Milligan has donned a uniform and joined the nursing services where she becomes intrigued with...

Mary Shelley was the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother died soon after her birth and her father remarried. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was a friend of Godwin and a frequent visitor to his home. Though married...

*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday...

Pre-order HOLMES & MORIARTY - the clever and intriguing new crime mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author Gareth Rubin, out in hardback Autumn 2024. 'The Turnglass is a bold, breathtaking piece of writing that absolutely nails its two books in one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998063621Author Beth BrowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Rhysdon PressPublisher Rhysdon PressWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 9mm

THE RADETSKY MARCH is subtle and touching study of family life at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Writing in the traditional form of the family saga, Roth nevertheless manages to bring to his story a completely individual manner which gives at...

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel "War, imprisonment, torture, romance...The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase." -New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait...

Battle, plunder, and glory awaitThe eagerly anticipated prequel series to Blood Forest (Ambush) and Siege.AD 6: The greatest army assembled in a generation prepares to march.But not Legionary Corvus. He and half his legion are to be left behind to...

Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times. Made for each other, the two are gamblers -...

'Gregory is an experienced storyteller and doesn't let you down. Tidelands is a gripping and intelligent portrait of a woman fighting to survive in a hostile world' THE TIMESTHE BRAND NEW SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR ...

'Wonderfully atmospheric, fast-paced and intelligent' GUARDIANTwelfth-century anatomist Adelia Aguilar must once again examine the dead as gruesome events are beginning to unfold...Henry II's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford, has been poisoned -...

BOOK 2 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The...

A heartbreaking story of one child's courage, from the bestselling author of The Orphan's of Halfpenny Street. Ella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Ella has only ever been treated with unkindness;...