Historical

Tender and heartwarming, Wedding Bells for Woolworths is the fifth instalment in Elaine Everest's much-loved WW2 saga. July 1947. Britain is still gripped by rationing, even as the excitement of Princess Elizabeth's engagement sweeps the nation. In the...

Scotland is the largest producer of oil and is the second largest producer of gas in Europe. It has more than an eighty per cent share of UK's North Sea assets and holds more fresh, high quality water in one of its 250,000 lochs, Loch Ness than is...

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. A career in politics beckons...

From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women's club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of Gilded Age New York. When young Gilded Age society...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'March' and 'People of the Book'. A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734992328Author Peter JaksaFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Peter JaksaPublisher Peter JaksaWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

Meet Cosima Unfortunate, and prepare to go on the adventure of a lifetime . . . A breathtaking tale of mystery, family and friendship from a phenomenal new voice, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell, Tamzin Merchant, Hana Tooke and Robin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958533376Author Cindy M RankinFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Crippled Beagle PublishingPublisher Crippled Beagle PublishingWeight(grams)...

Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece and Egypt to India. After Alexander's death in 323 B.C. his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838282448Author Sarah AnsbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Casa Mocha BooksPublisher Casa Mocha BooksWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645106954Author Johanna CravenFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Artyficial DreamsPublisher Artyficial DreamsWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734992373Author Peter JaksaFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Peter JaksaPublisher Peter JaksaWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

A prize-winning, spine-tingling gothic suspense novel based on a real-life murder trial in 1897 West VirginiaA SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 IRISH BOOK AWARDS'A novel that demands you turn the pages' THE TIMES,...

TWO WOMEN. ONE SECRET. A HEART-BREAKING CHOICE. For fans of Ellie Dean, Milly Adams, Sheila Newberry and Rita Bradshaw, When the Dawn Breaks is a sweeping wartime saga that will take your breath away.Skye, 1903. Jessie, the young daughter of a local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800198463Author Anna StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 327g

The No.1 bestselling novel of the Great Irish Famine from one of Ireland's most beloved writersIreland's hopes for freedom are dashed with the arrival of a deadly potato blight that strikes terror in the heart of its people.1845. Seamstress Mary...

First published on the 700th anniversary of the pivotal event in Scottish history, the epic story of Robert Bruce comes to a climax at the Battle of Bannockburn. Robert has achieved his great ambition to be crowned King of Scotland, but in doing so has...

WHAT IF HITLER HAD SURVIVED?In the gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must find the truth behind Hitler's death. But exactly who is the man in the bunker?'MASTER OF THE WARTIME SPY...

'Mel Starr's writing is superb. And the stories themselves are captivating. Highly recommended.' Davis Bunn, internationally bestselling author To bring justice, Master Hugh must foil the corrupt power of great men. Many medieval scholars...

Lucilla has spent a lifetime making the Hampshire estate of Damerosehay a tranquil haven for the Eliot family. When her favourite grandson, David, falls in love with an unsuitable woman Lucilla feels is unsuitable, she sees her most cherished ambitions...

In 1938, Bobby Harris moves to London where he's picked up by Jason Hargreaves, a society photographer, and poses with Nina Tate who soon becomes his lover. When the Second World War breaks, Bobby joins the RAF as a fighter pilot. Nina marries a Canadian...

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the "munitionettes" who built bombs in Britain's arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847516084Author Chris NicksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 293gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *...

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas . . .As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739393236Author Angus WardlawFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint DaredevilPublisher DaredevilWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439153666Author Kathleen GrissomFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593158661Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023 'A hugely impressive debut' SARAH WATERS '[A] haunting and moving story' SUNDAY TIMES ...

If you were fascinated by The Five, you'll love this gripping and atmospheric historical thriller set in Victorian London in the wake of Jack the Ripper.A killer is haunting London's streets . . .A year after Jack the Ripper claimed his last victim,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345379658Author Norman MailerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1168Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578903200Author Eileen Enwright HodgettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Emerge Publishing Group, LLCPublisher Emerge Publishing Group,...

In his first novel, Werner Herzog tells a hypnotic tale inspired by the true story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine years after the end of WWII1944: Lubang Island, the Philippines. With Japanese troops about to withdraw,...

On a hot summer's day, a lorry slews across a motorway and causes a huge pile-up. In that split-second accident, lives are changed forever.Jonathan is a successful surgeon returning from a liaison with his mistress, Abi; Georgia is a young actress on her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999927417Author Ann SwinfenFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Shakenoak PressPublisher Shakenoak Press

'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the...

A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1. Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. One stately home: Cavendon...

**Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel** The first book in the award-winning Winnowing Flame trilogy. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Jay Kristoff.'Fantasy adventure at its very best' Starburst 'Williams excels at eldritch...

March 1911: Betty Dean needs a job and somewhere to live, and eventually, a husband - according to her mother. Sent into service at Stowford House in Cheshire, where the days are long and the work is gruelling, Betty's dreams of making something of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837906499Author Lily GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 259g

A powerful new novel set in the fourth-century Roman Empire by critically acclaimed historical novelist Simon Turney, Para Bellum will delight fans of Scarrow, Kane and Cornwell. AD 381. Five years have gone by since a Roman governor ordered the...