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Everyone needs a little magic in their lives... The Rules of Magic is the long-awaited prequel to Practical Magic, and a New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon's Book Club pick! In this sparkling prequel we meet the Aunts from Practical Magic,...

It is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage.Her husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover. Now Eleanor of Aquitaine has...

Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic-a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy's impact and its lasting...

NOW AN UNMISSABLE FILM STARRING BILL NIGHY, DOUGLAS BOOTH AND OLIVIA COOKE. 'Mesmerising, macabre and totally brilliant' Daily MailBefore the Ripper, fear had another name.London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed to the mysterious 'Limehouse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913106249Author Sue MillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint Jackdaw E BooksPublisher Jackdaw E Books

Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. It is...

'Vivid, bawdy and bitter' THE TIMES 'A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit' IVAN GOLD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting...

At the outbreak of the Second World War, a mismatched group of passengers flee across the Atlantic to escape Britain and - thousands of feet in the air - find themselves facing grave danger. Night Over Water is a masterful historical thriller from Ken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorCostanza Casati was born in Texas in 1995 and grew up in a village in Northern Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, under one of...

Will she be able to keep her family together? 'A novel that reminds us that there is always hope in the face of darkness' Katie Fforde After their parents die unexpectedly, Connie, Dom, Leo and Pearl are forced to journey to Wolsingham, England, in...

After the Blitz, she'll need to rebuild her life from nothing...Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters when they were homeless: the WVS. Demonstrating a natural flair, painfully-shy Clemmie is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375760389Author James A. MichenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

'Elizabeth Gill is a born storyteller' Trisha AshleyAfter Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends she has nowhere to go, but when he hurts her a second time,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493066254Author David DonachieFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint McBooks PressPublisher Globe Pequot PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

This stunning, atmospheric thriller set in war-torn Europe won the CWA Gold Dagger and has now been reissued with the Javier Falcon series. A Portuguese bank is founded on the back of Nazi wartime deals.Over half a century later a young girl...

The Key to Rebecca is a gripping thriller set during the Second World War, from master storyteller and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett.A Ruthless Spy1942. Alex Wolff's goal is Cairo. Following a relentless trek across the scorching...

From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father's hidden past to discover his secrets... "Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan...

As extraordinary an achievement as Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver is Neal Stephenson's first novel in his acclaimed Baroque Cycle.Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th...

The Crossing forms the second part of Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, a story that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with Cities of the Plain. Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War,...

MJ Porter's epic bestselling adventure 'The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles' continue at pace...A mercy mission in the heart of Wessex is beset with deadly, bloody dangers.Tamworth AD831Icel's profile continues to rise. Lord of Budworth and warrior of Mercia,...

'I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY'Told with warmth and humor by a memorable, irrepressible heroine.' - Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDWhat if the price of...

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - GuardianWith Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies, where...

'Enthralling. Spring Comes to Emmerdale is beautifully written and researched' - Lancashire Evening PostA must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime. 'Amazing! All the familiar names...

'Utterly compulsive' Daily Telegraph'A gripping gothic read' Sarah Hall, Guardian'So seductive ... I was hooked' IndependentThe Forest of Pendle used to be a hunting ground, but some say that the hill is the hunter - alive in its black-and-green coat...

'A beautiful and important book' The Times On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment for a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens's life changes irrevocably. With her keen intelligence and passion...

Join the residents of Mulberry Lane for the next, brilliant instalment from bestselling author Rosie ClarkeA problem shared, is always a problem halved on >Mulberry Lane...London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling back into life running her...

'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner' Guardian'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New York Times'Extraordinary' Telegraph___HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The...

'Gripping, compelling and beautiful.' Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret big enough to destroy the Fuhrer's reputation. . . January 1939: ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739306236Author Jp MaxwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint BK FictionPublisher BK FictionWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

The triumphant final volume in the epic series - a series of monumental battles, fascinating history and action-packed adventure.The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals as they battle for control of his empire has...

There's a traitor in the pack... Who can you trust? The extraordinary final instalment of the Wolf Pack series. June, 1943. In Lyon, the capital of the French resistance, a secret meeting is held under orders from General de Gaulle. The objective is to...

'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday TimesThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679732181Author William FaulknerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads'Thoroughly absorbing' Goodreads Based around the WW1 female factory workers at Barratt's Sweet Factory and inspired by true stories from the author's grandmother, A...

An emotional and compelling wartime drama from the author of Only a Mother Knows and A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. The phoney war is over and Hitler's bombs are raining down on the city of Liverpool. Rita...

*Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2017*Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat three disturbing events take place. A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel. A white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in...

Set on the wild moors of West Yorkshire, The Girl from the Tanner's Yard by Diane Allen is a moving family drama about a girl who rises to prosperity from humble beginnings.After facing the horrors of the Crimean War, Adam Brooksbank returns to Black...

For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue the first three books with beautiful new series-style covers. Matthew Bartholomew, unorthodox but effective physician to Michaelhouse college in medieval...

Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards...

The Reich will protect its secrets. 1942, Berlin. After Police Chief Investigator Rolf Schneider is summoned to a meeting with Himmler and tasked with investigating the assassination of Heydrich, he exposes a web of corruption and secrecy...