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'An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are imagined here with energy, with ferocity, with hunger to engage the reader.' Hilary Mantel'An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are...

From Edith Pargeter, who also wrote as Ellis Peters, A BLOODY FIELD BY SHREWSBURY is a vivid medieval tale of Henry IV's kingdom in crisis. 'Chivalry, treachery, conflict of loyalties... The clash of wills is as stirring as the clash of steel' Observer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412595376Author Wendy JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Madeglobal PublishingPublisher Madeglobal PublishingWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm)...

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Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy - a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK 'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the...

Simon Frederick Cynster is determined to find a wife. However, nothing could be more tiresome than having every blushing miss on the marriage mart thrust upon him. So he discreetly begins his search at a house party at Glossup Halland is astonished that...

Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King...

'I was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines 'This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century ... unforgettable' Tracy Borman, author of The King's Witch ...

The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simon Bolivar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of...

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...

If you like S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom, you will love this absorbing, fast-paced and - at times - wonderfully funny Roman mystery from bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.....

Number one bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world's inhabited land, he changed the course of history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786049905Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

A shocking insight into the realities of war, the conditions endured by ordinary soldiers and their unwavering solidarity.It was supposed to be Hitler's glorious conquest of Russia...The 27th Penal Regiment has been ordered to invade the Soviet Union...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Alex Award 2020 and Kirkus Prize for Fiction 2019 and Orwell Prize 2020 and Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) 2020. Short-listed for Dayton Literary Peace Prize for...

The penultimate instalment in the Chivalry series from a master of historical fiction.The Chivalry series follows young William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and...

In this latest Amelia Peabody mystery there's more trouble in store for our intrepid Egyptologist. This time it is of a distinctly personal nature.Her niece's new, Egyptian, husband stands accused of forging priceless antiquities. Is he guilty, or merely...

Now a major TV series The Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Booker Prize 'It is a book not read, but lived' Telegraph ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783948865061Author Marion KummerowFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Marion KummerowPublisher Marion KummerowWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Tennyson had a life-long interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem 'Morte d'Arthur' he built on the theme with this series of twelve poems, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly twenty years. Idylls...

THE TIES THAT BIND is a powerful, moving saga from bestselling author Lyn Andrews. Not to be missed by readers of Kate Thompson and Donna Douglas.Tessa O'Leary is the only daughter of a family of fatherless boys. When her mother dies she's her brothers'...

The Booker Prize-winning final novel in Pat Barker's classic 'Regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of The Silence of the Girls'An extraordinary tour de force. One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' ...

From the bestselling author behind Channel 5's Carol Drinkwater's Secret Provence comes an epic story of enduring love and betrayal, from Paris in the 1960s, to the present day'One to get lost in' Woman & Home - Best Books of Summer________No one else...

*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available now* Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory...

The action of the saga takes place at the end of the tenth century, at about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. A masterpiece of medieval literature, the story focuses on two families - that of Hoskuld, a...

The wolves of Odin have been unleashed: the hunt has begun.Anno Domini 1040. Christianity has swept unstoppably across Scandinavia, leaving few enclaves of the old ways clinging on to their fading world as King Olof of Sweden works to convert his people...

Legendary warriors, devastating sea battles, and a chance, finally, for vengeance.After a daring escape from a British prison, Philippe Kermorvant returns to France and gains command of a frigate in the Mediterranean, where France is trying to rebuild...

'Has all the pace of the previous three, and is bang on form' Daily Mail'Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics...Destined to be a series that will run and run' Mail On...

Be swept away by the new breath-taking romantic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author and Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke.You are cordially invited to the wedding of the year! London, 1938.When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838286729Author Peter RimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Kamba LimitedPublisher Kamba LimitedWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838886417Author Carly SchabowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668045510Author Ann Helen LaestadiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved. Now, however, his dream is threatened by financial difficulties. So...

Another engrossing historical mystery bringing Ancient Rome to life in all its gruesome glory from the pen of multimillion-copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis. Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom will not be disappointed.....

'I was gripped, desperate to solve the mystery of Nancy Moon' Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author of THE CACTUS'Wonderful. This book is a joy' Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestselling author'Two captivating stories of love and heartbreak,...

From the author of the digital bestselling THE ROSE TRILOGY comes a stunning new historical novel of the Third Crusade two strong women - one a wife, one a mother, and their forgotten roles in the Third CrusadeAbout the AuthorCarol McGrath is the author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993237294Author Ann SwinfenFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Shakenoak PressPublisher Shakenoak Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804365779Author Alex GoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Canelo AdventurePublisher CaneloDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 23mm

"Captivating...Mah channels Kennedy and brings postwar Paris to life with exquisite detail and insight." -- PeopleFrom the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier's college year abroad in postwar Paris,...