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1826: Jacob Chapman stands on the beach in Lowestoft, preparing to put to sea in his own boat. Hunting herring – the silver darlings - off the east coast, just as his ancestors have done for centuries. But change is coming.Over the next century the...

Affairs of honour between bucks and blades, rakes and rascals; and affairs of the heart between heirs and orphans, beauties and bachelors; romance, intrigue, escapades and duels at dawn: all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette...

From the battlefields of conquest to the Roman mob, Aulus Severus must use all his wits to survive in this thrilling Roman historical adventureAD 69: Aulus Caecina Severus has thrown in his lot with the hedonistic Vitellius, preparing his legions for a...

It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of...

A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN'A whole lot more than just a spy thriller, wrapping together the ties of family, of love and of country' BARACK OBAMA'There...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994536433Author Johanna CravenFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Artyficial DreamsPublisher Artyficial DreamsWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789526530901Author Mica NewgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Mica NewgrenPublisher Mica NewgrenWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm

'Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'A delicious Regency romp for fans of Bridgerton.' Red ...

AN EXHILARATING TREASURE-HUNT THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR AN ANCIENT FORTUNE LIES HIDDEN.LOST FOR THUSANDS OF YEARS, UNTIL NOW. An ancient fortune has lain hidden for thousands of years, one so powerful that men will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911110101Author Professor Michael ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Clink Street PublishingPublisher Clink Street PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062282576Author Ariana FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024 Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance. She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history. As a child,...

'A summer must-read' Red 'Exotic and mysterious - I was gripped by this complex tale' Dinah Jefferies, author of number one bestselling The Tea Planter's Wife 'This story of twists and turns transcends era and genre. Absolutely brilliant' Kerry Fisher,...

An unmissable and much-loved favourite, Birmingham Blitz by Annie Murray is the tale of everyday courage and determination in wartime Britain.August 1939. Genie Watkins, a Birmingham kid, would love to have a proper happy family like her Italian friend,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312603489Author Dewey LambdinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

An emotional and gripping Victorian saga series from bestselling author Fenella J Miller!1840s ColchesterA tragic loss, a new path?When her family is struck by a terrible tragedy, Sarah Nightingale is forced to go into service at Grey Friars House as an...

WINNER OF THE 1992 BOOKER PRIZE'Gripping . . . SACRED HUNGER covers a period between 1752 and 1765 . . . it concerns the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and Matthew Paris, a scholar and...

Come to Venice. Please, Phoebe, do not fail me.'Lingers in the heart long after the final page is turned . . . a must read for anyone who wants to be absorbed as well as utterly enchanted' Carol McGrathVenice, 1919Seventeen years ago, the grand Venetian...

Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as re-imagined by Thomas...

Pre-Order the next story in a BRAND NEW series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller - Meet the Army Girls!June 1942Grace Sinclair never meant to sign up to the ATS, but when her parents made it clear she had to marry a man she hated, Grace ran away to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639884599Author Jill GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Atmosphere PressPublisher Atmosphere PressWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take...

Chosen as one of the best books of 2018 by the Mail on Sunday'The master storyteller returns with a nail-biter every bit as good as Kane and Abel - utterly enthralling' - Joanna LumleyHeads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards 1986.Book InformationISBN 9780812978209Author E.L. DoctorowFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher...

FREEDOM WORTH FIGHTING FOR. LOVE WORTH WAITING FOREscape this summer with the unforgettable wartime love story and Richard & Judy Bookclub pick 'The French House is a beautifully wrought exploration of love of all kinds. It's utterly gorgeous,...

Few writers are better at conjuring up a vision of Ancient Greece' THE TIMES* * * * * * *210BCE. The most powerful empires in the world brawl over the spoils of a declawed Greece.Philopoemen has a vision to end the chaos and anarchy that consumes his...

Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world. The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849611985Author James R VanceFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Realtime PublishingPublisher Realtime PublishingWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

A romantic and comic gem from a precocious Victorian nine-year-old that has charmed readers for a centuryThe Young Visiters is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250179166Author Rosella PostorinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593549704Author Anne GracieFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Gorgeous repackage of Barbara Erskine's first novel, blending history, family legacy and contemporary passion In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful - but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538732236Author Leila MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in London's East End. From babies born out...

From Jennifer Ryan, the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, comes an unforgettable story inspired by the true events of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition.'The Great British Bake Off set in World War Two . . . an enchanting hug of...

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Foundling Hospital. Lily is fostered by an affectionate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781727065Author Nathan MundayFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 15mm

Girl in Hyacinth Blue tells the story of an imaginary painting by Vermeer, and the aspirations and longings of those whose lives it illuminates, and darkens. From a proud father regretting his lost love to a compromised French noblewoman, from a hanged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295206Author Paul DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm *...

'Boell's novel blows a stent in the human heart. . . It feels more necessary than ever.' Anna Funder, from the introduction'This is the best book I have read this year; not by miles, but by whole astronomical units; I am stunned by it as if by a blow. It...