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IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!THE EAGLE IN THE SAND is the action-packed seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell. 'Scarrow's [novels] rank with the...

Don't miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park - available to pre-order now! In the midst of war, she knew her place was not at home... The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781471416415Author Marius GabrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Hot Key BooksPublisher Hot Key BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Once again, Gregory brings to bear her extraordinary ability to paint a period picture of London in all its grimness and grittiness. Hats off to the lady! - Daily Mail---------------------------The ninth adventure for Chaloner sees the Restoration London...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN'A triumph . . . leaves the reader hungry for more' Andrew TaylorAutumn, 1728. Life is good for Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks in their home above the Cocked Pistol, Kitty's wickedly disreputable bookshop. But when Tom...

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Raised in chaos. Forced to rule. Abandoned by the gods.Rome, AD 52. The Julio-Claudian dynasty is in its death throes. Over the next twenty years, chaos descends as Claudius then Nero are killed. The whole empire bucks and heaves with conspiracy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995645639Author Suzy HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Avis PressPublisher Avis PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories... This...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439181232Author Martin WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 566gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912946198Author Andrew Neil MacleodFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Burning Chair LimitedPublisher Burning Chair Publishing

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739100926Author Ann BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Andaman PressPublisher Andaman PressWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 18mm

BOOK 4 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn...

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'A gripping tale' MY WEEKLY'Thrilling' WOMAN'A truly gripping read of mystery, love and heroism' FROST MAGAZINE The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional story of friendship and betrayal during the second world war, inspired by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916059825Author Carolyn HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Riverdown BooksPublisher Riverdown Books

*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, June 1812 In the beautiful city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and...

At St Alcuin's Monastery, in 14th century Yorkshire, Abbot John is in shock after learning of the rape of his sister and murder of his mother. The refugee Father William is discovering his own vulnerability. As they support their leader and their...

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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. In addition to the other...

Thrilling and absorbing, Cometh the Hour is the sixth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's the Clifton Chronicles and sees the Clifton and Barrington families navigate the 1970s in an epic tale of tragedy and hope.There are devastating...

'ORIGINAL AND ENTHRALLING' Guardian'AFFECTING AND TENDER' The Times'COMPLETELY ENCHANTING' Penny Vincenzi Elizabeth Pringle lived all her long life on the Scottish island of Arran. But did anyone really know her? In her will she leaves her beloved house,...

The second book in the Air Raid Girls series - a wonderful new Christmas story of friendship, love and duty in wartime, perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Rosie Hendry.Don't miss part 3 in the series - The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides is available...

A tale of hardship and social injustice, Miss Purdy's Class by Annie Murray is a heartfelt saga with strong emotional relationships at its heart.In the New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor...

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From bestselling author Diney Costeloe, a young woman fights to save a treasured war memorial and uncovers a tragic story that reverberates from World War I to the present day. 'This is our secret, pet. You mustn't tell anyone about us planting this...

An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the...

The story of Hereward continues in this brutal and bloody novel full of betrayal and murder - a must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. "Dramatic, bloody and fast paced...I enjoyed every moment." -- PARMENION BOOKS"A CRACKING TALE.....

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. Wanted: a double-crossing and...

Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street. One ordinary street in Lancashire is getting ready for war, who knows what else is going on behind the net curtains?Vicky Parrot...

Hailed by STEPHEN KING as 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror'.Now a chilling 10-part TV series from RIDLEY SCOTT on BBC2 and iPlayer The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin's 1845...

Hamburg, 1898. As Ella nurses her beloved adoptive father on his deathbed, he uses the last of his strength to scribble down a name: 'Richard F'. Convinced this man must hold the key to her unknown origins, Ella hunts for more clues, uncovering years of...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739177713Author Maureen FreelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Linen PressPublisher Linen PressWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm

An enthralling, eventful WW2 saga from the popular writer of the Daisy Lane novels - perfect for fans of Daisy Styles. 1943, Gosport, Hampshire. Pixie Saunders is 19 and employed in the local armaments factory. Not for the first time, her mother has run...

In OSCAR WILDE AND THE MURDERS AT READING GAOL, the sixth in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, Reading Gaol's most famous prisoner is pitted against a ruthless and fiendishly...