Historical

'Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy' was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering new novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell. Summer 1779. Seven hundred and fifty...

The Innocent is a startlingly prescient novel from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team...

National bestseller A Historical Novels Review Editors' Choice A Jewish Book Award Finalist The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan...

As Rome's war with Carthage continues, two friends - now on opposing sides - confront each other in one of the most brutal sieges of all time. A new Hannibal novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Legion series.213 BC. Syracuse. ...

*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer. ...

The Jacobite army marches into England and Alistair Maclean, close confident of Charles Edward Stewart embarks on a secret mission to raise support for the cause in the west. He soon begins to suspect someone close to the Prince is passing information to...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. In the summer of 1940, eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England: the Battle for Britain has just begun. But Evie Lucas has eyes for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957851044Author James KefferFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Penmore Press LLCPublisher Penmore Press LLCWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786051762Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

'A young woman's battle for acceptance in a male-dominated world; her misadventures in love; and her torturous journey to track down her real parents in Germany' Mail on Sunday Best New FictionFrom childhood, Katherine knows she is different, and that...

The Woolworth Girl's Promise is the heart warming eighth novel in Elaine Everest's bestselling Woolworths series that follows the turbulent life of a much-loved Woolworth girl.After losing her beloved fiance at Ypres in 1917, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth...

In the always eventful worlds of Jodi Taylor, it's never Christmas without illegal expeditions, riotous misbehaviour and stories you just can't put down . . .This festive collection takes readers from Frogmorton Farm to Time Police HQ via the Institute...

Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron's War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author's own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143137511Author No authorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692154151Author Phyllis Cole-DaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint One Sky PressPublisher One Sky PressWeight(grams) 152g

'Absolutely loved this book from start to finish, I couldn't put it down' Reader ReviewWhile the men are off fighting, the women keep the country moving...July 1914: Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men...

What happens when ordinary people are faced with extraordinary choices? Jean Parris was a child when her adored father was taken away by the Nazis. As she and her mother wait anxiously for news, the life Jean thought she knew begins to fall apart. Hazel...

A NEW YORK TIMES 2023 SUMMER READ Meet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New World in the early 1600s - for some, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140167184Author T.C. BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'I am astonished by Four Soldiers. I have never read anything like it, yet it is one of those books you feel must always have existed, a classic of writing about the human condition... A small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101870693Author Sonny LiewFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1052gDimensions(mm) 262mm * 179mm *...

The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, short stories, films and TV appearances, now revised and updated. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' The dapper, moustache-twirling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913603243Author Bernard CornwellFormat PaperbackImprint BOTH PressPublisher BOTH Press

___________________'A marvellous, life-affirming book' Mark McCormack'Golf and mysticism...a dazzler and a thought-provoker' Los Angeles Times'Good stuff...a philosophical fantasy imagined on a golf course, heavy with fog, storm, fireworks and the...

For three decades, until the day he collapsed in the Brazilian surf in 1979, Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death who performed horrific experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz, floated through South America in linen suits, keeping two steps ahead of...

Love Hamilton: An American Musical? You'll adore The Hamilton Affair.THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWar will bring them together. Peace will tear them apart. History will make them immortal . . .Born a bastard and raised an orphan in the stifling heat of...

A New York Times bestseller! New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas returns with the next dazzling romance in the Ravenels series - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Lisa Kleypas is the best' Sarah MacLean...

Amid the lush abundance of Java's landscape, two boys spend their days exploring the vast lakes and teeming forests. But as time passes the boys come to realize that their shared sense of adventure cannot bridge the gulf between their backgrounds, for...

In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris, the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas reveals his own fascinating story-Paris, 1934. Binh has accompanied his employers to the station for...

A classic novel of post-war Europe, haunting and timelessly beautiful'The greatest writer of our time' Peter CareyIn 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835257258Author Ellie MidwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm

The crowning achievement of an astonishing career, 'Boneland' concludes the story that began over fifty years ago in 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'. If the sleeper wakes, the dream dies... Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his...

Tragedy threatens the Devonshire village of Burracombe...There's trouble afoot in Burracombe...Hilary Napier is upset and angry when her father brings in a new manager for the family estate which she has been running for the past year. Even though she...

The International Bestseller from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'An absorbing story of a world in transition' JM Coetzee 'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East' The Independent ...

The fifteenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.There is something very amiss in the finances of Michaelhouse. Despite a new influx of well-heeled students, there is an acute lack of funds for the upkeep of the buildings, even for decent...

A moving Yorkshire saga, The Windfell Family Secrets is the much anticipated follow up to Diane Allen's The Mistress of Windfell Manor.Twenty-one years have passed since Charlotte Booth fought to keep Ferndale Mill and her home at Windfell Manor...

With three men vying for her attention, which will she choose?Mary Owen is forced to seek work in order to support her elderly aunt. Catching the eye of Will, a young waiter at Letts restaurant, she strikes it lucky: Will is desperate to meet her...

When Devil, the most infamous member of the Cynster family, is caught in a compromising position with plucky governess Honoria Wetherby, he astonishes the entire ton by offering his hand in marriage. No one had dreamed this scandalous rake would so...

As the Nazis bring Denmark to its knees, a resistance forms - and make a discovery that could turn the tide of war. From the master storyteller Ken Follett, Hornet Flight is a startling thriller set amidst the Danish Resistance of the Second World War...

Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line'...