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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728282091Author Marie BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Sourcebooks LandmarkPublisher Sourcebooks LandmarkWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

The Hourglass is a moving novel about finding love even after it seems too late and the healing power of a magical place by the sea.About the AuthorTracy Rees was born in South Wales. A Cambridge graduate, she had a successful eight-year career in...

A dark murder. A secret brought to light...June, 1797. From his headquarters at the Villa Mombello near Milan, the French revolutionary army's young general, one Napoleon Bonaparte, dictates peace terms to Europe's monarchies with breath-taking ease and...

The spellbinding story of Lady Chatterley's Lover, and the society that put it on trial; the story of a novel and its ripple effects across half a century, and about the transformative and triumphant power of fiction itself. 'A hugely daring,...

Following the gripping story of the Ryan family in Margaret Dickinson's top ten bestseller The Buffer Girls, Daughters of Courage sees Emily and Trip fight to keep their new life afloat in the turbulent 1930s.Love blossoms under the storm clouds of war...

Rosie finds it hard to cope with her eldest sister's over-possessive nature. Since the death of their mother Beatrice has been insufferably dominating, taking over the running of the house and ruling their father and servants with an iron hand. She...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Bianca is beautiful and demure, with a plethora of wood-be suitors, but marriage is forbidden until her older sister Katherina finds a suitable match...

The TOP TEN bestselling Queen of Black Country sagas is back with a heart-breaking tale of friendship, families and survival against the odds.Thirteen-year-old Alice Truelove can't take another day of her father's cruelty.Better a life on the streets...

The brand-new novel from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.'A CRACKING READ' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY'THIS ATMOSPHERIC WARTIME MYSTERY IS PERFECT FOR FANS OF FOYLE'S WAR' CANDISJune 1944, Romsey, England.Josephine...

'One of Dickens's most neglected, but most rewarding, novels' Peter AckroydSet against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve...

Frank Nixon, a raw 19-year-old army private, finds himself serving in Malta in 1940, which is about to endure the most prolonged and destructive assaults of its colourful and violent history. Soon aerial bombardments batter the small island and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645033922Format PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint AnneMarie BrearPublisher AnneMarie Brear

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999394496Author Elizabeth St JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Falcon HistoricalPublisher Falcon HistoricalWeight(grams) 540g

1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. An unforgettable story of love, hope and betrayal, and a testament to the courage of humanity in history's darkest days. University professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife - and has no...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063000056Author Louise FeinFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

'Spellbinding. Once you start reading you don't want to put it down. It is emotional and your heart will go out to these children... I loved it. I couldn't put it down' NetGalley review The USA Today Bestseller ...

'Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'Book InformationISBN 9781906230791Author Catty FloresFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Real ReadsPublisher Real Reads

A moving novel from the bestselling author of HOW TO BE PARISIAN WHEREVER YOU ARE "A deeply moving book." -LEILA SLIMANI *** "A powerful exploration of family trauma." -LAUREN ELKIN "A work of rare grace and importance."-THE GUARDIAN In January 2003,...

A letter will change everything she thought she knew about her life...Orphaned as a young child, Emma Booth was raised by her grandparents in a Lancashire village. Following her grandfather's sudden death, Emma assumes she is now without family, until...

A dramatic and heartwarming Victorian saga, perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Anne Bennett. 1850s Shropshire. Returning to her mother's birthplace at the age of eighteen, Beatrice encounters a complex family she barely knows. Her great-grandmother...

'In a tale that more than matches its predecessors for pace and atmosphere, Hawkins is forced into confrontation with a psychopathic killer...hugely enjoyable' The Sunday Times'You will burn.'Late spring, 1728. Fresh from his escape from the gallows,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312315504Author Dewey LambdinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher Griffin PublishingWeight(grams)...

It is too late for peace. Prepare for war.Britannia, 43 AD. The last unconquered stronghold of the Celts. A dangerous place of men without fear, soon to face the might of an invading Roman army.Two young friends from drastically different backgrounds,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643136363Author Elisabeth GiffordFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835251775Author Siobhan CurhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm

Against the backdrop of the theatre, a real life drama plays out...After fleeing from a marriage arranged by her ambitious mother, Katherine throws herself into an acting career, but a scandal threatens to wreck everything she has worked for.Charlotte...

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'I could mainline Heyer's Regency romances until the end of time and still not get bored!' India Knight 'Utter, immersive escapism.' Sophie Kinsella...

'One of the most productive, imaginative and risk-taking of writers... It is a clever, sexually explicit, fast-moving, full blooded yarn'Irish TimesA Dead Man in Deptford re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious death of Christopher Marlowe. Poet,...

A dramatic and heartwarming Victorian saga, perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Anne Bennett.Shropshire, 1875.Hettie Jones has grown up in Ironbridge. She has never known her father and, since her mother's death, has been brought up by the Malone family,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425286180Author C.W. GortnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593129944Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

*An Evening Standard Must Read, Grazia Best Book of 2021 and Independent Debut Not to Miss*'Beautifully written, this is a book of real hope and connection' StylistDid you ever have a friend who made you see the world differently?Stan did, and his name...

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Run by Father Engelmann,...

An old secret is about to be uncovered...Daisy is devastated when her lover, Percy, abandons her. All alone, Daisy is forced by her own mother to give up her baby son for adoption - shortly before she throws Daisy out. War is imminent, and Daisy is...

'An absorbing and engaging tale of wartime bravery and endurance. Bill and Izabela are such tenderly drawn characters ... I loved it!' RACHEL HORE, author of Last Letter Home and The Memory Garden_______________________________Their love is a death...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837906031Author Carly SchabowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES STARRING COLIN FARRELL, JACK O'CONNELL AND STEPHEN GRAHAMA ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters,...

'A splendid warm-hearted novel' - Rachel HoreLondon, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks in the disused Bethnal Green...

Margaret Dickinson's Pauper's Gold is the heartfelt story of triumph over adversity, in the cotton mills of Derbyshire.Hannah Francis has been forced to leave her beloved mother and the life she knows in the silk mill town of Macclesfield and is set to...