Historical

The Wronged Daughter by Mary Wood is an emotional and moving novel that reunites old friends and heals old wounds. Mags has never forgotten the friendship she forged with Flora and Ella, two fellow nurses she served with at the beginning of World War I...

A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. I would have been a fool indeed to tell the truth in this court of liars... 1553. King Edward is on his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916097957Author Peter TurnhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint P&C TurnhamPublisher P&C TurnhamWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 25mm

Fast-paced and intriguing, Mightier than the Sword is the fifth novel in Jeffrey Archer's bestselling Clifton Chronicles. Moving towards the end of the 1960s, the Cliftons and the Barringtons come up against sworn enemies and new foes . . .Following the...

From an award-winning author, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secretsLondon 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her...

________________________The dramatic climax to Ben Kane's Forgotten Legion TrilogyHaving survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus and Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by...

Longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award in 2020, the second book from the author of The Angel's Mark, a CWA Dagger shortlisted novel and a Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019'S.W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my...

'His great book ... masterly in its prescience and its lucidity' ANITA DESAI A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307452368Author Donna Woolfolk CrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm)...

WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018!*******'Scotland's Outer Hebrides provides the sensuous setting for this impressive debut...a beautifully crafted novel' - Publishers Weekly'Lovely atmospheric descriptions of Hebridean light and landscape' -...

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now* An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn't choose... England is in...

German U-boats are getting through the defences. It's up to the Wrens to stop them.After her fiance died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually...

The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.'Absolutely incredible; I had chills all through reading it.' Shannon Chakraborty'This exquisite novel took me over like a haunting ... One of the best historical fantasies...

AD265 - In the shadow of Mount Etna, slaves are rising up. As the rebel leader declares Sicily the new land of the free, men and women are slaughtered, and cities across the island are sacked and burned.When a ship is wrecked off the island's west coast,...

The eighth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. Finally, this is Gregory's story . . . About the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her...

An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome.About the AuthorGustave Flaubert was born in Rouen in 1821. After illness interrupted a career in law, he...

'The plot of Mad Blood Stirring grows from a kernel of historical truth, but his book dazzles not so much as fact than as fiction...Instructive as well as entertaining'NEW YORK TIMES1815: The war is over but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800198142Author Sandy TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm

One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint. Revolving around four central - and...

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the...

**THE NINTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES**'Emotional and gripping' Take a Break______________________________Sunderland, 1943: As Christmas approaches in the shipyards, everyone is hoping for a little magic... Helen would love to find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143068822Author Navtej SarnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Penguin Books India Pvt LtdPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt LtdDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Winner of The Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2021 and the CWA Historical Dagger 2022Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel set in 1930s...

In the bestselling tradition of Rosamund Pilcher, a gloriously romantic novel of secrets and history, from the author of the highly popular THE CORNISH HOUSE.'A heart-tugging story of loss and recovery' WOMAN AND HOMERunning out on your wedding day never...

The hit novels behind the major new TV series Vienna Blood___________________________Vienna, 1903.In St. Florian's military school, a rambling edifice set high in the hills of the city's famous woods, a young cadet is found dead - his body lacerated with...

'The number of women my brother Matthew killed, so far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six . . .'THE PAGE-TURNING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER'A compelling debut from a gifted storyteller' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex...

List item 2: Never speak German on the upper decks of London buses. Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. He's writing a list so he can become a Very English Gentleman. List item 41: An Englishman buys his marmalade from...

An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an...

She has the chance for a new life, but will she take it?When their mother dies of pneumonia, Ellie and her younger sister Dora are left alone in the world. Their hard-drinking, womanising father has abandoned them, and they cannot afford the rent on...

EXPERIENCE THE EPIC BLOOD FEUDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN'Vivid, atmospheric, gritty . . . you'll believe you're on the battlefield fighting for your life' 5***** Reader Review'An epic piece of historical fiction, full of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906512453Author Eric MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint SwordWorks BooksPublisher SwordWorks BooksWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

December 1940. New Year's Eve draws closer, but crowds will not be gathering on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate. After a quiet Christmas, the area has suffered London's most devastating air raid since the start of the Blitz and waves of...

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final queens. The king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the...

Pre-order the final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey - can a hero find his way home?Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388902Author Thomas MallonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN DAILY EXPRESS, I AND IRISH INDEPENDENT'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Utterly mesmerising . . . A triumph' New York Times Book Review'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London,...

'A taut, clever whodunit ... Kayte Nunn keeps the stakes high and the characters compelling, making for a fast, fresh, engrossing historical mystery!' KATE QUINN 1949 It is the coldest winter Orcades Island has ever known, when a pregnant...

A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.Alexandra Wickham is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a...

For fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, a heart-warming romantic novel set in Cornwall from the bestselling author of THE CORNISH HOUSE and A CORNISH AFFAIR.There's an old Cornish saying: 'Save a stranger from the sea, he'll turn your enemy . . .'When her...

A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023'A superb writer' EMMA STONEX'Stylish and raw' ANNE ENRIGHT'Mesmerising and beautiful' DAILY EXPRESS'Gripping and visceral ' IRISH EXAMINER'A powerful, riveting read ' ELIZABETH...