Historical

Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another all-action Bolitho adventure. If you're a fan of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, then this is the book for you!'Alexander Kent is certainly as good as Forester was in action, and in the...

A heart-warming historical novel about surviving against the odds and finding a family, from TOP TEN bestseller Lindsey HutchinsonIn two rundown houses, at the side of a barren heath, live six children with no family but each other.Abandoned or orphaned,...

The ebook bestseller 1665. Susannah Leyton has grown up behind the counter of her father's apothecary shop in bustling Fleet Street. A skilled student - the resinous scents of lavender, rosemary, liquorice and turpentine run in her blood - her father...

The time is 1946-2000. The Place is Elmwood Springs, Missouri. World War II has ended. Neighbour Dorothy broadcasts daily from her front room - to an audience across the state - the antics of her wayward son Bobby and adolescent Anna Lee. It's hard to...

Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street. It's 1940 and for the Lancashire town of Greenhill, everything is about to change... Local...

'Inspired by her own family history, this thriller has it all. Tense and thoughtful, with impeccable characterisation and historical detail... A compulsive nail-biter... Thought-provoking, emotional and suspenseful, it's a smasher.' Reader Review, 5...

Hauled in a cart to a field hospital in northern France in March 1916, an American woman wakes from unconsciousness to the smell of gas gangrene, the sounds of men in pain, and an almost complete loss of memory: she knows only that she can drive an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728249582Author Susanna KearsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Sourcebooks LandmarkPublisher Sourcebooks LandmarkWeight(grams) 159g

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A DAILY MAIL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023LONGLISTED FOR BEST FICTION IN THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS AUSTRALIA 2024Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just...

August 1914: the whole country is thrilled by the declaration of war. The British Experditionary Force goes off toe France to defend gallant little Belgium, and thousands more young men rush to volunteer, hoping to see action before the war ends at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982122980Author Anita AbrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 23mm

HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!' ...

A family torn apart. A daughter determined to stay together.When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict James Knowles, to be an apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925559415Author Stephanie LaurensFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Savdek Management Pty LtdPublisher Savdek Management Pty LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648650331Author SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Jane Margaret SmithPublisher Jane Margaret SmithWeight(grams) 386g

Publisher's Weekly bestseller. Soon to be a major motion picture! New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers brilliantly retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea during the California Gold Rush. Angel, living in California's Gold...

After saving the emperor's life in Rome, Marcus and his comrades have been sent across the sea to the wealthy, corrupt Greek metropolis of Aegyptus, Alexandria. An unknown enemy has slaughtered the garrison of the Empire's last outpost before its...

A visionary and poignant novel centered around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, Late City covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam's...

A triumph, a fine addition to a historical crime series that gets better with every book. Antonia Hodgson gives us dark melodrama with wit, and a driving narrative with impeccable research . . . it leaves the reader hungry for more - Andrew TaylorThe...

Two families - and their secrets . . . A superb Liverpool saga from bestselling author Maureen Lee'The queen of saga writing' MY WEEKLY'Maureen Lee is one of those hugely talented authors who writes great women for women readers. Her books don't just...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296869Author Cassandra ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647342524Author Robert VaughanFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Wolfpack Publishing LLCPublisher Wolfpack Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Don't miss book two in the compelling and emotional Nurse's War series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller.Will she be reunited with those she loves?With her first husband dead and the war still ferocious, Victoria finds herself nursing injured...

On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose - sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. When their ship is captured by pirates, the thrilling cruise continues as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553281026Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119951Author Ann Howard CreelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 180mm *...

Three novels in one! Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho joins the British Royal Navy as a young midshipman. Follow his adventures as he undergoes a severe initiation into the dangerous world of the great sailing warships! 1. Richard Bolitho: Midshipman...

Four years have passed since Lysandra's epic but inconclusive battle with her hated rival Sorena in the arena of Halicarnassus and after which both combatants were granted their freedom by the ambitious consul, Trajanus. Now Sorena has found refuge among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910751596Author Sandy TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint BookouturePublisher Bookouture

When nurse Hestor Latterly accompanies the elderly Mrs Mary Farraline on a short trip to London, her only medical duty is to ensure her charming patient takes her heart medicine. But Mrs Farraline dies during the night. When her missing brooch 'turns up'...

'Beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra'Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine' - Stylist1896, Bannin Bay, Australia. When British pearl-boat...

In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus. The Claudii, nptorious freedmen who live rough in the...

1913 Lydia Miller, daughter of a German doctor, is training to become a nurse when she first meets debonair Robert Ravening, the nephew of a Lord and a keen aviator and promptly falls in love. When the Great War begins in 1914, Robert enlists with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837901074Author Shari J RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

A novel about General Maximus, one of the inspirations behind Ridley Scott's massively successful film GLADIATOR.'Behind me I left my youth, my middle age, my wife and my happiness. I was a general now and I had only defeat or victory to look forward to...

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NEW YORK CITY, 1921 An impossible dream.The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the city that never sleeps, Dorothy Parker is struggling to make her mark in a man's world.A broken woman.She's...

'Excellent' Stewart Binns, author of the Making of England seriesThe fight for England began long before 1066...AD 1045. Godwin of Wessex, one of the most powerful earls in the country, prepares for the marriage of his daughter to King Edward of England...

The entrancing historical read perfect for readers of Hamnet and The Manningtree Witches ***Don't miss the exquisite new novel of obsession, betrayal and ambition from Joanne Burn - THE BONE HUNTERS is available now***'Vivid and poetic' JENNIFER SAINT...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789590098Author Katharine TiernanFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Sacristy PressPublisher Sacristy PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...