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'Superbly illuminates the man, the time, and the everlasting quest for knowledge' Observer Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world's greatest mathematicians and astronomers. The novel Kepler, by John Banville, brilliantly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692122860Author Paula De FougerollesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Careswell PressPublisher Careswell Press

Depicting German life from WW1 until the early 1970s, Boll's novel follows Leni Pfeiffer and her illegitimate son, Lev, as they fight against the demolition of their Cologne apartment building.About the AuthorHeinrich Boell was one of the trio of great...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '...we call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.' When...

'A riotous delve into the dark medical world of Restoration London' - S.G. MACLEAN 'An infectious read, packed with atmosphere and colourful characters' - OSCAR DE MURIEL 'A gripping whodunnit with a sinister twist' - JENNIFER RYAN ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593441442Author Charles G. WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553280869Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451218551Author Susan Holloway ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The second book in Bracewell’s outstanding Emma of Normandy series, set in 11-century England, when Vikings are on the brink of invasion. 1006 AD. Queen Emma, the Norman bride of England’s King Æthelred, has given birth to a son. Now her place as second...

Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times, best-selling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier ofthe Great War, has returned with a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of...

The author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel - as the lives of three very different residents of London's historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive climax on the day of Queen Elizabeth's...

An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller.For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800199095Author Kate HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

Paul Doherty's twenty-third medieval mystery featuring Sir Hugh Corbett is a gripping and gruesome tale of murder and mayhem sure to appeal to fans of C. J. Sansom and Bernard Cornwell.Book InformationISBN 9781472284792Author Paul DohertyFormat...

1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and...

Can an ordinary girl dare to be different? The compelling new bestseller from Birmingham's Queen of Fiction Janet is determined to make something of herself, instead of being chained to a sink with a baby a year like most women of...

A heartfelt historical saga from Mary Wood, Proud of You is a page-turning novel with a compelling mystery at its heart.Alice, an upper-class Londoner, is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris where she meets Gertrude, an...

1912 and London is in turmoil... The suffragette movement is reaching fever pitch but for broke Fleet Street tomboy Frankie George, just getting by in the cut-throat world of newspapers is hard enough. Sent to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594486470Author Ellis AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

With the country's men at war, it falls to the land girls to pitch in and do their bit...Stella arrives at Hallows Farm in her Rayon stockings, having just waved goodbye to the love of life - naval officer Philip. Agatha has just graduated from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219718Author C. S. HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 106mm * 29mm

From the fogbound streets of London reeling from the Blitz, Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century. It is...

From the fogbound streets of London reeling from the Blitz, Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century. It is...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916501676Author Pauline ClooneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merdog BooksPublisher Merdog Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997133813Author Janet WertmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Janet WertmanPublisher Janet WertmanWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910946084Author Ethyl SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint ThunderPoint Publishing LimitedPublisher ThunderPoint Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

"An engrossing, enthralling and utterly captivating read, The Young Pretender tells a simply remarkable story with bounce, energy, wit, and lively authenticity . . . Michael Arditti's brilliant imaginative achievement offers high comedy, dark tragedy and...

An epic novel of the American Civil War from the bestselling author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.'Brilliant. Its sense of place, of a world recreated, is unerring. The story, as we would expect of Burke, is enthralling' Bernard Cornwell, DAILY MAIL'Classic...

Edwardian England is a country at the peak of its power; a kingdom of peace, prosperity and progress. As Jessie and Violet enjoy their coming-out in the glittering Season of 1908, their thoughts are of pleasure, dancing and falling in love.For the...

Edwardian England is a country at the peak of its power; a kingdom of peace, prosperity and progress. As Jessie and Violet enjoy their coming-out in the glittering Season of 1908, their thoughts are of pleasure, dancing and falling in love.For the...

Merlin's epic quest continues as he journeys to Constantinople in search of his father.Myrddion Emrys of Segontium is the product of a brutal rape, but when King Vortigern hints at his father's identity, Myrddion embarks on a journey across France and...

'Lovers of epic rejoice!...A vivid and gripping read' Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize Winner 2012 for The Song of Achilles'Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402214318Author Margaret Campbell BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm)...

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR. Tenth-century Iceland. In the midwinter darkness, on the lifeless black soils of a newly settled land, two friends kill a man. Kjaran, an itinerant storyteller, and Gunnar, a once-feared warrior, must make a...

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR. Tenth-century Iceland. In the midwinter darkness, on the lifeless black soils of a newly settled land, two friends kill a man. Kjaran, an itinerant storyteller, and Gunnar, a once-feared warrior, must make a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786043668Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

A classic Patrick O'Brian novel, back in print after many years with three bonus tales of nautical adventure. Newly orphaned Derrick is entrusted to the care of his gruff uncle Sullivan, Captain of The Wanderer. After surviving a killer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912905706Author Sian CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Clasuron HonnoPublisher Honno Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912905706Author Sian CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Clasuron HonnoPublisher Honno Ltd