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Based on historical fact and the author's personal experience, Operation Stealth is the fourth in a series of books involving Gurkha military units in SE Asia that may be read in any order. The author, JP Cross, a much revered retired Gurkha colonel,...

In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. They have been given to the Dutch by the King of the Ashanti as surety in a deal over illegal slave trading. The two boys think they have been sent to acquire a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395545348Author C.Holling HollingFormat HardbackPage Count 63Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 279mm * 219mm * 5mm

When Rome falls, so too will the world...Christmas, 1797. Erstwhile magistrate Felix Gracchus wakes in the French embassy beside the Tiber after a serious bout of malaria. Despite his poor health, the intricate puzzle of a local inheritance scandal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524746384Author Asha LemmieFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 138mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542048552Author Julia DrostenFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint AmazonCrossingPublisher Amazon Publishing

Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in the seventeenth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of MASTER OF SOULS, WHISPERS OF THE DEAD and many more.PRAISE FOR THE SISTER FIDELMA SERIES: 'Rich helpings of evil and tension with lively and...

Her heart died in the war - can she breathe new life into it? Dora Simon and Joe O'Cleary live in separate countries, accepting of their twilight years. But their monochrome worlds are abruptly upended by the arrival of Barbara Hummel, who is...

Her heart died in the war - can she breathe new life into it? Dora Simon and Joe O'Cleary live in separate countries, accepting of their twilight years. But their monochrome worlds are abruptly upended by the arrival of Barbara Hummel, who is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912905621Author Kathy BiggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno Ltd

Discover explosive action and white-knuckle drama in the spectacular second instalment in Harry Sidebottom's vivid five-part series, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell Mesopotamia, AD 260 Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, the Roman Emperor Valerian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143131342Author Chinua AchebeFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Widely regarded as one of Trollope's most successful later novels,He Knew He Was Right is a study of marriage and of sexual relationships cast against a background of agitation for women's rights. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's...

When struggle comes, she must learn to start anew.When Brabazon Nairn's family make their home in one of the tiny flats of Perseverance Place it is because her husband has been forced into bankruptcy. They must relinquish their fine brewer's mansion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780307456601Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House...

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The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Antonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. Enduring childhood poverty, teenage seduction, and family tragedy, she eventually becomes a wife and mother on a Nebraska farm...

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The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastings's grand house. Louisa never saw it coming ...Of course, Anthony Stalbridge couldn't possibly have had romantic intentions. The kiss was an act of desperation, meant to...

Unable to make any progress in locating the missing Indavara, a desperate Cassius has been given an unrewarding assignment in Antioch. But when an old ally's daughter is kidnapped, he feels duty-bound to repay a long standing debt. Disillusioned with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105220Author James WelchFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived - and died - a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of...

Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived - and died - a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of...

The final novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a celebration of the American midwest with Cather's strongest heroine at its heartJim and Antonia meets as children in the wide open plains of Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century. Jim leaves...

In wartime it takes courage to follow your heart. Manchester, 1939. Everyone hated the heat and the deafening noise, but for Gracie the worst thing was the smell of chemicals that turned her stomach every morning when she arrived at the Rosenberg...

'Must-read... A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife's car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.' Marie Claire A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a...

Eugenia, Baroness Mnster, wife of a German princeling who wishes to be rid of her, crosses the ocean with her brother Felix to seek out their American relatives. Their voyage is prompted, apparently, by natural affection; but the Baroness has also come...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the...

"[A] meticulously researched debut novel...In a word? Juicy." -O, The Oprah Magazine The scandalous historical love affair between Lydia Robinson and Branwell Bronte, brother to novelists Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, gives voice to the woman who allegedly...

'I was gripped, desperate to solve the mystery of Nancy Moon' Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author of THE CACTUS'I felt so passionately involved in Flo's journey. A GORGEOUS read' Prima, BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Wonderful. This book is a joy' Katie...

When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia...

'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes'[Rice wrote] in the great tradition of the gothic' Ramsey Campbell,...

'Treadwell's book is a magnificent pastiche of 18th-century fiction'The Sunday Times'Tristram Shandy meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in a novel that addresses dark disturbing themes with tremendous wit, charm and elegance'Daily Express 'Part...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590170816Author Glenway WescottFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

'Sometimes I get fanciful and think the buildings speak. That all their history is locked into the walls and if you listened closely enough, you could hear all the people who'd once been there.' Sigi lived upstairs from Sara at Friedrichstrasse 19 yet...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twentieth heart-warming Christmas mystery.The festive season is fast approaching, and Dr Crowe and his young apprentice Scuff are busy, as always, tending London's sick and wounded. This year, however, Crowe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500111670Author Sandra SavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500111670Author Sandra SavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

The journey is just the beginning...Elizabeth Morton, born into a prosperous family, and Michael Winterbourne, a miner, come from different worlds but when they each suffer unspeakable and life-changing tragedy they're set on a path that intertwines on...

The journey is just the beginning...Elizabeth Morton, born into a prosperous family, and Michael Winterbourne, a miner, come from different worlds but when they each suffer unspeakable and life-changing tragedy they're set on a path that intertwines on...