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Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 9781784708344
RRP: £9.99£7.11**LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018**An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz... -
Red Sky in the Morning by Margaret Dickinson
RRP: £8.99£6.40Red Sky in the Morning is an unputdownable historical story from Margaret Dickinson, richly evocative of the Lincolnshire landscape.A young girl stands alone in the cobbled marketplace of a small Lincolnshire town, bedraggled, soaked through and very... -
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Collins Classics) by Baroness Orczy
RRP: £2.99£2.34HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "Vaguely she began to wonder ... which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious 'Scarlet Pimpernel,' who held the threads of such daring plots,... -
The Spirit Engineer: 'A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power' Derren Brown by A. J. West
RRP: £8.99£6.13'A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power' DERREN BROWN Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism, attending seances in the hope they might reach their departed... -
Winter's Fire: (The Rise of Sigurd 2) by Giles Kristian
RRP: £10.99£8.43A thrilling and breathtaking Viking saga of betrayal, bloodshed and brotherhood from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Games of Thrones."Nobody writes this type of swaggering... -
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
RRP: £9.99£7.11The Booker Prize-winning final novel in Pat Barker's classic 'Regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of The Silence of the Girls'An extraordinary tour de force. One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' ... -
As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray
RRP: £9.99£6.80In the small hours of January 1st, 1919, the cruellest twist of fate changed at a stroke the lives of an entire community. Tormod Morrison was there that terrible night. He was on board HMY Iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some 200... -
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian 9780006499251
RRP: £9.99£6.64An enemy frigate is outward bound to play havoc with the vital British whaling trade, and must be stopped at all costs. Racing against time, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must chase the USS Norfolk as she rounds Cape Horn, pursuing her into... -
Eileen: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 by Ottessa Moshfegh
RRP: £9.99£7.11**NOW A MAJOR FILM****SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE**Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city.In the meantime, her nights and weekends are... -
An Island Promise: Escape to the Greek islands with this perfect beach read by Patricia Wilson
RRP: £8.99£6.03I'll begin with the war, when everything changed for us. In 1943, our comfortable family life came to an abrupt end, thanks to Hitler.During the Nazi occupation of Athens, Daphne, a young Greek Jewish artist, finds her life suddenly under threat. She's... -
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh
RRP: £9.99£7.11Kien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. He knows the area well - this was where, in the dry season of 1969, his battalion was obliterated by American napalm and helicopter gunfire. Kien was one of only ten survivors. This book... -
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske 9781529080902
RRP: £9.99£7.46Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes - including a magic-infused murder mystery and a delightful queer romance.'Lush historical fantasy . . . A delightful book, with richly developed... -
Till the Boys Come Home: War at Home, 1918 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
RRP: £8.99£2.26The final book in Cynthia's War at Home series - Pack Up Your Troubles - is available to pre-order now.'Always a stay-up-all-night read with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles! *****'Fabulous series of books, this author never disappoints' *****'I love Cynthia... -
HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
RRP: £9.99£6.64How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival? Far from familiar seas, Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew must test themselves to the very limits of human endurance. Following... -
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
RRP: £9.99£7.52Two women separated by time are linked by the most famous murder mystery in history, the Princes in the Tower.Lady Katherine Grey has already suffered more than her fair share of tragedy. Newly pregnant, she has incurred the wrath of her formidable... -
The Kites by Romain Gary
RRP: £9.99£7.11A New York Times Notable Book 2018'A rebel French writer ... a brilliant storyteller, a master craftsman and one of France's most original writers' Independent 'The Kites is a novel touched from beginning to end with grace, a great saga about the innate... -
Murder at Maybridge Castle: The new Christmas murder mystery for 2023 from the 'modern rival to Agatha Christie' by Ada Moncrieff 9781787304314
RRP: £8.99£6.45A harmless game of Murder in the Dark? Or an invitation to die for? The brand new, festive murder mystery for 2023 from 'modern rival to Agatha Christie' Ada MoncrieffIt's Christmas 1936 and an eclectic list of guests and staff have gathered for the... -
The Doorstep Child by Annie Murray
RRP: £8.99£6.40A tale of hardship and survival, The Doorstep Child is a heart-rending story from bestselling author Annie Murray.From a tender age little Evie struggled . . . Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a... -
Reign of Hell by Sven Hassel
RRP: £9.99£6.80A sudden curtain of silence fell over the burning city. All that could be heard was the steady crackling of flames...Hitler's penal regiments advance on Poland. Himmler has given the order: Warsaw must be razed to the ground. But the Polish Home Army are... -
The Man in the Shadows by Alys Clare 9781448307494
RRP: £13.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448307494Author Alys ClareFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 18mm -
Ours by Phillip B. Williams 9781803510774
RRP: £18.99£13.23"A beautifully written and ambitious epic about the complexity of freedom. Williams crafts an expansive, original world filled with characters who linger long after the final page" Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half In the mid-1800s, Saint, an... -
Revenger: John Shakespeare 2 by Rory Clements
RRP: £9.99£6.80*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday... -
A Valley Secret: Book 2 in the uplifting new Backshaw Moss series by Anna Jacobs
RRP: £6.99£2.91The second book in the brand new Backshaw Moss series from million-copy bestseller Anna JacobsLancashire, 1930s. When her mother dies, leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's identity, 22-year-old Maisie Bassett is determined to make a... -
The Glutton by A. K. Blakemore 9781783789191
RRP: £14.99£9.80One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches. Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep... -
The Book of Lost Tales 1 (The History of Middle-earth, Book 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien
RRP: £10.99£7.77The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor... -
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Collins Classics) by Victor Hugo 9780007902132
RRP: £3.50£2.66HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.' Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the... -
Gypsy by Lesley Pearse
RRP: £8.99£6.45Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley PearseTragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . .Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her... -
Wicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi
RRP: £10.99£7.40All families have secrets. In Sunday Times bestseller Penny Vincenzi's WICKED PLEASURES lies a family secret that will tear it apart. 'Penny Vincenzi is the doyenne of the modern blockbuster' Glamour. Sexy, glamorous and fun, WICKED PLEASURES is the... -
Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac
RRP: £8.99£6.20On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of... -
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
RRP: £9.99£7.11Widely acclaimed since publication, The French Lieutenant's Woman is John Fowles' best-loved novel and the ultimate in epic historical romance. Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis,... -
The Sound of the Hours by Karen Campbell 9781408857373
RRP: £14.99£14.45'Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen Campbell's saga ... is a triumph' Allan Massie, Scotsman Divided by loyalties, brought together by war September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds... -
Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac 9780712352222
RRP: £8.99£6.20London. 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk. During a stroll through Regent's Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments,... -
Sand Roses by Hamza Koudri 9781739104733
RRP: £10.99£7.77"...an extraordinarily immersive narrative, and a fascinating story of the little-known Ouled Nail dancers." The Island Prize Judges "A compelling storyteller, fresh and engaging." Karen Jennings, An Island Tourists know it as the City of Joy. For... -
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory 9780007147311
RRP: £9.99£6.64A sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be . . . the queen I was... -
Wideacre (The Wideacre Trilogy, Book 1) by Philippa Gregory
RRP: £9.99£6.64Philippa Gregory's first novel and first in the bestselling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the eighteenth century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. 'If it was the way of the... -
Miss Austen: the #1 bestseller and one of the best novels of the year according to the Times and Observer by Gill Hornby
RRP: £9.99£7.11The Sunday Times bestselling novel, set to be a major TV drama series.'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved.' OBSERVER'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining - I adored it.' CLAIRE TOMALIN________________________Throughout... -
Baltasar & Blimunda by Jose Saramago
RRP: £9.99£7.67In early eighteenth-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where women are burned at the stake,... -
Once a Soldier by Mary Jo Putney
RRP: £8.99£6.03All's fair in love and war...As heir to a title, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead, he went to war. After years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But all his plans are... -
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
RRP: £9.99£6.75The bestselling murder mystery from Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWinner of the International IMPAC Dublin Award'Wonderful' The Spectator'Magnificent' Observer'Unforgettable' GuardianMy Name... -
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons 9780006513223
RRP: £12.99£9.07A magnificent epic of love, war and Russia from the international bestselling author of TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE Leningrad 1941: the white nights of summer illuminate a city of fallen grandeur whose palaces and avenues speak of a different...