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Spring, 1523. Henry VIII readies England for war with France. The King's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars. The eyes of the country turn towards London. But all is not well in Wolsey's household. A visiting...

A lustful king. A thirst for power. The terrible price of revenge... Encompassing the reigns of four of Henry's wives, from the doomed Anne to the reckless Katherine Howard, The Tudor Wife is an unforgettable story of ambition, lust, and...

A lustful king. A thirst for power. The terrible price of revenge... Encompassing the reigns of four of Henry's wives, from the doomed Anne to the reckless Katherine Howard, The Tudor Wife is an unforgettable story of ambition, lust, and...

Torn between two countries and various life stories, the siblings find themselves dealing with complex life choices, and the mystery of their sister's suicide twenty-two years ago. Whispering Walls is a story of love, relationships, affection, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727823076Author Alys ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 146mm * 24mm

'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...

'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...

Where there is love, there is hope.Accompanying a 6-part series on BBC One from the makers of War and Peace, and starring Dominic West, Lily Collins, David Oyelowo and Olivia Coleman, this edition of Les Miserables also has a foreword from screenwriter...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2017 With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded a thousand years ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era, the name...

'A gripping new series . . . beautifully told by one of our most prolific and talented writers' - Santa Montefiore on The Last SummerA reluctant bride. A forbidden romance. An island full of secrets . . .It's the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in...

This stunning Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Demelza features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick.Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter rescued from a fairground rabble, is now Ross Poldark's wife. But events are set to test their...

From acclaimed author Steve Robinson comes a bold new Jefferson Tayte mystery.On a foggy night in 1914, the ocean liner Empress of Ireland sank en route between Canada and England. The disaster saw a loss of life comparable to the Titanic and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593129906Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

The Fifties were a difficult time to be a married woman and daughters in particular carried the burden of this unhappiness. Forbidden to socialise, Alice, the seventeen-year-old heroine of 'The Dress', defies her mother and escapes to a glamorous and...

When a naive encounter at a Coronation party leaves sixteen-year-old Janet Slater pregnant there's no question in her scandalised parents' mind of her keeping the baby. Bundled off to a home for unmarried mothers in South London, Janet is about to face...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906512644Author Eric MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint SwordWorks BooksPublisher SwordWorks BooksWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

Inspector William Monk: In search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth.1864: When the body of a brutally mutilated body of a woman is found on Limehouse Pier, Monk's enquiries into her death unearth a suspicious connection between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775289043Author Nikolai OstrovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint J.T. MarshPublisher J.T. MarshWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 108mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647345624Author Peter BrandvoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Wolfpack PublishingPublisher Wolfpack PublishingWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063282605Author Michael CallahanFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800744080Author Michelle ElvidgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, the final book in his authentic, action-packed trilogy set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. AD 117: BRITANNIA. Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982537555Author James ClavellFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint BlackstonePublisher BlackstoneWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm * 38mm

"Pure and beautiful, she glows like the moon behind clouds." The time is the 12th Century, the place Cambodia, birthplace of the lost Angkor civilisation. In a village behind a towering stone temple lives a young woman named Sray, whom neighbours liken...

Set towards the end of the reign of Henry II of France, The Princesse de Cleves (1678) tells of the unspoken, unrequited love between the fair, noble Mme de Cleves, who is married to a loyal and faithful man, and the Duc de Nemours, a handsome man most...

England in 1912 still bears itself with Edwardian confidence, but strikes, protests and public violence reveal the fault lines as society evolves under the spur of new ideas and technology. Among the many branches of the Morland family, Jessie and...

England in 1912 still bears itself with Edwardian confidence, but strikes, protests and public violence reveal the fault lines as society evolves under the spur of new ideas and technology. Among the many branches of the Morland family, Jessie and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177266Author Aleksander TismaFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395957752Author DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 561g

Eagerly-awaited third volume in the Munro saga. 1598. The French Wars of Religion are drawing to an end, the Edict of Nantes establishing religious freedom in all but Paris.1598. The exiled Adam and Kate Munro are looking forward to a new life free...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670095070Author Sunjeev SahotaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 140mm * 40mm

A sweeping historical epic of a young Chinese woman in imperial Europe - perfect for fans of Memoirs of a GeishaThe year is 1881, the era of China's humiliation at the hands of imperialist Europe. Seven-year-old Sai Jinhua is left alone and unprotected,...

A sweeping historical epic of a young Chinese woman in imperial Europe - perfect for fans of Memoirs of a GeishaThe year is 1881, the era of China's humiliation at the hands of imperialist Europe. Seven-year-old Sai Jinhua is left alone and unprotected,...

A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in a time of war, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves. Jenny O'Leary is devastated one morning in 1940 when she receives a telegram giving her the dreadful news that one of her brothers has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681371955Author Breon MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Young, headstrong and wilful, Zandra Rochford marries her first love, Anthony Wisson, believing that his success and strength of character match his good looks and extraordinary generosity. She is unaware that it is her connection to the respected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618919710Author Olive Ann BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250067074Author Hilary MantelFormat PaperbackImprint Picador PaperPublisher Picador PaperWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 107mm * 25mm

A brutal combat. A test of courage. A battle that will change history.1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of the most amazing stories of bravery, battle...

'A deeply moving read - I loved it' Dinah Jefferies, bestselling author of THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE As a child in the Second World War, Klara was interned in a Japanese prison camp on Java during the occupation. Her...