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Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain's royal family-a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes. April, 1897: A young nanny arrives at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398491588Author Taz TowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

A Mystic's daughter flees Moscow on the eve of the Great War. A French soldier lies wounded on the Western Front. A German officer veers between loyalty and integrity. An English courtesan reclines on a sea of books. Each will make a journey that...

Contains the story of a once-proper lady who finds herself in a most unexpected situation.Book InformationISBN 9780764204791Author Julie KlassenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing GroupPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743434386Author ManfrediFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 583gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

In the dog days of Rome, a mission to the edge of the world...Drust and Kag, two ex-gladiators, are met with an unusual request. Powerful Servilius Structus sends them deep into Scotland, land of the Caledonii, to find and secure a woman and her young...

Dangers, Toils and Snares charts the life and times of Jaroslav (Jiri/Jerry) Zellek, 1895-1963. Born in provincial Austria, synesthete, gifted musician and linguist, Jiri's experiences take him to Germany, London, the Isle of Wight and finally rural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416547266Author Elizabeth AstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Touchstone BooksPublisher Touchstone BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416547266Author Elizabeth AstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Touchstone BooksPublisher Touchstone BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

On the day the Second World War broke out, Frank White was a 12-year-old schoolboy in Manchester. On the day it ended, he was serving on a Royal Navy warship in the Indian Ocean. In 2013, he started to write this novel.'What I wanted to do,' he says,...

On the day the Second World War broke out, Frank White was a 12-year-old schoolboy in Manchester. On the day it ended, he was serving on a Royal Navy warship in the Indian Ocean. In 2013, he started to write this novel.'What I wanted to do,' he says,...

Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation.From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect...

It's July 1917, and as the sun sets over No-man's-land so Joseph Reavley's heart sinks with it. As chaplain he must keep up the men's morale, but as rumours of mutiny grow stronger he is losing any chance of getting through to them. After the death of an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617734496Author Ellen Marie WisemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams)...

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Napoleon and his beloved Josephine inhabit the Tuileries Palace. During the years they have been married it has been a time of extraordinary turmoil and triumph; a time of hope and disappointment in their desire for...

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Napoleon and his beloved Josephine inhabit the Tuileries Palace. During the years they have been married it has been a time of extraordinary turmoil and triumph; a time of hope and disappointment in their desire for...

When Marjorie Fitzpatrick is forced to leave her teaching post in Jersey due to the outbreak of war, she finds herself working for the Admiralty in their London headquarters. It's there she meets Captain Tristan Melville, a young officer waiting for his...

To save a child, they would sacrifice everything . . . Comfortably settled into his expatriate life in post-war Britain, Headmaster Theodore's secrets are set to remain deeply buried. Until she breezes in. Tia Bellamy: vivacious, intriguing, a nuisance...

To save a child, they would sacrifice everything . . . Comfortably settled into his expatriate life in post-war Britain, Headmaster Theodore's secrets are set to remain deeply buried. Until she breezes in. Tia Bellamy: vivacious, intriguing, a nuisance...

`Compelling' Sunday Times A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall - the wrecking and the drowned sailors - where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds... Shipwrecks are part of life in the...

`Compelling' Sunday Times A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall - the wrecking and the drowned sailors - where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds... Shipwrecks are part of life in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786049868Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

'A masterful storyteller with an intricate knowledge of his subject.' The Daily Telegraph 'Alan Judd knows more about the secret world than any other writer living. To have him turn his expert eye on the world of Christopher Marlowe - and on Francis...

The legendary Hospitaller Knights of St John, the last of the great surviving Christian chivalric orders, have retreated to the small island of Malta, fighting the tide of Islam around the Mediterranean, and robbing from rich traders to survive. But...

RUNNER-UP Historical Novel Society New Novel Award 'Assured, evocative, compelling. A fascinating reading experience.' Catherine Cho, Lead judge HNS At five Katharina is placed in a convent. At twenty-three she escapes. At twenty-five she...

Set in late fourteenth century England, Vanora Bennett's rich, dramatic new novel presents an England uncannily like our own. The country is in turmoil, The King is in debt to the City, and the old order had broken down - a time of opportunity...

313 AD. Under the rule of Emperor Constantine, Rome finally appears to be emerging from its turbulent past. In order to consolidate his control and under the guidance of his mother Helena, Constantine plans to harness the power of the increasingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590130322Author David DonachieFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint McBooks PressPublisher McBooks PressWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

It's the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets of Cologne. Far below its soaring spires and flying buttresses, an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground...

It's the year 1260 and the great cathedral - the most ambitious building in all of Christendom - is rising above the streets of Cologne. Far below its soaring spires and flying buttresses, an assassin of unnatural talent surveys his new hunting ground...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800741720Author Joe BagnallFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788308144Author Dorothy MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 323Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Only tragedy can save her... Lucy Piddock meets Arthur Goodrich, solid, kind and dependable; a stonemason by trade working in his father's Black Country business. Arthur seems to be the ideal match, but he lights no flame in Lucy's heart...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648775904Author Joanne Austen BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Joanne BoogPublisher Joanne BoogWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786049554Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999736859Author Alan JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 770Imprint Ailsa PublishingPublisher Ailsa Publishing

Standing in the massive shadow of his famous father, young king Solomon wavers between fear and bravado, wisdom and folly. In the uncertain world of alliances and treachery, Solomon longs for peace and a love that is true and pure--a love that can be his...

Shortlisted for the prestigious Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. 1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself...

A mighty warriorA faithful friendAn immortal loveAs Arthur forges a union in Britain, across the sea a royal son is denied his birthright. The Romans are gone and war is coming to Gaul.In an age of cruelty and barbarism, Lancelot - known as Clothar - has...

'I think I must be an improper woman without knowing it, I do so manage to shock people.' Elizabeth Gaskell's second novel challenged contemporary social attitudes by taking as its heroine a fallen woman. Ruth Hilton is an orphan and an overworked...