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70 AD. A group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile Vipinas, is inexplicably...

When beautiful, free-spirited Rebecca Westbrook - daughter of Morwellham Quay's respected harbourmaster - meets sophisticated Captain Adam Bradley, she confounds all expectations by being anything but charmed by the good looks, perfect courtesy and...

From bestselling author and master storyteller David Baldacci, Wish You Well is a dramatic and enthralling tale of family unity in the face of adversity. Tragedy strikes the New York-based Cardinal family when their car is involved in a terrible accident...

The new novel from the bestselling author of THE SIXTH WIFE. `England: firelight and fireblush; wine-dark, winking gemstones and a frost of pearls. Wool as soft as silk, in leaf-green and moss; satins glossy like a midsummer night or opalescent like...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957210448Author Patricia WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Down Design PublicationsPublisher Patricia Watkins PublishingDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956151049Author Scott HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Myrtle Villa PublishingPublisher Myrtle Villa Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908381071Author David LowtherFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Sacristy PressPublisher Sacristy PressWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

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This much is true: Hitler was obsessed with his young niece, Geli Raubal. On 19th September, 1931, two years before he came to power, Geli was found dead of a gunshot wound in Hitler's apartment in an exclusive area of Munich. Her death was ruled a...

A beautiful historical mystery for fans of Sarah Waters, Amitav Ghosh's The Sea of Poppies, and Jamaica Inn.London in the 1770s is bursting with opportunity. It's a city fuelled by new ideas and new money, where everything is for sale - including entree...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451233585Author Paul ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 107mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504394499Author L W EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874337096Author Michael J.H. TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint F4MPublisher F4M

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872730219Author Alexander CordellFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Blorenge BooksPublisher Blorenge Books

This novel is a powerful successor to Testimonies, Patrick O'Brian's first novel written for adults. It is set in that corner of France that became O'Brian's adopted home, where the long, dark wall of the Pyrenees runs headlong to meet the Mediterranean...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451613971Author Rosie AlisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

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The Homesman opens in the 1850s, when early pioneers are doing anything they can to survive dreadful conditions. Women especially struggle with broken hearts and minds as they face bitter hardships: One nineteen-year-old mother loses her three children...

'Follow your own star and when you have achieved your goal you will have that with you for the rest of your life . . .' It is 1928 and the world is changing. Anyone can see that. Mrs Dixie's dress shop on the high street is selling ladies' trousers and...

Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a...

The Svalbard archipelago, 1977, Norwegian territory, yet closer to the north pole. Russian engineer Yuri arrives on the last boat to the Soviet mining outpost of Pyramiden, as the Arctic sun disappears for the winter. Yuri still plays by Stalin-era...

A Sunday Times Bestseller England's Forgotten Queens `O'Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale.' The Times The jewel in the French crown, Katherine de Valois, is waiting under lock and key for King Henry V...

'The gripping tale of Elizabeth of Lancaster, sibling of Henry IV. Packed with love, loss and intrigue' - Sunday Express S Magazine One betrayal is all it takes to change history 1382. Daughter of John of...

From 'the rising star of historical fiction' (Wilbur Smith) a new Eagles of Rome novel, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Eagles at War. AN ARMY DEFEATED - AD 14: Five long years have passed since the annihilation of three legions in the wilds of...

In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is out for revenge. Caught up in the maelstrom are two young...

She was the Princess Diana of her day. Her story the English Gone With The Wind. She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most glamorous queens, famed for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847512673Author Maggie BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn House Paperbacks LtdPublisher Severn House Publishers Ltd

After receiving an anonymous letter, New York lawyer Mark Wilder arrives in Cairo to learn the shocking news that he is the illegitimate son of Howard Carter, the famous British archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb. Before he died in...

Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a...

Dacre's War is a story of personal and political vengeance. Ten years after the battle of Flodden, Adam Crozier, head of his clan and of an increasingly powerful alliance of Borderers, learns for sure that it was Lord Thomas Dacre - now the most powerful...

In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days...

In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days...

Steven Saylor's historical mysteries set in ancient Rome and featuring investigator Gordianus the Finder enjoy a widespread following in America. Robinson is publishing the whole series - five novels to date - in the UK. The Venus Throw is the fourth...

'Sumptuous and moving. Velton weaves her tale with the threads of betrayal, thwarted dreams and good intentions gone awry' Laura Purcell 'A richly imagined and brilliantly twisty tale' Anna Mazzola 'A plot as finely detailed as Spitalfields silk' Stacey...

_______________ 'A thrilling, seductive and utterly compelling novel. I absolutely loved it!' SARAH WINMAN _______________ TWO FEMALE SPIES. A BANNED MASTERPIECE. A BOOK THAT CHANGED HISTORY. 1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor...

'Beautifully written and gripping'. Sunday Mirror When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Soon she was feted as the most elegant woman in the city. A dancer who shocked and delighted audiences, as a confidante and courtesan she bewitched the...