Renaissance

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.ReviewsThis Gothic feminist mystery is just magic. * Heat *For fans of eerie Gothic mystery, The Wayward SIsters has it all * The Upcoming *Book InformationISBN...

A secret diary. A forbidden love. A centuries old mystery to solve.When a rare sixteenth-century manuscript lands on her desk courtesy of William, a struggling painter, shy book restorer Rose makes a startling discovery: it is a palimpsest. Beneath the...

A secret diary. A forbidden love. A centuries old mystery to solve.When a rare sixteenth-century manuscript lands on her desk courtesy of William, a struggling painter, shy book restorer Rose makes a startling discovery: it is a palimpsest. Beneath the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062993571Author Laura MorelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 363g

Foreign Correspondent Richard Brady arrives in Africa to report on a nationalist insurgency that has gripped a once-beautiful country. An innocent newcomer, he struggles to stay neutral in a bitter war waged with terror and atrocity by both sides. He...

'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL---Whispers haunt the walls and treachery...

The critically acclaimed debut novel The Fever Tree, by Jennifer McVeigh, a Richard and Judy bookclub pick.1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape...

The critically acclaimed debut novel The Fever Tree, by Jennifer McVeigh, a Richard and Judy bookclub pick.1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape...

'An engaging story of opportunities lost and refound' Express Can love help her through the most difficult decisions? Prepare to be spirited away to rural Ireland in this stunning new saga...

Florence, 1429 Giovanni de' Medici is dead. A lifetime of shrewd investment, strategic alliance and sly manipulation saw Giovanni climb from mere money-lender to the top echelon of Florentine society. But success has left a slew of bitter enemies...

'A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller' TimesThe compelling, transfixing novel about the...

'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...

A wonderfully captivating historical romance from the author of the bestselling classic Katherine. 'To read Seton is to enter into another time with such conviction that it seems as real as the present' (Philippa Gregory)Set during the Jacobite Risings...

The latest in the thrilling and “lively” (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series follows John Dee and his wife working together in an act of espionage that may turn out to be treason.While working on a powerful new weapon for England, the...

'Royal court intrigue at its finest.' - Historical Writers Association 'A stunning novel about the birth of the United Kingdom that demonstrates the scholarship of the author, as well as her imaginative power.' - Richard Holloway It is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743276870Author Anne Easter SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800167223Author Wendi DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

The war is coming to an end... Now the fighting can really start. The thrilling conclusion to Robert Low's epic and savage Border Reivers TrilogyIt is 1548, and the war with the English is winding down. But in the savage heart of the Borders, peace is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919629827Author Zachary TwamleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint When Diplomacy Fails PublishingPublisher When Diplomacy Fails...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsRunner-up for M.M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2017 and Novel of the Year - Underground Book Reviews 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780997133813Author Janet...

‘A spellbinding tale of love, lust, magic and betrayal in Imperial Russia…..I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore A city in flames. A revolution raging. A woman on the run. Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739923808Author C J RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint C. J. RichardsonPublisher C. J. RichardsonWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'A most engaging novel, full of intrigue and atmosphere' Anne O'Brien'A real page-turner; I couldn't put it down' Tracy Rees'Weaves the past and present together skilfully' Sarah Morgan'Transporting and imaginative' Woman__________ Shortlisted...

Arrested by her sister for treason, who in her household can Elizabeth trust?1553: deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir, Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful what they wished...

London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood. 'Finlay depicts a seedy, desperate London and vivid characters with considerable skill' The Times ...

'Royal court intrigue at its finest.' - Historical Writers Association 'A stunning novel about the birth of the United Kingdom that demonstrates the scholarship of the author, as well as her imaginative power.' - Richard Holloway George...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732589971Author Rozsa GastonFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Renaissance EditionsPublisher Renaissance EditionsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374521356Author P. LagerkvistFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams) 249g

Winner of the Premio Bancarella, 2017 The second instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance. Florence, 1469. Lorenzo de' Medici is to be wed. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295930Author Fiona BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 138mm *...

'Stockwin creates a knotty narrative, writing with authority about Britain's Georgian navy and the physical world at sea with intrigue, captivating characters, and deft storytelling. Thunderer is a suspenseful journey' Quarterdeck1812. Arriving back in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838251574Author V E H MastersFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Nydie BooksPublisher Nydie BooksWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm

'I was blown away by this dark, enchanting story of witchcraft, power and injustice' Mary Chamberlain'A mesmerising combination of gothic horror and elegant restraint' Francesca Haig, author of The Fire Sermon seriesErzsebet Bathory, whose infamous place...

Westminster Hall, 13 December 1828. Midnight. Thousands are massed outside. Newspapers are holding their presses. James Lambert, a young apothecary-surgeon, has accused a leading surgeon at Guy's Hospital of killing a patient. Never before has a...

A thrilling historical adventure that sees two assassins go head-to-head on the open seas, from Sunday Times bestselling author and Richard & Judy Book Club pick David Mark. London, 1628. Nicolaes de Pelgrom, assassin and devoted servant of George...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ... reflecting upon all my comrades that were...

'Stockwin creates a knotty narrative, writing with authority about Britain's Georgian navy and the physical world at sea with intrigue, captivating characters, and deft storytelling. Thunderer is a suspenseful journey' Quarterdeck1812. Arriving back in...

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer...London, 1607. As...

In the final days of Henry VIII, one man is there to witness the demise of a legend... King Henry VIII, a fearsome figure of power and stature, lies upon his deathbed diminished by sickness and haunted by ghosts from his past. Only Will Somers,...

'Luminous' SEBASTIAN BARRY'Incandescent characters and mellifluous prose' LISA CAREY'Reminiscent of Edith Wharton at her very best' LIZ NUGENT_________The true story of a woman ahead of her time . . . In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three...