Renaissance

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727823021Author Alys ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 146mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2009 and National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) 2009. Commended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Fiction) 2010. Short-listed for...

A gripping novel of love, passion, betrayal and heartbreak. Katherine Parr survived Henry VIII to find true love with Thomas Seymour - only to realise that her love was based on a lie. Clever, sensible and well-liked, Katherine Parr trod a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414631Author David EliasFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

The Hundred Years' War sets Brittany ablaze in this unputdownable medieval adventure.Into a land torn by civil war rides freebooter Martin Kemp, in search of a lord in whose service he can win plunder and glory.Soon he falls under the spell of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995611764Author TL ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Steamy Kettle PublishingPublisher Steamy Kettle Publishing

The third 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. Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II, Dauphin and heir to the French throne, is dead. Poisoned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780290195Author M.J. TrowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 144mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780290195Author M.J. TrowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 144mm * 18mm

I saw her file it away: a good Catholic girl come to supervise her in her detention. Every girl in England, now, under the circumstances, made sure to be a good Catholic girl. Except her, of course. And, if only she knew it, me.Escorting 'nine days...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734614701Author Donna DigiuseppeFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Lady in Ermine PressPublisher Lady in Ermine PressWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)...

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Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own century in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician,...

The King is dead... her life is no longer under her control.King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms.But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012907Author Amy LicenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm

Dirt, blood and iron: an unputdownable medieval epic for fans for M.K. Hume and Matt Harffy.France, 1351-2: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with...

The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia and historical feminist fiction.'A wonderfully rich and absorbing tale'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838156886Author Vaughn EntwistleFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Masque Publishing LLCPublisher Masque Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385550185Author Flora CarrFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648250814Author Catherine MeyrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Courante PublishingPublisher Courante Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Reviews''This is a book that will appeal to the intelligent and curious visitor to Florence, not least for its culinary interludes. Take this book to a shady bench in the Boboli...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984790685Author Rozsa GastonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Renaissance EditionsPublisher Renaissance EditionsWeight(grams) 417g

In 1521, England is at peace under the magnificent Cardinal Wolsey, who rules the country while Henry VIII spends his time in masques, banquets and hunting, whether it be the fleet-footed deer or the even more delicious quarry of the silken-garbed ladies...

The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life.How well do you know the man you love? How much do you think you know about Shakespeare? What if they were one and the same? He is an ordinary man: unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060188702Author Edith GrossmanFormat HardbackPage Count 940Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1440gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997133875Author Janet WertmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Janet WertmanPublisher Janet WertmanWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989367103Author Laura MorelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Laura MorelliPublisher Laura MorelliWeight(grams) 440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625409Author Miklos SzenkuthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662914294Author Christopher HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958725061Author Adrienne DillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Greylondon PressPublisher Greylondon PressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312382469Author Sharon Kay PenmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Witch. Some words can kill . . . To Gude's son and grandchildren it could mean the loss of a loved one.To Gude it could mean torture and death at the stake.And to Gude's daughter-in-law it could mean one less mouth to feed. In a time when famine is rife...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625263Author Miklos SzentkuthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2023 Neva is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes are won and lost on the turn of a card. But she is also born with an extraordinary gift: she can predict the weather. In Regency England, where...

2023 ENNIE NOMINATED FOR BEST WRITING A roleplaying game of fantastical inventions and Machiavellian politics in Renaissance Italy. It is the Year of Our Lord 1510, and one has to wonder how differently history could have played out if Niccolo...

Will love be enough to overcome the odds? It is 1960 and Clare Hamilton is returning home to her beloved Armagh to marry Andrew, her childhood sweetheart. Full of the hope and possibilities of a newlywed couple, they plan to turn Andrew's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448307722Author Michael JecksFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 305gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 139mm *...

Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael,...

In the autumn of 1523, Roger Shallot, self-proclaimed physician, rogue, charlatan and secret emissary of King Henry VIII, has nothing to do. His master, Benjamin Daunbey, has been sent to Italy on a diplomatic mission, leaving him in charge of their...

The final evocative instalment of Margaret Irwin's timeless trilogy, following the triumphs and tragedies, the battles of wit and will between Henry VIII's spirited daughters, Bloody Mary and Elizabeth. Philip, Prince of Spain, the unwilling bridegroom...