World War II

Pre-order Victory for Ambridge, the brilliant new novel in The Archers series, coming in paperback in Spring 2025. 'Intriguing, comforting and endearingly familiar' Katie Fforde'The BBC's most downloaded radio show' The Guardian'Incredible legacy' The...

A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary. She is a stunning...

Summer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proves that the British can rise to a challenge, even against seemingly insurmountable odds. But now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, even wandering through Woolworths store, and take weary turns on the...

___________________'A marvellous, life-affirming book' Mark McCormack'Golf and mysticism...a dazzler and a thought-provoker' Los Angeles Times'Good stuff...a philosophical fantasy imagined on a golf course, heavy with fog, storm, fireworks and the...

The captivating new drama of family secrets and second chances, from Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James It's the autumn of 1962 in the idyllic Suffolk village of Melstead St Mary. Evelyn Devereux's husband Kit is planning their 20th wedding...

"A marvel of lost innocence" (O, The Oprah Magazine) that reimagines three life-changing weeks poet Elizabeth Bishop spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II. June 1937. Elizabeth Bishop, still only a young woman and not yet one of the...

The USA Today bestseller This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Don't miss...

The USA Today bestseller This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Don't miss...

One morning, in the dead of winter, three German soldiers head out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders to track down and bring back for execution 'one of them' - a Jew. Having flushed out a young man hiding in...

"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique"A great success" - La CroixApril, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the ...

'Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics' Mail on Sunday'Sharpe for the Blitz years...a meaty, all action yarn!' Sunday Telegraph'Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff, and his descriptions of...

Vividly atmospheric and brimming with suspense, Mark Ellis presents this insanely captivating wartime thriller of classic espionage.The third instalment in the Frank Merlin series, following on from Stalin's Gold. Previously published as Merlin at War...

Inspired by true events... 'Moving and authentic' Dinah Jefferies'Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful' Jenny Ashcroft'A beautiful, tender and fascinating story' Sinead Moriarty 'Deeply moving. Be prepared - have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933633657Author Hans FalladaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 289g

The Allies have landed, the liberation of Europe has begun.In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears.In London, her husband Owen Quinn, an officer with...

What follows is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of all the violence and misery strange bonds are forged between prisoners - and their gaolers. In a battle for survival that becomes a battle of contrasting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The Washington Post "Best Books" 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780385341004Author Mary Ann ShafferFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bantam Doubleday...

Vienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish, and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss...

It's May 1941 and Liverpool is taking a hammering from the German bombers. For young Mary Bradshaw and her widowed mother life is full of rationing, blackouts and the wail of the air-raid siren. Despite the gloom, Mary's heart is light as she counts her...

"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique"A great success" - La CroixApril, 1940. Louise Belmont runs, naked, down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the tragic scene she has just experienced, she will have to plunge into the madness of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560257431Author PerseusFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 504gDimensions(mm) 207mm *...

'Has all the pace of the previous three, and is bang on form' Daily Mail'Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics...Destined to be a series that will run and run' Mail On...

Is their love strong enough to weather the storm?It's 1945, the war is over and the soldiers are coming back to the bomb-ravaged East End. Tom Smith is one of the thousands who are returning home. He can't wait to see his wife, Jessie, their son, Billy,...

***WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014***Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not.In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo...

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the...

Before the crown there was a love story... 'If you're a fan of The Crown, you'll love this' Woman's Weekly 'Fascinating...a beautiful love story' Woman ...

DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL WHO GIVE AID TO A JEW.DEATH TO ALL WHO HARBOUR A JEW.DEATH TO ALL WHO FEED A JEW.DEATH TO ALL WHO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO A JEW.One knock at the door could be the death of them all...It is 1943, and sixteen-year-old Stefania...

Heartwarming and nostalgic new Saga series from the author of Mother's Day on Coronation Street. It's 1940 and for the Lancashire town of Greenhill, everything is about to change... Local...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives with her only remaining son Edmund in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged...

Whatever the indifference or brutality of the world, love still thrives. September 1942: Following the collapse of the Allied resistance in Burma, the full might of the Imperial Japanese Airforce has been unleashed on the cities of Chengdu and...

'Wonderful... A heartbreaking story of the power of love and forgiveness' JILL MANSELL 'A tender yet thrilling story of love and family secrets in time of war' RACHEL HORE 'I was so engrossed. Wonderful, moving and uplifting' LESLEY PEARSE'Love, loss,...

From the bestselling author of The Murmur of Bees comes a transportive novel of two families uprooted by war and united by the bonds of love and courage. With war looming dangerously close, Ilse's school days soon turn to lessons of survival. In the...

The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! As the tides of war turn, friendship has never been more important... Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push on towards longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and...

England, 1940. Can Maggie keep her family - and her secret - safe? An emotional and heartbreaking wartime novel for fans of Diney Costeloe, Dilly Court and Mandy Robotham. When Maggie's new job takes her from...

England, 1940. Can Maggie keep her family - and her secret - safe? An emotional and heartbreaking wartime novel for fans of Diney Costeloe, Dilly Court and Mandy Robotham. When Maggie's new job takes her from...

***THE UNFORGETTABLE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*** 'Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion... I read this novel in a headlong rush' Christina Barker Kline, number one bestselling author of Orphan Train ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992748999Author Margarita MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Landmark MediaPublisher Landmark MediaWeight(grams) 127g

A shocking insight into the realities of war, the conditions endured by ordinary soldiers and their unwavering solidarity.It was supposed to be Hitler's glorious conquest of Russia...The 27th Penal Regiment has been ordered to invade the Soviet Union...

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like...

'A wonderfully crafted masterpiece' Melanie Blake 'A delightful cast of characters' Woman's Weekly Praise for Alex Brown: 'An intriguing...