World War II

From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly...

The crescendo of war, a crushing blow, a path to redemption...Peacetime political machinations threaten Kelly Maguire's ambitions to be a Captain. But then war breaks out, and the world needs men who are willing to risk everything.As World War II...

Neighbours Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough are thrilled to see their children settling down. Jill and Steve are making wedding plans and Doreen waits patiently at home for Phil's next leave. But the Second World War is separating loved ones forever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847514363Author Beryl MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn House Publishers LtdPublisher Severn House Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 312g

Two sisters; one heartbreaking mistake; a lifetime apartIt is a cold February night in 1925 when two teenage sisters - Mollie and Annemarie - escape from their home in a tiny Irish village. Their beloved mother has died and the girls have suffered...

The new blockbuster thriller from Graham Hurley, The Blood of Others is part of the SPOILS OF WAR Collection, a thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events of World War II. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802134226Author Jerzy KosinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

At the age of fourteen, happy-go-lucky Polly Perkins faces untold sadness when her beloved father is diagnosed with tuberculosis. As Tommy's stay in hospital turns from weeks into months, Polly's mother, Ada, becomes increasingly anxious as to how she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783948865252Author Marion KummerowFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Marion KummerowPublisher Marion KummerowWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951019075Author Scott PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Best Day Books For Young ReadersPublisher Best Day Books For Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250906014Author Ronald H BalsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803142951Author Imogen MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER AWARD 2019 Hamburg, 1948In a routine operation, Chief Inspector Frank Stave is shot down. He survives, but transfers from the murder commission to the office combatting the black market. There, Stave is...

Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front.'An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of Europe' - NEW YORK TIMES'LEGION OF THE DAMNED is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice ... He is...

A dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman - whoever you are, wherever you are, and whenever it is in history and time. In today's Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786819796Author Sharon MaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 372g

***A HEARTWARMING WARTIME TALE OF FAMILY SECRETS, ROMANCE AND WINTER WEDDING BELLS FOR FANS OF DILLY COURT, ELAINE EVEREST AND NANCY REVELL***______________________________London, 1943: Dot Hanson has never forgotten the thrill of seeing the beautiful...

'How did I not know anything about this?! A beautifully written book.' - NetGalley Reviewer, England: 1944 When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to report to Trent...

An enthralling WWII historical novel, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn's The Alice Network Love and duty, codes and spies...Kent, 1939Soon to marry her childhood sweetheart, Eliza thinks her life is set. But when war breaks out, everything changes and,...

Guardian Best Book of 2020 Irish Times Best Crime Fiction of 2020 Times Book of the Month Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Month The Spectator Crime Fiction of the Month Crime Time Book of the Year 2020 'Vivid, stylish, funny' Mick Heron The first...

'A beautiful, heart-warming yet sometimes heart-wrenching book... Beautiful... I was left with a smile on my face' Goodreads reviewer, Can a second chance heal their broken family? ...

From the bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan, this emotionally compelling novel is inspired by real-life female WWII agents including Violette Szabo and Diana Rowden, whose incredible stories have never before been brought to readers.Twenty-five...

A moving and nostalgic saga from Pam Evans, set in London during the Second World War. Perfect for readers of Katie Flynn, Kitty Neale and Dilly Court.It is autumn 1940 and, as the bombs drop on London, a close-knit community struggles to survive. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643752341Author Lauren GrodsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Singapore - a trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are starting to question whether this inbetween island can ever truly be their home. Mei Lan comes from a famous Chinese dynasty but yearns to free...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525576501Author Jennifer RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

'The kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster' Julia Lovell, Literary Review'[A] gripping and meticulously researched account of an epic effort to transport delicate scrolls, paintings and carvings thousands of miles under the threat of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739638412Format PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Wandering Tree Publications LimitedPublisher Wandering Tree Publications Limited

A historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out World War Two's most daring covert operations. From this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist. ...

As World War II rages, love, mystery, and secrets collide on the English coast in a riveting novel by the bestselling author of The Snow Gypsy. In April 1943 a young woman washes ashore on a deserted beach in Cornwall, England. With shorn hair and a...

From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The final novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648480532Author Penny Fields-SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penny Fields-SchneiderPublisher Penny Fields-SchneiderWeight(grams)...

'Nikola's best yet . . . I was immediately drawn into the story, rooting for the characters all the way to the end. Atmospheric and compelling. I loved it!' Lorna Cook'A fascinating novel packed with intrigue, heart and emotion . . . brought the...

There were not so much people as animals. Sometimes small and frightened, huddling together in cattle cars, wounds gaping, tongues swelling even as they licked the moist frost from the walls...Grievously wounded - having survived the operating table and...

The second world war classic of life under Nazi occupation. Nemirovsky was sent to Auschwitz in 1942. In 1941, Irene sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials...

There's never a dull moment when Nellie McDonough and Molly Bennett get together, and there's always something to keep them busy in their Liverpool street. First, Molly's son Tommy sets the date for his wedding to Rosie O'Grady, and everyone's saving...

Filled with almost unbearable tension and excitement, DAS BOOT is one of the best stories ever written about war, a supreme novel of the Second World War and an acclaimed film and TV drama.It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his crew set...

Jenny and Laura Nightingale are as different as chalk and cheese. Jenny's pretty face and lively sense of humour make her everyone's favourite girl, whereas Laura is mean and moody and she's never out of trouble. Their mother, Mary, loves them both and...

'Expect a tale of love, courage and being brave in the most dangerous of times' Woman's WayYou can pay a terrible price for keeping a promise...Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Forest Lawns Care Home in the heart of the English countryside,...

'John Cook is the Jack Reacher of 1940's Britain' - Damien Lewis*****May 1940. With Nazi forces sweeping across France, invasion seems imminent. The English Channel has never felt so narrow. In rural Sussex, war veteran John Cook has been tasked with...