World War II

Its 1943 and the war continues on in Ambridge. But the minds of the villagers are focused a little closer to home... For many centuries, a local tradition has told of a mystic living in a hermit's cave just outside the village. Legend tells that she has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805080107Author Madalyn MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Far from home, hope will keep them together. The plucky evacuees must come together in this heart-warming saga set in the Second World War for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin... In September 1940,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784867470350Author Simone BeaudelaireFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Next ChapterPublisher Next ChapterWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A heartwarming WW2 saga of courage and friendship When war breaks out, three spirited women must set aside their differences to help Britain win the war. Fighting from the forests, they find new depths of courage, strength and love. But - when war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990742036Author Margaret PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Gallica PressPublisher Gallica Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641291293Author David DowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

'They beat me,' whispers the artillery officer, 'Smashed my teeth in, sent an electric current through me. They want me to confess to something I never did.'Sven Hassel and his comrades are fighting on the Finnish front, facing an arctic winter more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062940513Author Viola ArdoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperviaPublisher Harpervia

The fifth novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, set in the 1930s when the world was a place of increasing fear and uncertainty...As Hitler's...

The next great page-turner from the master of the noir spy novel.By 1939, thousands of Italian intellectuals, teachers and lawyers, journalists and scientists, had fled Mussolini's fascist government and found refuge in Paris. There, amidst the poverty...

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman's love, loss, and courage during wartime. After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves,...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An irresistible tale which showcases the transformative power of literacy, reminding us of the hope and sanctuary our neighborhood bookstores offer during the perilous trials of war and unrest."-KIM MICHELE RICHARDSON,...

In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give them. Ten years later, when he has recovered from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914958748Author Jean GraingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Jean GraingerPublisher Jean GraingerWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Billly Hopkins' delightful novel HIGH HOPES is based on his own experiences as a young teacher in Manchester in the aftermath of war in the 1940s. From the author of OUR KID.It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher,...

A heartfelt wartime story of love and betrayal, from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1943Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini's laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save...

Early Light offers three very different aspects of Osamu Dazai's genius: the title story relates his misadventures as a drinker and a family man in the terrible fire bombings of Tokyo at the end of WWII. Having lost their own home, he and his wife flee...

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction' FINANCIAL TIMES'Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully...

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

Amid the chaos of the Second World War comes a charming story of courage and friendship, from the author of Green Dolphin Country and A City of Bells.In the summer of 1940, as the darkest days of the Second World War approach, a chance encounter on a...

At thirty-four, H.E. Bates was deemed too old for active service in WWII. But as a successful author, was commissioned by the nascent RAP Public Relations unit to publicise the bravery of the fighter pilots. Bates was posted to Oakington and Tangmere air...

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope-lost and found-in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express. Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive...

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Set against the Blitz in London, a young woman's extraordinary journey of self-discovery and an intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world.A March Best Book in Red'NOTE PERFECT' East Riding Magazine'AN EXTRAORDINARY NEW WRITER'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778305514Author Karen RobardsFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Mira BooksPublisher Mira BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 38mm

In March 1940 Laura boards a ship and travels through the torpedoed waters of the Mediterranean to chase after Harry whom she has fallen in love with. He was out in Uganda, but has joined up to fight with the King's African Rifles. Will she succeed in...

A heartwarming historical novel set on the Homefront during World War Two. For fans of Kathryn Hughes. Land Girl Connie Carter thought she'd finally left her past behind once and for all...

The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War.When cousins Jo and Phyl decide to become Lyons Corner House waitresses, or 'Nippies', as they are known for their speedy service, they have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739453404Author Robert TregayFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint The Tregay PressPublisher The Tregay Press

'One of the best books I have read' Reviewer *****'A compelling story of bravery, love and survival' Reviewer *****'The twists and turns will keep you engrossed all the way through' Reviewer *****'Powerful and truly moving' Reviewer *****-----THE NEXT...

Poppy Meadows has a face of rare beauty. Like most other nineteen-year-olds, she enjoys life. And, oh, how she loves to dance! The only blot on her happiness is her dreadful boss in the office where she works... One rainy day, Poppy is delivering a...

'Read this book . . . what a gift of lyric language and style, of emotion purified by pain this is' Los Angeles TimesFleeing an abusive home, Katerina, a teenager in 1880s Ukraine, is taken in by a Jewish family, finding safety in their warmth and...

'Curl up in a chair with Fenella J. Miller's characters and lose yourself in another time and another place' Lizzie Lane Can she escape her past and start again?Essex 1941Unhappy with life at home with her privileged family, Hannah Austen-Bagshaw runs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960611000Author Cyprian EkwensiFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Publisher UnknownPublisher Publisher UnknownWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a...

One mother's desperate hope for survival. 1943: In occupied Paris, Celine creates bespoke bouquets at her father's flower shop on rue Cler, whilst trying to shield her young daughter from the brutal reality of war. But when an SS officer takes an...

A faded photograph. An abandoned house. A wartime mystery. . .A mesmerising, moving story of family secrets sweeping across three generations, from wartime London to Ireland to Australia. From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick The...

WHAT IF HITLER HAD SURVIVED?In the gripping new spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hitler's Secret, a Cambridge spy must find the truth behind Hitler's death. But exactly who is the man in the bunker?'MASTER OF THE WARTIME SPY...

In Helen Carey's poignant and nostalgic novel SOME SUNNY DAY, it's 1940, and two young women are growing up in a world full of drama and danger. Perfect reading for fans of Kate Thompson and Donna Douglas.September 1940As Luftwaffe bombs rain from the...