World War II

It's the end of an era for Ada Fenwick and Hetty Watson when their neighbour Eliza Porter decides to leave her home after nigh on sixty years. The new family who moves into Eliza's old house seems quiet and respectable at first. Ada and Hetty welcome...

From the New York Times bestselling author: a dazzling WWII epic spanning London, New York and the Bahamas and the most infamous couple of the age, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor The Bahamas, 1941. Newly-widowed Lulu Randolph arrives in...

An Independent Best Books for Summer Pick'Powerful, lyrical, and with a central character so wracked with love when he goes to war. Deeply relatable' ANN NAPOLITANO, author of Hello Beautiful'Wholly beguiling and spirited' THE TIMES'Emotionally resonant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805089094Author Emerson FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735313924Author Helena SchraderFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Cross Sea PressPublisher Helena P. Schrader

A twelve-year-old boy named Peisach is snatched from his home in a shtetl near Vitebsk in 1842 and marched far away to be prepared for 25 years of service in the Russian Imperial Army. Six years later, he will be assigned to a garrison in Viipuri, a city...

A heart-wrenching story from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a...

A powerful and heartbreaking WWII historical novel for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky. A secret past. A forbidden love. A terrifying choice. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839013461Author David BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award 2013 and shortlisted for CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger Award 2014 'She looked up at the terraced house, with the closed shutters and the big room at the end of the long unlit corridor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593321263Author Vasily GrossmanFormat HardbackPage Count 952Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 833gDimensions(mm)...

'Full of intrigue, fascinating historical detail and brilliant characterisation . . . A truly fabulous novel!' LOUISE FEIN, author of PEOPLE LIKE US'Nikola Scott is the queen of dual narrative fiction. The Orchard Girls takes us on a beautifully twisty...

From the acclaimed author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan, comes a novel inspired by true events in the Second World War.After renowned London fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house...

'A fine and powerful piece of work... Dark, at times cryptic, and hugely energetic' Irish Times "No!" is the first word of this haunting novel. It is how a middle-aged Hungarian-Jewish writer answers an acquaintance who asks him if he has a child, and it...

April 1941.Almost losing her life in a bomb blast while serving in the Women's Voluntary Service has made Ann Gilby take stock of what's really important - her family.With daughter Sheila back home, and Joy still working munitions at the Cadbury factory...

'Touching and heartwarming . . . get those tissues ready' - Jill Mansell'A warm and tender tale about the power of books' - Ruth HoganAs the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive...London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing...

My name is Sylvie Duchene and I am a dancer. There is no network. I am just a dancer. I know nothing. Please...I swear it... An unknown location, occupied France, 1944 Dropping...

'A gripping novel and makes a fine addition to any library of World War II fiction...the tension's often almost palpable' Historical Novel Society A page-turning and heart-breaking historical novel about the daring White Rose...

The bestselling novel which inspired the Hollywood movie starring John Mills.They served it ice-cold in Alex - pale amber Rheingold beer in tall, dewy glasses. This is the image that haunts Captain George Anson. Stationed in the North African desert just...

A heart-breaking and moving story of love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of the Blitz. Inspired by true events, and perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Dear Mrs Bird***Is love...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LENA DUNHAM AND STEPHEN FRY.A "haunting, riotously funny, and deeply touching" (Publishers Weekly) novel about a woman and her father's journey to Poland to revisit her family historyThis book was previously...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839015656Author Russell SullmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm

Freedom worth fighting for. Love worth waiting for.'The French House is a beautifully wrought exploration of love of all kinds. It's utterly gorgeous, convincingly written and completely captivating. Make sure you read it'MY WEEKLY'I was gripped from the...

'A stunning spy story ... incomparable' GuardianIt is the most dangerous secret of the Second World War, one that could destroy Britain's reputation forever. In 1940, a clandestine meeting took place between Churchill and Adolf Hitler. All records of it...

'A compact and compelling novel by an iconic Norwegian writer...[and] thanks to Don Bartlett and Don Shaw's crisp translation, we see it obliquely' - IndependentSet in Finland in 1939, this is the story of one man who remains in his home town when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648805311Author Lilly MirrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Black Lab PressPublisher Black Lab PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s' Germany. It tells the story of Emmeline, a wayward, young art student; Julius, an anxious, middle-aged art expert; and a mysterious art...

'Poignant, warm, gut wrenching and hopeful, this book is just beautiful.' - 5* reader review *** 'Excuse me,' the man interrupted her as if there was absolutely nothing she could say to comfort him. 'I have to get on with my digging.' Then he...

Shortlisted for the CWA/Ian Fleming Award, The Interrogator is a masterful spy story set in the darkest days of the Second World War. The Enigma Code has been broken - but what if German High Command can read our naval signals, too? For all readers of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739638436Author Mark TissingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 263Imprint Wandering Tree Publications LimitedPublisher Wandering Tree Publications Limited

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick* *An Indie Next Great Read*'[A] vivid depiction of a family's heartbreak, its rending and rebuilding.' - Clare Lombardo, New York Times Book Review 'Spanning generations and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641290661Author James R. BennFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

From multi-million copy bestselling authors Giacometti & Ravenne comes a Nazi spy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith"I couldn't put it down ... the authors write like Dan Brown!" -Anthony, 5-Star NetGalley reviewer*** RATED 5...

A hunt that will decide the victor of the Second World War...Throughout the summer of 1944, southern England was transformed into one huge armed camp as the allied forces made their final preparations for D-Day. It was at this crucial moment in history...

Paragon Place, an ordinary square of two-up, two-down houses in Bermondsey, has pretty well survived the Blitz. But it's taken its toll on a hard-working and tight-knit community. Despite going through the very worst of times - the never-ending fight...

Lyn Andrew's warm-hearted novel of Liverpool during the Blitz is not to be missed by readers of Dilly Court and Kate Thompson. Molly and Bernie have been friends forever. As young girls they left Ireland seeking new beginnings in Liverpool. Now they are...

Mark Pryor's Die Around Sundown is the first entry in an exciting mystery series set in Paris during World War II, where a detective is forced to solve a murder while protecting his own secrets. Summer 1940: In German-occupied Paris, Inspector Henri...

An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2 May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect...

Things are finally looking up for George and Ann Richardson. After causing years of worry, their younger daughter Tess, who had always been sickly and small, is starting to blossom into a confident, clever girl. It will be some time before she catches up...