World War II

A psychological study of marriage, loyalty and justice, A WAY THROUGH THE WOOD is a remarkable post-war novel.'A superb storyteller' SUNDAY TIMES 'I'd place him up there with Graham Greene' Philippa Gregory'Balchin writes about timeless things, the...

From the pen of multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman comes a brilliantly epic, high-tension adventure novel set at the height of World War Two. Masterfully atmospheric with expert characterisation, it will have you on the edge of your...

In the eye of the war That tore the world apart A mother wants a son ...

This heart-wrenching novel about family and war unearths generations of secrets and sacrifices-perfect for fans of The Paris Orphan and The Lost Girls of Paris.2017, London: When Aurelia Leclaire inherits an opulent Paris apartment, she is shocked to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913891374Author A K KulshreshthFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Balestier PressPublisher Balestier PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Grace Wilkins and Bessie Rudney have been neighbours for over twenty years but it takes the outbreak of World War Two for them to become friends. The more time Grace spends with Bessie, her six boistrous children and her loving husband Tom, the more she...

THE TIN DRUM presents Hitler's rise and fall through the eyes of the dwarfish narrator whose magic powers become symbolic of the dark forces dominating the German nation in the period. Like Thomas Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Grass's novel explores the dark...

September 1940, Birmingham.While her husband and daughter work at the Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her hands full at home with her youngest child Martin and her other daughter, Sheila, newly returned home with baby Elaine. With Sheila's...

"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts." -New York Times Book ReviewAGATHA AWARD WINNER!Recommended by New York Times Book Review * Wall Street Journal *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christy Awards (Historical) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780825446481Author Amanda BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher...

All Original Stories"December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's unforgettable words informed the American people that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and initiated America's entry into World War II...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942467427Author Laura MorelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint ScriptoriumPublisher ScriptoriumWeight(grams) 580gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496437402Author Lynn AustinFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

Living above her stepfather's fish and chip shop on Merseyside's Paradise Parade, Emily Barr is glad to escape to the relative peace of her job in Wythenshaw's jewellery factory. And when she is promoted to work for young Mr Giles, the son of the owner,...

'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin Litteken A heartbreaking World War 2 novel that tells the story of two women's fight for love, family and hope, as the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975763643Author Meryl Dunton-RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint North BankPublisher North BankWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 12mm

Will an unlikely friendship be enough to save them?After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life.Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and...

Gwen's war is over, but her greatest battle is about to begin. 'An engaging story of secrets, sacrifice and the persistence of love' Sunday Times 'A truly wonderful novel' Jill Mansell ...

A BRAND NEW series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller - Meet the Army Girls!Army Girls - reporting for duty!When duty calls, East End girl Minnie Wolton isn't afraid to do her bit. She's excited to be joining the ATS girls and although she knows...

'An absolute *blinder* ... so so funny and sexy. So excited now to read everything by Crystal Jeans' Caroline O'Donoghue, author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature 'A glorious celebration of queer friendship and all kinds of love. Funny,...

'One of the greatest novels of the Second World War' The Times. 'A remarkable find' Antony Beevor. 'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday. Stalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home for Christmas. But he and his fellow German...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496437358Author Lynn AustinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

'Beautiful, thoughtful ... sharp and scintillatingly sensual' Independent 'With this haunting, poetic work McCann has surely earned his place among the country's greats' Metro __________________ The life of Zoli Novotna begins on the leafy backroads...

Recovering from injuries received in the desert, Luftwaffe fighter ace Jochen Murville dreams of playing the piano and living in Sweden with Gerda, the Jewish woman whose escape from Germany he engineered. However, his engagement to Lotte still stands -...

On the morning of March 24, 1946, the world chess champion Alexander Alekhine was found dead in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal. He was fully dressed and wearing an overcoat, slumped back in a chair, in front of a meal, a chessboard just out of reach...

EVERY CANVAS HOLDS A SECRET . . .'GRIPPING' JILL MANSELL'TENSE AND THRILLING' NATASHA LESTER'INTRIGUES AND ENTHRALS' KATE QUINN'A TOUR DE FORCE' GILL PAULPARIS, 1940.Three years ago, talented art restorer Sophie fled to Paris to escape the horrors of the...

The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean's masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navarone. Now reissued in a new cover style. The guns of Navarone have been silenced, but the heroic survivors have no time to rest on their laurels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625706Author Leon-Paul FargueFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm)...

When everything you hold dear is torn apart by war, can love put you back together again? It's 1943, and the Second World War is raging. Ruby Mottram works for her local newspaper, the Bartonford Herald, typing up adverts and obituaries, whilst...

Nathan Silverman grew up in Berlin in the 1920s, the son of a homemaker and a theoretical physicist. His idyllic childhood was soon marred by increasing levels of bigotry against his family and the rest of the Jewish community, and after his uncle is...

'A powerful story, sweetly told' - Antonio Iturbe, author of The Librarian of AuschwitzA country torn apart by war. Two siblings divided by fate.Italy, 1938. Mussolini is in power and war is not far away . . .Clara and Pippo are just children: quiet,...

When a modern woman inherits a Parisian apartment undisturbed since WWII, she discovers that it may hold the key to unraveling her cold great-grandmother's secret life -- a past of sacrifice during a mission to protect those she loved.1940, ParisAs the...

Ginny Porter and Joan Flynn were born within days of each other in adjoining houses in a narrow street of two-up two-downs in Liverpool. They've been friends since they were toddlers and now they've become young ladies and left school. Joan finds work at...

From the bestselling author of The Forgotten Hours comes an unforgettable story of one woman's journey to reclaim what she lost in a country torn apart by the devastating legacy of WWII. On the windswept shores of an East German island, Bettina...

A gripping saga evoking the spirit of the 1970s East End, from the author of Room for a Lodger and Banished from Bow.Sandy Brent's life is blown apart the day her husband offers to drive her to work. On the way he tells her that their marriage is over...

In Vichy France, 1942, a group of men sit outside an office, waiting to be interviewed. The reason they have been pulled off the street and taken there is obvious enough. They are, for the most part, Jews. But how serious an offence this is, and how...

PERFECT SUMMER ESCAPISM: THE TIME-TRAVELLING LOVE STORY YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN HOW FAR WOULD YOU TRAVEL TO FIND A LOVE LOST IN TIME? 'A beautiful exploration of family, love and loss across the generations. Fresh, fun... I didn't want...

SHORTLISTED: THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 A NOVEL OF DEVASTATING BEAUTY SET IN BUCHENWALD DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR "A powerful and disturbing study in terrible lies and the human need to believe them." ...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD AND THE JEWISH FICTION AWARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIESGOOD MORNING AMERICA MUST READ NEW BOOKS * NEW YORK POST BUZZ BOOKS * THE MILLIONS MOST ANTICIPATEDA remarkable debut novel-written with the...

**AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death...