Historical

The Striker is the sixth novel in Clive Cussler's Isaac Bell series.It is 1902, and Isaac Bell is investigating sabotage in a West Virginia coal mine. But when he stops a runaway train, saving countless lives, Bell discovers that it is part of a...

Who is stalking Florence Nightingale and her nurses? Is it the legendary Beast of the Crimean, or someone closer to home? In 1855, Britain and France are fighting to keep the Russians from snatching the Crimean Peninsula from the Ottoman Empire, and...

An addictive historical murder mystery page-turner from Kelly OliverSaddle up for this first class historical mystery...London, 1918Fiona Figg finds herself back in Old Blighty saddled with shuffling papers for the war office. Then a mysterious card...

'RESISTANCE WOULD BE FUTILE' THE TIMES'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!' CLAIRE GRADIDGEPerfect for fans of Code Name Helene and The Alice Network.THREE WOMEN. ONE MISSION. ENEMIES EVERYWHERE.May 1944. When spy Elisabeth de Mornay, code name Cecile, notices a...

In the final days of Henry VIII, one man is there to witness the demise of a legend... King Henry VIII, a fearsome figure of power and stature, lies upon his deathbed diminished by sickness and haunted by ghosts from his past. Only Will Somers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412595383Author Toni MountFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Madeglobal PublishingPublisher Madeglobal Publishing

A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943. A young Jewish prisoner...Auschwitz, 1943. It's snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the...

To find the truth, one must first uncover the lies...When a Catholic priest hangs himself at the Pope's inauguration in St. Peter's Square, his friend, Professor Alex Harker, is dragged into a secret war. The suicide sets into motion a timetable of...

A thrilling drama based on the true story of one of the Second World War's most daring and successful rescue missions.Summer, 1944. Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war. In addition to fighting the German occupation, warring factions battle each...

'There was a history in this house, secrets he hadn't even got close to scratching the surface of...'Something peculiar is going on at The Lloyd Estate.The enormous house and its vast grounds are rarely seen by outsiders. Only Audrey Lloyd - the...

A centuries-old conspiracy is about to explode into the present with devastating consequences. The first victim was forced to swallow stones. The second was whipped to death. The third was stabbed in the heart. A deadly serial killer is taking people...

'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent THE ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER: NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAYLolly has always known her mum was different. Sometimes Angela Bruce was ill in a quiet sort of way, but other times she roamed the Mansfield estate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839015113Author M J TrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm

313 AD. Under the rule of Emperor Constantine, Rome finally appears to be emerging from its turbulent past. In order to consolidate his control and under the guidance of his mother Helena, Constantine plans to harness the power of the increasingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839015137Author John DrakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm

Berlin, 1989. Anne Simpson, an American who works as a translator at the Joint Operations Refugee Committee, thinks she is in a normal marriage with a charming East German. But then her husband disappears and the CIA and Western German intelligence...

The unmissable conclusion to Tim Leach's critically acclaimed historical adventure series set in the Roman Empire. AD 180. Vindolanda, Britannia. Sarmatian warrior Kai and his adopted tribe, the Votadini, struggle for survival in unfamiliar lands...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twentieth heart-warming Christmas mystery.The festive season is fast approaching, and Dr Crowe and his young apprentice Scuff are busy, as always, tending London's sick and wounded. This year, however, Crowe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953730350Author Alexander ProkhanovFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Antelope Hill PublishingPublisher Antelope Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

Hatusu, the remarkable young widow of Pharaoh Tuthmosis II, has forced Egyptian society to acknowledge her as Pharaoh, and her success in battle is spreading Egypt's glory well beyond its frontiers. In the Temple of Anubis, Hatusu and the defeated King...

A breathtaking classic of psychological suspense by the inventor of the detective novel, Wilkie Collins, with an afterword by writer, editor and playwright David Stuart Davies.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Anne O'Brien and Elizabeth Chadwick, Deborah Swift brings a unique period in history to vivid, fascinating life in her acclaimed Pepys trilogy.'Laced with emotional intensity and drama, Pleasing Mr Pepys...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780765317506Author Gary JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Tor BooksPublisher St Martin's Press

SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . ...

Private detective Isaac Bell returns in Clive Cussler's The Wrecker.1907: train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's new express line . . .The desperate railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency, who send their...

Hero of the 100 Years War, Martin Kemp, is back... and this time he's playing with fireThe Count of Targeres has seized control of Cazoulat. Determined to stamp his authority on the district, he is playing divide and rule, convincing the townsfolk that...

'The master at his peak' Daily TelegraphA Russian scientist is defecting to the West, in order to realize his dreams of contacting extra-terrestrial life among the stars. But when an insubordinate British agent and a top CIA operative are sent to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654780Author Osamu TezukaFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 852g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953387318Author Kathryn BromwichFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar Radio

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788494853913Author Toni MountFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Madeglobal PublishingPublisher Madeglobal Publishing

Anne Perry's Inspector William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth...Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater...

A set of century-old diaries found in an attic draws an Irish couple into a tale of murder and madness, in this absorbing new suspense. After forty years in the Irish army, Brian is looking forward to retiring and spending time with his wife-though he...

Hunters become the hunted in a pulse-pounding art heist thriller from an international bestselling author. It begins with a tantalizing clue: a recent photograph taken of Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man-one of the most priceless masterworks ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950409006Author John A ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Nailhead PublishingPublisher Nailhead PublishingWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)...

The first book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage. The year is 1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste to the French countryside. The army may be led by the King, but it is the...

The Hundred Years' War sets Brittany ablaze in this unputdownable medieval adventure.Into a land torn by civil war rides freebooter Martin Kemp, in search of a lord in whose service he can win plunder and glory.Soon he falls under the spell of...

The third novel in the epic Masters of Rome series.Fortune's Favourites witnesses the power, mastery and cunning of two enigmatic rulers of Rome - Sulla, returning from exile, and the 22-year-old Pompey, who designates himself Magnus 'the Great'. And in...

A beautifully written novel with great emotional appeal, of family secrets and wartime heritage, sweeping across Cornwall, London and Warsaw. When Lucy Tremain goes to stay with her grandparents in their house in...

On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, the first great revolution of the twentieth century began as working-class men and women occupied buildings throughout Dublin, Ireland, including the General Post Office on O'Connell Street. Among the commoners in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063213531Author Tony BirchFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperviaPublisher HarperviaWeight(grams) 135g