Historical

'Absorbing and brilliant ... Game of Thrones without the dragons' THE TIMES The third book in Sidebottom's epic series set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war. Rome AD238. The Year...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451688276Author Glenn MeadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Howard Pub Co IncPublisher Howard Pub Co IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

'One of Britain's most visionary writers' DAVID PEACE 'An appalling, beautifully-lit abyss' ALAN MOORE A dark, chilling and mesmerising thriller set in wartime Berlin, for fans of Joseph Kanon and Robert Harris. Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a...

Discover the gripping and immersive historical thriller based on the legend of Captain Scott'Kelly is that rare combination, a brilliant storyteller, a sure-footed adventurer into the past and a really marvellous writer. With its new take on one of the...

Agrippina, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, was a beautiful and talented woman who saw her father murdered, was banished by her brother, and was killed on the orders of her son. Her freed man, a one-eyed former gladiator named Parmenon, tells of...

A thrilling SOE spy novel by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish Independent'More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727850119Author David HewsonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 148mm *...

'An utterly thrilling gothic tale' KIRSTY WARK'Rich in atmosphere and suspense' BELLA ELLIS'Two unforgettable heroines' ELLY GRIFFITHSDark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham for fans of Stacey Halls...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993483783Author Kate InnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Mindforest PressPublisher Mindforest PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

THE NEW GRITTY CRIME THRILLERNO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY'A cracking good read' Jessie Keane'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent'Great writing, gripping story, loved it' Mandasue HellerSHE'S BEEN BETRAYED. SHE WANTS REVENGE. Judith Jonson has...

Man against man. Face to face. One machine against another.It was shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Martin Falconer and his friend, Frank, were anxious to 'get into the scrap' as soon as possible, their youth blinding them to the real...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999117309Author Glenn DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Tmr Press LLCPublisher Tmr Press LLCWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 20mm

"Tense, atmospheric, and gorgeously written, The Summer Country is a novel to savor!" - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice NetworkA brilliant, multigenerational saga in the tradition of The Thorn Birds and North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800198920Author Rebecca GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

In the latest thrilling Cotton Malone adventure from international bestseller Steve Berry, one by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world.After former Justice Department...

The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring Cotton Malone. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne and Scott Mariani. The pope is dead. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican to select his replacement, but one has fled for Malta in search of a...

An atmospheric literary thriller set during the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, in which a love triangle turns murderous. Her heart beat hard. There was a crazed beauty to the storm. It was almost miraculous, the way it took away the mess of...

From the bestselling author of the phenomenally successful The Kashmir Shawl London 1885As a turbulent and change-filled century draws to a close, there has never been a better time to alter your fortune. But for a beautiful young woman of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922389169Author Tony ParkFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Ingwe PublishingPublisher Ingwe PublishingWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The electrifying WWII bestseller from the master of the game. On the 30th April 1945, Russian radar reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was on board, and where was the plane going? Berlin was in ruins as...

From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new historical crime novella for fans of Antonia Hodgson and CJ Sansom.'To Mr Thomas Combe my sword.' These six words in Shakespeare's will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did he...

'A page turner from beginning to end... A damn fine read' Ben Kane. Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny. As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter...

A classic story of superstition and sorcery set in 1950s France. "The village which had so charmed her had grown sinister..." Exhausted after years of unhappiness, 20-year-old Juliet Cunningham is delighted to find herself living in a...

A gripping mystery with a classic feel, for fans of Agatha Christie 'Haunting and exquisitely written. Part intricate mystery and part ghost story. This book will stay with me for a long time' Anna MazzolaThe drive leads past the gate house and through...

TWO MEN... ONE MISSION... TO KILL THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART Based on true events, this gripping historical thriller is the culmination of Howard Linskey's fifteen-year fascination with the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of...

A gripping espionage thriller about an establishment plot to take control of 1970s Britain, by a writer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish Independent'More ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984898593Author Eva Garcia SaenzFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Vintage Crime/Black LizardPublisher Penguin Random House LLCWeight(grams)...

In the dog days of Rome, a mission to the edge of the world...Drust and Kag, two ex-gladiators, are met with an unusual request. Powerful Servilius Structus sends them deep into Scotland, land of the Caledonii, to find and secure a woman and her young...

From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations of lore: the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes's attempt to hunt down Jack the Ripper.As England's greatest specialist in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451640229Author Stephen HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 192mm * 108mm...

Summer 1553: A time of danger and deceit. Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, he finds himself sent on an illicit mission to the King's brilliant but enigmatic sister, Princess...

Reissue of the timeless Higgins classic... In 1930's Brazil, Neil Mallory works as a courier flying mail and machine parts around the Amazonian rain forest. On a routine day his plane falls in a terrifying and potentially fatal crash; his life...

In 1521, England is at peace under the magnificent Cardinal Wolsey, who rules the country while Henry VIII spends his time in masques, banquets and hunting, whether it be the fleet-footed deer or the even more delicious quarry of the silken-garbed ladies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425268766Author Kate QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

A young sailor with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a brother in the line of fire, and the greatest naval battle of all time...Jutland, 1916: In the icy waters of the North Sea, the Royal Navy awaits the challenge of the Kaiser's High Sea Fleet...

'[A] stunning Gothic chiller' Irish Times'Diabolically good . . . J.M. Varese's gothic tale is sinuously elegant and claustrophobic as deadly Victorian wallpaper' Kate Griffin, author of FyneshadeLondon, 1870.Lucy Braithwhite lives a privileged existence...

In the second century AD, a Greek nobleman is travelling and living abroad in Germany while carrying on an affair with a military man's wife. When discovered, he takes an emergency business trip to save his life and packs amongst his belongings certain...

Set in Italy in 1866, A Christmas Escape is Anne Perry's 13th festive Victorian novella.December, 1866. Charles Latterly, Hester Monk's brother, travels to Italy to spend Christmas on the volcanic island of Stromboli. In his secluded mountain hotel a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616958916Author David DowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press Inc

Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders, each day he braves the dark woods to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful...