Wars & Conflicts

'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent An excellent examination of Mayne... Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years - History of War magazine 'This welcome reassessment,...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068609824Author Alexander PfeiferFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint True Perspective PressPublisher True Perspective Press

Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl, based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - out in Spring 2017.When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo...

Illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe. The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the...

'The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was' Andrew Wilson, ObserverHistory is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of...

Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950-53. In June 1950, North Korean forces armed and equipped by the Soviet Union invaded South Korea,...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS!'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph_____________________________FROM THE...

A searing, personal literary account of life in a Soviet prison campIn 1940, Gustaw Herling was arrested after he joined an underground Polish army that fell into Russian hands. He was sent to a northern Russian labor camp, where he spent the two most...

The first and only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, MAUS is a brutally moving work of art about a Holocaust survivor -- and the son who survives him 'The first masterpiece in comic book history' The New Yorker Maus tells the story of Vladek...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789962972266Author Ernst J ngerFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Rt BooksPublisher Rt BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593474136Author Jim SciuttoFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 595g

The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by generations of artisans; the samurai sword is...

FIRE AND SWORD is the unputdownable third novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleon Quartet. A must read for fans of Robert Harris.1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France, his ultimate aim: to rule Europe. After defeat at the...

Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued with a new introduction.'The best book we have got on Crete' ObserverThe Germans expected their...

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished .....

A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets"A great book."-Michael Goodman, BBC History Magazine "An astonishing story of wartime...

'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of extraordinary heroism by ordinary people. - James...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328915344Author Norman OhlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm *...

Ground-breaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations Direct Action Sniper Nicholas Irving, the 3rd Ranger Battalion's deadliest sniper with 33 confirmed kills, though his remarkable career total, including...

During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634241564Author Jim MacGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Trine DayPublisher Trine DayWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 36mm

This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took on a more...

Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'useful [corrective] to the romantic conception of war', R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End is an unflinching vision of life in the trenches towards the end of the First World War, published in Penguin Classics.Set in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654438Author Osamu TezukaFormat HardbackPage Count 648Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 871g

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately...

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and German novelist Mirjam...

Winner of the RSL Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award'A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece' The New York Times Book ReviewCaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was...

Everyone is familiar with the story of D-Day and the triumphal liberation of France by the Allies: a barbaric enemy was defeated by Allied ingenuity, courage and overwhelming military force, helped by dreadful German command errors and the terrible state...

Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and was brought to the fore with several acclaimed and award-winning television shows and the recent huge success of his podcast We...

Explore World War II in unprecedented detail with this compelling geographical guide.If you're interested in finding out more about one of the deadliest wars in history, then this war book is perfect for you. World War II Map by Map is an intricately...

Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. In the...

'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' - Dan SnowIn SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military...

'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war' Mail on SundayDamien Lewis's new bestseller tells the action-packed, riveting story of the band of mavericks and...

Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller 'Full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive' Sunday Times ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654445Author Osamu TezukaFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 814g

A stunning story of heroism and survival during World War II. The book that inspired the international film of the same name. "A must-read .... Intrigue, suspense, and adventure."-The Norwegian American"I remember reading We Die Alone in 1970 and I could...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593491225Author Shannon MonaghanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu...