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Paperback. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where her mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by love of an unassailable strength. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781860469015
ISBN
9781860469015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Christopher and Toni found in each other the perfect companion for that universal adolescent pastime: smirking at the world as you find it. Longing for real life to begin, Christopher makes for Paris in time for les evenements of 1968, only to miss it all in a haze of sex, French theatre and first love. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784705916
ISBN
9781784705916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. It is 1919 and the end of the war has not brought peace for Emeline Vane. Lost in grief, she is suddenly alone at the heart of a depleted family. She can no longer cope. And just as everything seems to be slipping beyond her control, in a moment of desperation, she boards a train and runs away. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784160739
ISBN
9781784160739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Series: The Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781405921497
ISBN
9781405921497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749399573
ISBN
9780749399573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Series: The Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780718196424
ISBN
9780718196424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Remembrance Day 1920: A wartime secret connects three women's lives: Hettie whose wounded brother won't speak; Evelyn who still grieves for her lost lover; and Ada, who has never received an official letter about her son's death, and is still waiting for him to come home. Can these three women ever let go of the past? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FJMF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552779463
ISBN
9780552779463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. The war of Troy is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, friends and enemies. Into this maelstrom of treachery and deceit come three travellers; Piria, a runaway priestess nursing a terrible secret, Kalliades, a warrior with a legendary sword, and Banokles who will carve his own legend in the battles to come. Series: Troy. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 108 x 40. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780552151122
ISBN
9780552151122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. The Emperor Hadrian writes a valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. This work recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. Translator(s): Frick, Grace. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184968
ISBN
9780141184968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.11

Paperback. In an 18th-Century England of wit, womanising and powdered wigs, provincial Philip Jettan runs the risk of irreproachability. Cleone Charteris stands in no such danger. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9780099474432
ISBN
9780099474432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Tells the story of a haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000163
ISBN
9780099744412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 305 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241977637
ISBN
9780241977637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Hardback. Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder-and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787199965
ISBN
9781787199965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486466040
ISBN
9780486466040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Wintery Roman Britain in AD 52 is the setting for an action-packed novel of courage, camaraderie and warfare from No. 1 bestselling Simon Scarrow, author of BROTHERS IN BLOOD and GLADIATOR. The fourteenth novel in the bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, Maps, chart. BIC Classification: FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781472213303
ISBN
9781472213303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas' step-daughter has eloped with his rival in trade: a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas. Series: House of Niccolo. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140113594
ISBN
9780140113594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. Kate Atkinson called this story of an epic journey across America 'thoughtful, thought-provoking and incredibly atmospheric'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755344550
ISBN
9780755344550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Judith Lennox's novels are full of excitement and drama, with great appeal for readers of Kate Morton and fans of DOWNTON ABBEY. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755331321
ISBN
9780755331321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. From the number one bestselling author comes a swashbuckling tale of mutiny and murder in paradise .. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 200 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Quick Reads edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449132
ISBN
9780007449132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.86

Paperback. Across the ocean, in early sixteenth-century Mexico, the Aztec Empire is under the fatal grip of Hernan Cortes and his Mayan lover. While they scheme and conquer, fight and fuck, their domestic comedy will change the course of history, throwing the world - and Rome's tennis match - into a mind-bending reverie of assassinations, and executions. Translator(s): Wimmer, Natasha. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099598053
ISBN
9780099598053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. In the tradition of Sarah Waters, a brilliant evocation of the dark heart of Victorian London Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542051
ISBN
9781848542051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. The absorbing new novel from the author of The Chapel at the Edge of the World Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541535
ISBN
9781848541535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus Publishing GB
Edition
UK airports ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066439
ISBN
9781782066439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Bestselling inspirational author Stephanie Grace Whitson has crafted a tale of romance and adventure inspired by the true story of one of America's first female river boat captains. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455529056
ISBN
9781455529056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

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