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Assassin’s Creed Official 10 Books Collection Set (Books 1 – 10) (Renaissance, Brotherhood, Secret Crusade, Revelations, Unity, Underworld, Heresy, Odyssey & MORE!)
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:Assassin’s Creed Official 10 Books Collection Set (Books 1 – 10):
Renaissance:
I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore di Firenze. I am an Assassin The Year of Our Lord 1476 – the Renaissance: culture and art flourish alongside the bloodiest corruption and violence.Brotherhood:
I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn’t built in a day and it won’t be restored by a lone assassin.The Secret Crusade:
Niccolò Polo, father of Marco, will finally reveal the story he has kept secret all his life – the story of Altaïr, one of the brotherhood’s most extraordinary Assassins.Revelations:
Older, wiser and more deadly than ever, Master Assassin Ezio Auditore embarks on an epic journey to find the lost library of Altair.Forsaken:
I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it 1735 – London.Black Flag:
It’s the Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcome all loyalties – and a brash young captain.Unity:
1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution.Underworld:
1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world’s first underground railway.Heresy:
Simon Hathaway, member of the Templar Inner Sanctum, brings a cool head and detached manner to his new role as Head of Abstergo Industry’s Historical Research Division.Odyssey:
Kassandra is a mercenary of Spartan blood, sentenced to death by her family, cast out into exile.Read more
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Black Lives Matter: BLM Journal, Notebook, Black Power, BAE, Black Empowerment, African American, Activist, Political, 6×9, 110 Pages, White Paper
Carry your african background with pride and honour and embrace your heritage. A great gift for the strong, educated, young and gifted. Great for the office or for school. The possibilities are endless! It’s a great size to keep in your purse or bag! SIZE: 6 X 9 PAPER: Lightly Lined on White Paper PAGES: 110 Pages COVER: Soft Cover (Matte)Read more
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Dances with Wolves: The American Frontier Epic including The Holy Road: The Complete Epic including The Holy Road
The book that inspired the epic movie, Dances With Wolves, and its sequel, The Holy Road, together in one volume for the first time.
1863. The last occupant of Fort Sedgewick, Lieutenant John Dunbar watches over the American frontier. A thousand miles back east, his comrades are locked in battle with the Confederates, but out here he is alone.His desolate posting will bring him into contact with the lords of the southern plains – the Comanche. He has no knowledge of their customs but Dunbar is intrigued by these people and begins a transformation from which he emerges a different man. A man called Dances With Wolves.
The story continues, 11 years later in The Holy Road. Times are hard for the Comanche. The white man is closing in from all directions, claiming land, driving the tribes on to reservations. Should the Comanche fight or make peace? Misunderstanding and duplicity lead to raids and atrocities on both sides that can have only one conclusion. The man that was John Dunbar must go to war again.
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Diamond Promises: Book 3 in a brand new series by beloved author Anna Jacobs
The third book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy bestselling author Anna Jacobs
Lancashire, 1895. Lancashire, 1895. Abigail Dawson has lived in fear of her father for thirty years. But when, after uprooting them to a grand new home in Ollerthwaite, he’s found murdered in the street, her life is turned upside down.
Alone and caught in a web of her father’s secrets, Abigail needs someone to rely on – so when hardworking handyman Rufus promises her a new life, she’s thrilled at the chance to have a family of her own. But as they grow closer, could it be more than a marriage of convenience?
Meanwhile, the rebuilding of the Ollerton estate is bringing new life to the valley – but old grudges, and new threats, are disturbing the peace. With plans for the Diamond Jubilee approaching, can the whole village band together to protect their home?
*Available to pre-order now!*
Readers love Anna Jacobs!
‘Amazing’ – 5 STARS
‘Thank you, Anna, for the pleasure you give in all your books’ – 5 STARS
‘Another brilliant, hard-to-put-down book’ – 5 STARS
‘Can’t wait for the next instalment’ – 5 STARS
‘A real page turner, I can’t wait to read the next one’ – 5 STARS
‘Another triumph for Anna Jacobs’ – 5 STARS
‘BRILLIANT READ’ – 5 STARS
Book 1 in the Jubilee Lake Saga, SILVER WISHES, is out now in hardback, eBook and audio
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Have you discovered all of Anna Jacobs’ wonderful series?
For a story of romance, drama and family ties on Daisy Street, try the BACKSHAW MOSS series:
A VALLEY DREAM
A VALLEY SECRET
A VALLEY WEDDINGFor a heartwarming and emotional saga set in a Lancashire valley, try the BIRCH END series:
A DAUGHTER’S JOURNEY
A WIDOW’S COURAGE
A WOMAN’S PROMISERead more
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Sharpe’s Command: The latest thrilling adventure from the best-selling master of historical fiction, the perfect gift for Christmas 2023
*Special collector’s edition with foiled signature on the board, exclusive to the first print run*
SHARPE IS BACK.
The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.
If any man can do the impossible it’s Richard Sharpe . . .
And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he’s dispatched on an undercover mission behind enemy lines, deep in the Spanish countryside.
For a remote village is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in the north and one in the south; if they meet, the British are doomed.
Only Sharpe’s small group of men – with their cunning and courage to rely on – stand in their way. But they’re rapidly outnumbered, enemies are hiding in plain sight, and time is running out . . .
SHARPE’S COMMAND is the brand new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
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READERS LOVE SHARPE’S COMMAND:
‘Bernard is a great storyteller and historian’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Once again this is a page turner. Loved it!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘What a fantastic book . . . another great adventure for Richard Sharpe’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sharpe alongside Patrick, Teresa and Hogan up to their necks in French men and Spanish treachery’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sharpe is back, bashing Napoleon’s lot in the mountains of Spain . . . classic Sharpe!’ – reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bernard Cornwell’s book ‘Uhtred’s Feast’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 22-05-2023.
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The Book of Jobe: A Tale of Victorian Liverpool: 1
In late 19th century Liverpool, the hills of Everton look down on the River Mersey and the thriving port that brings so much wealth to the city. But the confusion of black roofed tenements, courts and slums that stretch as far as they eye can see reveal that amongst the gilded prosperity there lies a neglect of any pursuit beyond the merest means of existence.Jobe, born on the sloping hills, is oblivious to the struggle of life in the slums where his Catholic mother was raised or the opulence of the rolling Wirral pastures of his Protestant father’s youth. It is not until an unforeseen circumstance imposes the disease of desperation and depravation onto his life that he becomes aware of the poverty, industrial unrest and sectarian storms that are blowing through the city.
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The Color Purple: The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The classic, PULITZER PRIZE-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. Set in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls ‘father’, she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker – a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves. ‘One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read … it is stunning – moving, exciting, and wonderful’ Lenny HenryRead more
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The Dance Tree: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
Set in an era of superstition and hysteria, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree is a story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge. The gripping, historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, as seen on BBC Two’s Between the Covers.
‘Brilliant’ – Marian Keyes
‘I absolutely loved this book’ – Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause, and as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency: musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women.
Beyond the city, pregnant Lisbet tends the bees that are her livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum, Lisbet’s sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years’ penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name.
As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, Lisbet finds herself thrust into a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a dangerous tune . . .
Shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown
‘Intriguing, haunting, beautiful’ – Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
‘Extraordinary, enthralling’ – Sunday Times
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The Siege of Loyalty House: A new history of the English Civil War
**A TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, THE CRITIC, MAIL ON SUNDAY, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR**
‘A gifted narrative historian, eloquent, graceful and witty; the stories she tells are the ones we all should know’ Hilary Mantel
It was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war . . .
This is the story of a home that became a warzone. Basing House in Hampshire saw one of the longest and bloodiest sieges of the English Civil War. Defended for over two years by artists and aristocrats, actors and apothecaries, women and children, it became a symbol of royalist defiance and a microcosm of the wider conflict.
Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and the voices of dozens of soldiers and civilians, award-winning historian Jessie Childs weaves a thrilling tale of war and peace, terror and faith, savagery and civilization.
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‘Extraordinary, thrilling, immersive … at times almost Tolstoyan in its emotional intelligence and literary power’ Simon Schama
‘Compellingly readable… [a] beautifully written and lucid account’ Mail on Sunday
‘Brilliant. Original. Gripping.’ Antonia Fraser
‘Beautifully written and gripping from first page to last. A sparkling book by one of the UK’s finest historians’ Peter Frankopan
‘The Siege of Loyalty House is not only deeply researched. Childs has composed a wonderfully poetic narrative and adds a touch of the gothic’ The Times
‘Successfully brings the ghastliness of the period to life, dramatically, vividly and with pathos’ Charles Spencer, Spectator
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The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.
‘Terrific – every bit as good as an MR James collection’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN
Featuring new and original stories from:
Bridget Collins, author of The Binding
Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
Andrew Michael Hurley, author of The Loney
Jess Kidd, author of Things in Jars
Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
Laura Purcell, author of The Silent Companions
Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora
Laura Shepherd-Robinson, author of The Square of Sevens
Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless StreetThe tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories – authored by some of today’s most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction – are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience.
Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.
So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .
‘I absolutely devoured The Winter Spirits. Every story is a gem’ LAURA SHEPPERSON
‘Another dazzling collection. Chilling, moving and incredibly satisfying’ AMANDA MASON
‘Eerily macabre, hauntingly propulsive’ JOANNE BURNRead more
£14.20£16.10The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
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To Woo and to Wed: A smart and swoony Regency rom-com of second chances! (Regency Vows)
The final instalment in the “hilarious and steamy” (PopSugar) Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.
If you love Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton, you won’t want to miss Martha Waters’ enticing new regency romantic comedy, To Woo and to Wed!
West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West’s almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course.
Now recently widowed, Sophie has put aside all thoughts of romance. But when her widowed sister, Alexandra, mentions a fondness for an earl, Sophie realizes that she may be holding her sister back. Alexandra won’t move forward with an engagement until Sophie, too, settles down again, and so Sophie approaches West with a plan. They will announce their engagement and break things off once Alexandra is happily married.
It’ll be simple. After all, it’s not like she is going to fall for West a second time, not when Sophie has sworn not to risk her heart again.
Are you up to date with all the Regency Vows books? Don’t miss:
To Have and to Hoax
To Love and to Loathe
To Marry and to Meddle
To Swoon and to Spar
To Woo and to Wed………….
Praise for Martha Waters’ ingenious rom-coms:
‘Waters’ prose harkens back to Georgette Heyer, but Emily and Julian’s individual journeys of learning to like their authentic selves are timeless’ BookPage
‘A worthy addition to the trend for historical romantic comedies and highly recommended for fans of Evie Dunmore’ Library Journal
‘Packed with saucy banter and delightful period details, this Regency rom-com is completely charming’ Hannah Orenstein
‘Pure fun on every page’ Sarah Hogle
‘A Regency author to watch. The sexual tension in this delightful debut was off-the-charts!’ Lauren Layne
‘A laugh-out-loud Regency romp – if you loved the Bridgertons, you’ll adore To Have and to Hoax!’ Lauren Willig
‘Delights with hilarious, high-concept romantic schemes . . . this joyful, elegant romp is sure to enchant’ Publishers Weekly, starred review
‘Cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed’ Booklist, starred review
‘To Have and to Hoax is an authentic romantic comedy . . . This fun and fresh historical debut will delight readers with humor and romance’ Shelf Awareness
‘Endlessly charming . . . absorbing and clever and at times laugh-out-loud funny’ Kate Clayborn
‘To Have and to Hoax is a delightful battle of wits that’s funny and touching all at once’ Jen DeLuca
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