Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #TalkingLocationWith … pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…
Novels set on board the Orient Express. Have you ever wondered what it might be like to travel on board the Venice Simplon Orient Express? Many of us can only guess and fantasise how wonderfully luxurious it might be...
Conclave by Robert Harris, thriller set in the Vatican. Conclave is a classic Robert Harris read. It shows why he is such a great and popular writer. As ever with Robert, it is meticulously researched – taking real events...
Have you ever wondered what it is like to write a travel guide? Here Dorothy Stannard, editor of the Marco Polo Guides to the UAE and Lisbon shares her insights… we then review Marco Polo’s Guide Perfect Days in London/Travel...
Cold Winter in Bordeaux by Allan Massie, mystery set in Bordeaux, World War II. I had never read any of Allan Massie’s books before and had no expectations. However, the book soon gripped me, mainly due to style of...
Literary London by Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison, explore London through literary greats. As author Anthony Trevelyan says of Literary London: “A pungent sense of the capital on every page”. Literary London is an incredibly attractive book with a scraper...
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