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I Love Capri

I Love Capri
  • Author(s): Belinda Jones
  • Location(s): Amalfi Coast, Capri, Verona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Kim Rees became a translator for the glamorous jet-set lifestyle. So, five years later, how come she’s ended up in a basement flat in Cardiff translating German computer games in her dressing gown? Fortunately her mother has a plan...

Six Days In Rome

Six Days In Rome
  • Author(s): Francesca Giacco
  • Location(s): Verona, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Emilia, an artist, arrives in Rome alone. What was supposed to be a romantic trip has, with the sudden end of her relationship, become a solitary one. Six days lie ahead. She wanders the streets, surrendering herself to the...

The Measure

The Measure
  • Author(s): Nikki Erlick
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Venice, Verona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern day

‘COMPELLING AND HEART-BREAKING’ Bridget Collins, bestselling author of The Binding ‘ONE OF THE MOST LIFE-AFFIRMING NOVELS I’VE READ IN A LONG WHILE’ CHRISTINA DALCHER, bestselling author of Vox Your fate arrives in a box on your doorstep. Do you...

Garden of Letters

Garden of Letters
  • Author(s): Alyson Richman
  • Location(s): Portofino, Verona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Largely set in World War II, Verona, both before and during the German Occupation.  Elodie Bertolotti is a very gifted young cellist who becomes involved in the Italian Resistance movement. She plays her cello but everything changes when her...

Death in Verona

Death in Verona
  • Author(s): Roy Harley Lewis
  • Location(s): Verona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In the fifth of his critically acclaimed crime novel series featuring Matthew CoIl, the bookseller detective, Roy Harley Lewis turns his attention to one of the truly great love stories, Romeo and Juliet. Although captivated by Shakespeare’s dialogue, Matt...

Notes from Verona

Notes from Verona
  • Author(s): Richard Hough
  • Location(s): Verona
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A short series of reflections from inside locked-down Italy provides a thoughtful reminder of the beauty, charm and wonder at the heart of Italian life, even in the most trying times. From an emotional overnight drive over a snow-filled...

Painting Death

Painting Death
  • Author(s): Tim Parks
  • Location(s): Verona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Morris Duckworth has a dark past. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has now become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it’s not enough. He comes up with a plan to...

The Ghostly Father

The Ghostly Father
  • Author(s): Sue Barnard
  • Location(s): Venice, Verona
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Late 1400s to early 1500s, with a present-day framework

The discovery of an ancient Italian manuscript gives rise to a fascinating question: What if the story of Romeo & Juliet really did happen in 15th-century Italy – and what if it didn’t happen quite the way we think...

Verona at War (Volume I)

Verona at War (Volume I)
  • Author(s): Richard Hough
  • Location(s): Verona
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1920s/1930s

This is the story of an ancient city at war. From the embers of the Great War, a violent new ideology is born. In the streets and piazzas of Verona, the fledgling movement establishes a foothold. Led by charismatic...

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