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Beautiful World, Where Are You

Beautiful World, Where Are You
  • Author(s): Sally Rooney
  • Location(s): Dublin, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting...

Bella Toscana

Bella Toscana
  • Author(s): Nanette Littlestone
  • Location(s): Rome, Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2018

Rome, Italy: “You are looking for love for a long time,” she says. “Your soul needs this. Without this love you are only half alive.” Toscana Blake’s enthusiasm for life has fizzled. Though she dreams of more, the ever-practical...

Boudicca’s Daughter

Boudicca’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Elodie Harper
  • Location(s): East Anglia, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1st Century CE

Boudicca. Infamous warrior, queen of the British Iceni tribe and mastermind of one of history’s greatest revolts. Her defeat spelled ruin for her people, yet still her name is enough to strike fear into Roman hearts. But what of...

Brother of the More Famous Jack

Brother of the More Famous Jack
  • Author(s): Barbara Trapido
  • Location(s): Sussex, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the centre of Professor Jacob Goldman’s rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife Jane gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets the...

Bullets, Butterflies, and Italy

Bullets, Butterflies, and Italy
  • Author(s): John Meyer
  • Location(s): Siena, Amalfi Coast, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Zack Curtis truly dreads his thirtieth birthday. Estranged from his family and friends, he hopes his trip to Italy will lift his spirits and trigger the inspiration for a happier life. But he soon offends an elusive mobster who...

Cabal (Aurelio Zen 03)

Cabal (Aurelio Zen 03)
  • Author(s): Michael Dibdin
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

On a dark November night, Prince Ludovico Ruspanti falls a hundred and fifty feet to his death in St Peter’s basilica in Rome. But there are too many questions and the papal authorities need help – Inspector Aurelio Zen...

Caesar’s Women (Masters of Rome – 4)

Caesar’s Women (Masters of Rome – 4)
  • Author(s): Colleen McCullough
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): BC

Circus Maximus: Race to the Death

Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
  • Author(s): Annelise Gray
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Ancient Roman

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12...

Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track

Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track
  • Author(s): Annelise Gray
  • Location(s): Rome, Africa
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Ancient Rome

Disguised as the mysterious Princess Sophonisba, Dido is the only girl ever to have raced to victory in the Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting arena of Ancient Rome. Now she has vanished with the Emperor Caligula’s favourite horse …...

City Secrets: Rome

City Secrets: Rome
  • Author(s): Robert Kahn
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

The inside track on Rome, this is not a travel guide. From the author’s blog: The coffee at Sant’Eustachio is unbelievable but go to Tazza d’Oro for the granita di caffè….

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