- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Paranormal
- Era(s): Modern
Out-of-work actress Derry O’Donnell is young, talented, a teeny bit psychic … and broke. Spurred on by an ultimatum from her awesomely high-achieving mother, and with a little help from her theatrical friends, Derry embarks on a part-time career...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
This is the story of three women – one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly...
Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Children, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1791, French Revolution
A stunning picture book biography about the tightrope walker who dazzled Paris as she danced across the sky with impeccable balance and unparalleled skill during the French Revolution. In revolutionary France, a girl named Marguerite Lalanne longed to perform...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 18th century
Celie Rosseau is a talented young artist who, along with her partner Algernon, resorts to petty thieving on the streets of Paris to survive. It is 1789: rumours of rebellion against the monarchy are starting to spread in the...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Gothic, Historical
- Era(s): 18th Century
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Mexican Gothic, a novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by a dangerous wager. Venice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted...
Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness
- Location(s): Egypt, Greece, Kavala
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness takes place in and around a 24/7 harbourside café in a Greek town. It tells the story of the Egyptian immigrants who work as fishermen on the trawlers and other outcasts who...
- Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): late 20th / early 21st century
Some people visit Africa once in their lifetime to marvel at expansive savannas or subtropical woodlands. Their exotic destination was my home. I grew up completely spoiled by the accessibility of wild places. Africa was my playground. I’d taken...
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Late 19th century
August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship’s...
Madinah: City Stories from the Middle East
- Location(s): Middle East
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Madinah’ – the Arabic word for ‘city’ – may conjure labyrinthine streets and the hustle and bustle of the souq in Westerners’ minds, but for the inhabitants of the Middle East it is a much more mercurial thing, and...
Madrid Underground: A Superintendent Bernal Mystery
- Location(s): Madrid
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1970s
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