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Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
- Location(s): Paris, London, New York City (NYC), Tokyo, Venice
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Flâneuse , noun, from the French. Feminine form of flâneur , an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition.’ If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia – then...
- Location(s): Venice, Dorset, Lisbon, Prague
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Hotel returns with an enchanting new holiday read about family bonds and following your heart, wherever it might take you… With her marriage in danger of falling apart, Joanna returns home to...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Do you believe in magic? Elena Montella has some problems. Their names are Reuben, Mark and Prof and she’s engaged to all three of them. But it’s time she made her mind up because they’re all expecting a wedding...
- Location(s): Veneto
- Genre(s): Humour
- Era(s): 1990s
“Am I giving the impression that I don’t like the Veneto? It’s not true. I love it. But like any place that’s become home I hate it too.” How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy –...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 19th and 20th centuries
In this elegant book Richard Bosworth explores Venice—not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. Bosworth looks at the glamour and squalor...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Venice. The perfect setting for romance, and for secrets to be shared. ‘Stunning, utterly beautiful . . . Jill at her absolute best. One of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read’ Jo Thomas Fen can’t believe her...
- Location(s): Hawai'i, England, Los Angeles, Marrakech, Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
- Era(s): Contemporary
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Rufus Leung Gresham, future Duke of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his scheming mother, is for him to attend his sister’s...
Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon
- Location(s): Paris, Venice, Vienna
- Genre(s): Biography, Historical
- Era(s): Early 19th century
In 1787, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Venetian statesman, is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 18th century and late 20th century
Complex, beautiful, suspenseful, Lucifer’s Shadow was David Hewson’s tantalising and rewarding novel first novel set in Italy, now republished with a new introduction by the author. Previously republished in some markets as The Cemetery of Secrets. When Daniel Forster,...
- 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...
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