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Somewhere in France

Somewhere in France
  • Author(s): Jennifer Robson
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother’s rigid expectations forbid Lily from following her heart. When war breaks...

Somewhere Only We Know

Somewhere Only We Know
  • Author(s): Cathy Bramley
  • Location(s): Bali, Nepal, Sydney, World
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

When Magnolia Jones finds her daughter’s travel journal, she can think of no better way to honour her life than setting off on the gap year trip that twenty-three-year-old Brontë had dreamed of taking. It was meant to be...

Somewhere South of Tuscany

Somewhere South of Tuscany
  • Author(s): Diana G Armstrong
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Umbria
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Modern

Somewhere South of Tuscany is a feet-on-the-ground account of living and cooking in Italy, in the spectacular Italian countryside. After only one brief visit, Diana Armstrong, a cookbook author and food and travel writer, buys an ancient stone house...

Somewhere Still

Somewhere Still
  • Author(s): Denitta Ward
  • Location(s): Kansas City
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Escape to the Roaring Twenties when the rules were clear & made to be broken, and a young women embarks on a journey of love, betrayal, and redemption. “In her debut novel, Ward paints a vivid portrait of Kansas...

Somewhere, Home

Somewhere, Home
  • Author(s): Nada Awar Jarrar
  • Location(s): Palestine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This remarkable novel, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, tells the story of three women, each of them far from where they came, all of whom are still searching for somewhere that can be called home. Maysa returns to...

Son of Hydra

Son of Hydra
  • Author(s): Shelley Dark
  • Location(s): Malta, New South Wales
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1829 onwards

He had everything — power, privilege, a future. One reckless decision cost him his name, his freedom, and everything he thought defined a man. Sydney, 1829. Ghikas Voulgaris was born to command — the proud son of a powerful...

Son of Hydra: A Historical Novel of Love, Exile, Redemption, and Australia’s First Greek Convict

Son of Hydra: A Historical Novel of Love, Exile, Redemption, and Australia’s First Greek Convict
  • Author(s): Shelley Dark
  • Location(s): Greece, Australia, Malta
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1800s

He had everything — power, privilege, a future. One reckless decision cost him his name, his freedom, and everything he thought defined a man. Sydney, 1829. Ghikas Voulgaris was born to command — the proud son of a powerful...

Son of Nobody

Son of Nobody
  • Author(s): Yann Martel
  • Location(s): Hisarlik (Troy)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Trojan War

The past is never done with: always the song continues Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it....

Song

Song
  • Author(s): Michelle Jana Chan
  • Location(s): World, Guyana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Song is just a boy when he sets out from Lishui village in China. Brimming with courage and ambition, he leaves behind his impoverished broken family, hoping he’ll make his fortune and return home. Chasing tales of sugarcane, rubber...

Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence

Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
  • Author(s): Jean Gill
  • Location(s): Languedoc Roussillon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 12th Century

‘Believable, page-turning and memorable.’ Lela Michael, S.P. Review Winner of the Global Ebook Award for Best Historical Fiction 1150: Provence On the run from abuse, Estela wakes in a ditch with only her lute, her amazing voice, and a...

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