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House of Trelawney

House of Trelawney
  • Author(s): Hannah Rothschild
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The seat of the Trelawney family for over 800 years, Trelawney Castle was once the jewel of the Cornish coast. Each successive Earl spent with abandon, turning the house and grounds into a sprawling, extravagant palimpsest of wings, turrets...

In a Kingdom by the Sea

In a Kingdom by the Sea
  • Author(s): Sara MacDonald
  • Location(s): Karachi, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Gabby’s husband accepts a transfer to Pakistan, she discovers a new world of heat and colour, of exotic bazaars and trips to the breath-taking Kashmiri mountains. It is an escape she didn’t know she was looking for. But...

Invisible Borders: New Women’s Writing from Cornwall

Invisible Borders: New Women’s Writing from Cornwall
  • Author(s): Linda Cleary (editor)
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A collection of Cornwall inspired poetry and prose by twenty three new and established women writers, ‘Invisible Borders’ is a lyrical journey through the Cornish coastline, wild rural landscape and towns, reaching outward to far-flung lands in a rich...

It Started with a Secret

It Started with a Secret
  • Author(s): Jill Mansell
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): RomCom

Jill’s Mansell’s irresistible new book is the perfect escape. A beautiful Cornish setting, a chaotic family, a woman who’s had enough of romance – or has she? The trouble with secrets is that you can’t guess what the consequences...

Jeremy Poldark (Poldark Book 3)

Jeremy Poldark (Poldark Book 3)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1790s

Jeremy Poldark is the third novel in Winston Graham’s hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. Cornwall 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he...

Leaving George

Leaving George
  • Author(s): Diane M Dickson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

She made a carefully planned getaway that she thought left no trace… After twenty years of hell, Pauline decides to leave her abusive husband. Her escape has been meticulously planned so that he will not be able to find...

Light Over Liskeard

Light Over Liskeard
  • Author(s): Louis de Bernières
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Liskeard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he’s looking for somewhere to ride out what’s ahead. He buys...

Lighting the Sky

Lighting the Sky
  • Author(s): Katharine E Smith
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): present-day

“I LOVE this book. It flowed perfectly from beginning to end. I couldn’t put it down.” All is set to change for Alice and Sam as they expect their first child together. Just how they are going to fit...

Local Resistance

Local Resistance
  • Author(s): J G Harlond
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Second World War

Make Do and Murder . . . Porthferris near Looe in Cornwall is a little fishing village with a lot of secrets. On a stormy night in March, 1941, Maisie Rose Hawkins leaves her husband, Stan, drunk as usual,...

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart
  • Author(s): Holly Seddon
  • Location(s): Mousehole
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s to present day

Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul make the age-old vow that if they don’t find love by thirty, they will marry each other. Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide...

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