- Location(s): India, Berkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930's/Present day
In 1934, Anna Foster, the young wife of a British Army Officer, privately harbouring pain and remorse, sets sail from Bombay on a fateful journey home, a letter from a charismatic stranger – orphanage superintendent, Reverend Ezra Burroughs –...
- Location(s): Madrid
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Historical, Romance
- Era(s): 1957
Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the...
- Location(s): Madrid
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Madrid, 1957. Daniel, young, wealthy and unsure of his place in the world, views the city through the lens of his camera. Ana, a hotel maid whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. Lives and...
- Location(s): North Devon
- Genre(s): Noir, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms. The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed...
- Location(s): North Carolina
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
In small towns between the North Carolina Piedmont and the coast the best scenery is often in the sky. On flat sweeps of red clay and scrub pine the days move monotonously, safely, but above, in the blink of...
- Location(s): The Sudan
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1902
Just before sailing off to war in the Sudan, British guardsman Harry Feversham quits his regiment. He immediately receives four white feathers—symbols of cowardice—one each from his three best friends and his fiancée. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1700s
Alvise Marangon is a reluctant spy drawn into the grip of Venice’s powerful secret service. After he is arrested in a tavern brawl, he is summoned to meet its head, the Missier Grande. He is coerced into a top-secret...
The Four Quarters of the World
- Location(s): Ethiopia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1866
Abyssinia, 1866. The crazed (some say) but dynamic Christian King of Kings has taken power of Tewodros II. His vision: to reunite Ethiopia under one crown, one God. To that end he moves his massive, gorgeously arrayed army from...
The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall 1795-1797 (Poldark Book 6)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1790s
Cornwall 1795-1797. Although Ross Poldark – now something of a war hero – seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife Demelza. All four...
- Location(s): Texas, California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
She will discover the best of herself in the worst of times . . . Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the...
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