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The Fountains of Silence

The Fountains of Silence
  • Author(s): Ruta Sepetys
  • 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...

The Four

The Four
  • Author(s): Ellie Keel
  • 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...

The Four Corners of the Sky

The Four Corners of the Sky
  • Author(s): Michael Malone
  • 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...

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers
  • Author(s): A E W Mason
  • 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...

The Four Horsemen

The Four Horsemen
  • Author(s): Gregory Dowling
  • 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

The Four Quarters of the World
  • Author(s): Karen Mercury
  • 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)

The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall 1795-1797 (Poldark Book 6)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • 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...

The Four Winds

The Four Winds
  • Author(s): Kristin Hannah
  • 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...

The Fourth Largest In Latvia

The Fourth Largest In Latvia
  • Author(s): Miks Koljers
  • Location(s): Latvia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Fourth Largest In Latvia sees “Leading scholar in his field” Viktor Draaks embarking – against his will – on an increasingly desperate and absurd journey through Latvian society. On the way he encounters many of the typical inhabitants...

The Fourth Princess

The Fourth Princess
  • Author(s): Janie Chang
  • Location(s): Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Historical, Gothic
  • Era(s): 1911

From the internationally bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon comes a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even...

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