- Location(s): Portofino
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1970 / 1944
When Gina Bianchi returns to the beautiful Italian resort of Portofino to attend her father’s funeral, she is beset by vivid memories of World War 2, when she joined the Resistance, alongside her identical twin sister, Adele. In her...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): early 2000s
Sparks fly as fiery Casey Reddick and brooding Hollywood actor Tate Landers clash in the Virginia summer heat. A chef who puts her career first and her love life second, Casey doesn’t see what every girl in town is...
- Location(s): Indonesia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): early 20th century
Pramoedya’s The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves...
- Location(s): Cannes
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1939
The #1 bestselling author of Cooking for Picasso and The Godmothers returns with The Girl from the Grand Hotel, a dazzling historical novel that brings readers into the glamorous world of the first (and doomed) Cannes Film Festival and...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s/1980s
It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina’s artist father Mikhail has been kept away...
- Location(s): North East India
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s and WW2
She’s half the world away, but her heart remains in India. In the dying days of the Raj, Anglo-Indian schoolgirl Adela Robson dreams of a glamorous career on the stage. When she sneaks away from school in the back...
- Location(s): South Africa, Poland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2 onwards
A sweeping international love story that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit over the inhumanities of war and prejudice. Six-year-old Gretl and her sister jump from a train bound for Auschwitz, her mother and grandmother unable to squeeze...
- Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
“Appa enna solluvaro? What will Appa say?” Malathi comes from a conservative family. When she takes up a job in Bengaluru, her father gives her a list of conditions. Falling in love is definitely not among them! Aditya is...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1943 onwards
1943 Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini’s laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save her life. Lidia joins the partisans in the...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): mid 20th century
When 8-year-old Mirren Gilchrist is orphaned after a tragic accident, she is sent to live with her estranged relatives deep in the Yorkshire Dales. She struggles to fit in, her town ways a mystery to the country children. One...
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