- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1910
Russia, 1910. Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg’s aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. But she scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1598
In the autumn of 1598, Abraham, a melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, seeks his fortune far from the imprisoning ghetto walls of Venice. Traveling halfway across the world, he lands in the lush and exotic Burmese kingdom of Pegu—an...
The Jewelled Moth (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Edwardian era
A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens. The follow up to Katherine Woodfine’s bestselling debut novel, The Clockwork Sparrow. THE HONOUR...
- Location(s): Malawi
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Samson Kambalu’s father wore three-piece, London-made suits from the Sixties. He’d planned to be a doctor but settled for hospital administration and a peripatetic lifestyle with his ever expanding family in tow. He is ‘the Jive Talker’ of this...
- Location(s): Pennsylvania, Johnstown
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): end 19th century
At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been...
- Location(s): Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 2000s
Ethan Willis is a confused 18 year old who struggles with the uncertainties of life and has embarked on a quest to find his elder sister, Charlotte, who disappeared whilst travelling in South East Asia. Ethan admires and idolises...
The Journal of a Tour to Corsica and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
- Location(s): Corsica
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): 18th century
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its...
- Location(s): Kentucky, Christian County, Pennsylvania
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Discover along with Titus Fisher how life can begin anew in Christian County, Kentucky. Moving from Pennsylvania, finding rewarding work, and leaving a broken romance behind is the best decision Titus...
- Location(s): World, Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1954
A young Queen. Two sisters. A voyage that will change their fates forever. Nineteen-year-old identical twins Violet and Daisie Chettle can hardly believe their luck when they are recruited as maids on newly coronated Queen Elizabeth II’s royal ship....
- Location(s): Lebanon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
From the author of Gate of the Sun and “one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab World” (The Washington Post Book World) comes the many-layered story of Little Gandhi, or Abd Al-Karim, a shoe shine in a...
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