- Location(s): Vienna, London
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Sarra Manning. Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her...
- Location(s): Seville
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): modern day
A romance set in Seville, a tender love story which delves into the emotional highs and lows of being in love, friendship and trust. Music is almost an extra character, and colours the scenes, reflects the feelings of Valentina...
- Location(s): Morocco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Also titled The Man Between Renowned author Kit Carradine is approached by an MI6 officer with a seemingly straightforward assignment: to track down a mysterious woman hiding somewhere in the exotic, perilous city of Marrakesh. But when Carradine learns the...
- Location(s): Rome
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- Location(s): Delaware
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A warm Sunday in November 1957. As Sputnik 2 orbits the earth, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day. Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isn’t particularly happy in his job but he fulfils the role,...
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 15th Century
“In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all.”...
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
- Location(s): Somalia
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Award-winning journalist James Fergusson is among the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the failed and desperate state of Somalia. This corner of the world has long been seen as the rotting...
- Location(s): Central Spain
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Era(s): 2017. Just after the Brexit referendum.
Kenneth Podd is pompous and egotistical. He is also eccentric to the extreme; an ardent supporter of Brexit, he emigrates to Spain shortly after the referendum. Finding the historic town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial a little foreign...
- Location(s): Chicago, Iowa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
At a family wedding, the four Sorenson sisters polka-dot the green lawn in their summer pastels, with varying shades of hair and varying degrees of unease. Their long-infatuated parents watch on with a combination of love and concern. Sixteen...
- Location(s): Mount Everest
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Early 20th century
The untold story of Britain’s most mysterious mountaineering legend – Maurice Wilson – and his heroic attempt to climb Everest alone. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I...
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