- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Published in the USA as The Last Russian Doll. In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land … … Rosie lived peacefully in Moscow and her mother told her fairy tales. One summer night, all that came abruptly to...
- Location(s): Berlin, Dachau
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history A daughter’s search for the truth Germany, 1929. When Max, a Jewish architect, and Bettina, a beautiful and celebrated German avant-garde artist, meet at a party their attraction is instant. In...
- Location(s): Northern France
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union,...
- Location(s): London, Oxford
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 19th Century
One morning in 1890, a painting wrapped in brown paper appears on the steps of the National Gallery and causes a sensation. It’s clearly by Timothy Ponden-Hall, whose paintings were celebrated and debated not just for their beauty, but...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything . . . Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn’t always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she’s estranged from her mother and sister. For years she’s kept...
- Location(s): London, Australia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s and 2002
2002, Australia. When Melissa discovers a postcard addressed to ‘Desmond’ among her recently deceased father’s effects, she is determined to discover this person’s identity and his relationship to her father. She soon embarks on a journey that will take...
- Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau, Europe, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2003 looking back
In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and Jacques....
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
A year after the kiss that brought them together in a snowy train-station doorway, Maya and James are embarking on another journey – this time around the world. The trip starts promisingly, with an opulent and romantic Indian wedding....
The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker
- Location(s): Brighton
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When Harry Whittaker, much loved star of stage and screen, dies suddenly of a heart attack, he finds himself still in this world. Trapped in a bizarre afterlife, he struggles to free himself. Meanwhile, his estranged son Richard is...
- Location(s): Chile
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
The unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award-winning Il Postino, this classic novel established Antonio Skarmeta’s reputation as “one of the most representative authors of the post-boom generation in contemporary Latin American letters”. Boisterously funny and passionate, The Postman tells...
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