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An Island Too Small

An Island Too Small
  • Author(s): Sara Alexi
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

High up in the sun soaked hills of the Greek Island of Orino, An Island Too Small is a tale of suspense and emotion which unravels the complex webs woven over years by unfulfilled lovers and dishonest friends. When...

An Octopus in My Ouzo

An Octopus in My Ouzo
  • Author(s): Jennifer Barclay
  • Location(s): Tilos
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Escape to the sunlight and colour of a wild island in the south Aegean. When Jennifer moves alone into the Honey Factory on a tiny Greek island, bringing a laptop, her hiking boots and plans for a peaceful life,...

Apokeri Bay

Apokeri Bay
  • Author(s): Jackie Watson
  • Location(s): Lefkas (Lefkada)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): modern day

Five days tucked away on a Greek island. Time enough for Anna Jenkinson to determine her future. And then travel home. But when our feisty female protagonist unexpectedly falls in love with the quaint village of Apokeri, she seizes...

Ariadne

Ariadne
  • Author(s): Jennifer Saint
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Ancient Greece

‘ARIADNE gives voice to the misused Princess of Crete who betrayed her father to save Theseus from the Minotaur. Relevant and revelatory.’ – Stylist As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister...

Arrested Song

Arrested Song
  • Author(s): Irena Karafilly
  • Location(s): Molyvos
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII through Greek Junta

Calliope is a young schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer, Calliope’s wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit,...

Aspasia: A Novel of Suspense and Secrets

Aspasia: A Novel of Suspense and Secrets
  • Author(s): Florence Wetzel
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Suspense
  • Era(s): modern day

A peaceful mountain village in 1990s Crete. Katerina is an American woman who lives a tranquil life with her husband Dimitris and their daughter Aspasia. But when Dimitris leaves to work on a cargo ship, a terrible secret shatters...

At the Palaces of Knossos

At the Palaces of Knossos
  • Author(s): Nikos Kazantzakis, Themi Vasils, Theodora Vasils
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1000 BC

Blending historical fact and classical myth, the author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ transports the reader 3,000 years into the past, to a pivotal point in history: the final days before the ancient kingdom...

Atalanta

Atalanta
  • Author(s): Jennifer Saint
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1300BC

When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under...

Athens and Beyond: 30 Day Trips and Weekends

Athens and Beyond: 30 Day Trips and Weekends
  • Author(s): Diana Farr Louis
  • Location(s): Athens
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Whether in hot pursuit of a traditional festival in the mountains, a riveting fresco hidden in an Attican church, a new find coming to light in the archaeological sites of the Peloponnese, or even just a very good island...

Athens Unveiled

Athens Unveiled
  • Author(s): Anna Angelidakis
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Photography, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Current

Every year millions of travelers arrive in Athens eager to catch a glimpse of the ancient city and savor its classical heritage. But what about the late nineteenth-century Athens with her neoclassical buildings, wide avenues, and literary salons? An...

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