- Location(s): England, Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
The paper is stiff and brittle with age as Kate unfolds it with trembling hands. She gasps at the pencil sketch of a rippling waterway, lined by tall buildings, curving towards the dome of a cathedral. She feels a...
- Location(s): India, England
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 19th century
A gripping historical mystery for 9+ readers from an incredible new voice in children’s fiction. When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle...
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾
- Location(s): Leicester
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Humour
- Era(s): 1980s
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ is the first book in Sue Townsend’s brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series. Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today. It’s my mother’s fault for singing ‘My Way’ at two o’clock...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Early 20th century
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes...
The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cracked doesn’t always mean broken. Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers...
- Location(s): New England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt’s cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement – both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric...
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Let the wind take me and the soft rain settle me into the Irish soil from where I came. And may my sins be forgiven.’ Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her...
- Location(s): Jaipur
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
Jaipur Trilogy 2 A NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HENNA ARTIST, A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK ‘Captivated me from the first chapter to the last page.’ Reese Witherspoon on The Henna Artist In New York Times bestselling...
- Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Wengen
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s-Second World War
The beautiful bastide at Beaulieu-sur-Mer has always been an idyllic retreat for the Challant family, a place of glorious memories and sun-drenched summers. But the summer of 1928 changes everything. One humid, stormy night, a young local boy suffers...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): early 20th century
As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow-up to M.J. Rose...
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