- Location(s): Seville, Morocco
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Middle Ages
The sweeping, sparkling first book in a brand new series that will delight fans of The Polar Bear Explorer’s Club and The Girl of Ink and Stars. “A feast for the imagination . . . an enthralling adventure.” –...
- Location(s): Uruguay
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
‘I am an excellent judge of men and I am sure I will not regret my choice. But it is essential you get to know the company as soon as possible. The post I am offering you is that...
- Location(s): Shrewsbury
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1890s
Ironbridge, 1892. When seventeen-year-old Maria Keay is offered an exciting job in a department store in Shrewsbury, she is determined to follow her dream, even if that means leaving behind her childhood sweetheart, Charlie. At first, Maria’s new life...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place...
The Shortest History of Ancient Rome
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1000BCE-476CE
At its greatest extent, the Roman Empire encompassed more than twenty-five modern-day countries. It has shaped our politics and laws, language and numerals, calendars and architecture. But what was Rome, who were the Romans and why did the empire...
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
1910. With the disappearance of her mother and the sudden death of her father, Lena instantly loses any security she has within the circus she has known all her life. She is advised to sell the carousel her father...
- Location(s): Derbyshire
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 1957 / 2014
The past won’t stay buried forever. November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the...
- Location(s): Russia, Irkutsk
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Investigator Arkady Renko, described as ‘one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction’ by USA Today, finds himself travelling deep into Siberia when journalist Tatiana Petrovna disappears on a case. Journalist Tatiana Petrovna has disappeared. Arkady Renko, iconic...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
In The Sicilian Method, Andrea Camilleri’s twenty-sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series, a troubling murder invesitgation may see Montalbano find his answers on a theatre’s stage . . . ‘ven the contents of his fridge are described...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Revolutionary
The Revolution followed him home… Maimed in battle, Nathaniel Wooster wants to recuperate and try to rebuild his life. Returning home to his mother’s cottage in the quiet port community of York-Town seems like a good place to find...
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