Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain
- Location(s): Hungary
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): History to present day
When Jill Culiner arrived on the Great Hungarian Plain, she was seeking a trace of the lost Jewish rural community. She discovered a country shaped by early tribal conquerors and foreign domination. Certainly, nothing is ever what it seems;...
- Location(s): Corfu
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Imogen Charlton is sorted. Dead-beat husband? History. Dream job? Application sent. But then her impulsive brother, Harry, spends every last penny on a Greek restaurant in Corfu, and is determined to run it himself. It’s up to Imogen to bring...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
The gripping new novel by Sunday Times Number One bestseller Victoria Hislop is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. Athens 1941....
- Location(s): Teifi Valley
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
(Teifi Valley Coroner 3) Harry Probert-Lloyd has inherited the estate of Glanteifi and appointed his assistant John as under-steward. But his true vocation, to be coroner, is under threat. Against his natural instincts, Harry must campaign if he is...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
- Location(s): North Pennines
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): present
When a man is discovered murdered by crucifixion, an evangelical religious group falls under suspicion A dead body nailed to a shed unsettles even hardened detective Jack Harris. Despite being told that boundary feuds in allotments can easily come...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): Early 21st Century
Fourteen short stories intertwine in Chin’s beautiful, visceral collection. In the early 21st century, Isabella “Isa” Sin, 28, wants to be a writer. Instead, she’s imprisoned in her native Malaysia for writing an obscene poem that supports the leader...
- Location(s): Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Settling into a simple life in the majestic Blue Ridge mountains, Lonnie and Gideon O’Riley have finally found happiness after the rocky start to their marriage. The roguish bluegrass musician has fallen in love with his gentle wife and...
- Location(s): Idaho
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1871 onwards
Lalu Nathoy’s father calls his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his “thousand pieces of gold,” yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. She is sold first to a brothel, then to a slave...
- Location(s): Benin (Danhomè), Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Young Adult
- Era(s): Late 19th century, Early 20th century
Amelia, daughter of the last independent King of Danhomé, King Gbehanzin, is the apple of her father’s eye, loved beyond measure by her mother, and overprotected by her siblings. She searches for her place within the palace amidst conspirators...
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