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Eiffel’s Tower

Eiffel’s Tower
  • Author(s): Jill Jonnes
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

Since it opened in May 1889, the Eiffel Tower has become an iconic image of modern times – as much a beacon of technological progress as an enduring symbol of Paris and French culture. But as engineer Gustave Eiffel...

Eloise in Paris

Eloise in Paris
  • Author(s): Kay Thompson
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Hello Room Service, this is me Eloise. We’re going to Paris. France goodbye! And so, our favourite enfant terrible (sporting her foreign identification travel tag) says au revoir to the Plaza and embarks with Nanny and Weenie on a...

Epiphany Jones

Epiphany Jones
  • Author(s): Michael Grothaus
  • Location(s): Cannes, Mexico, Oporto (Porto), United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Jerry has a traumatic past that leaves him subject to psychotic hallucinations and depressive episodes. When he stands accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting, he goes underground, where he develops an unwilling relationship with a woman who...

Every Spy a Traitor

Every Spy a Traitor
  • Author(s): Alex Gerlis
  • Location(s): London, Germany, Moscow, Paris
  • Genre(s): Espionage
  • Era(s): late 1930s

Trust no one. Suspect everyone. It’s 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin’s Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy...

Everything Love Is

Everything Love Is
  • Author(s): Claire King
  • Location(s): Toulouse
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Baptiste Molino has devoted his life to other people’s happiness. Moored on his beloved houseboat on the edge of Toulouse, he helps his clients navigate the waters of contentment, whilst remaining careful never to make waves of his own....

Farewell Dinner for a Spy

Farewell Dinner for a Spy
  • Author(s): Edward Wilson
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), Laos, London
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Fiction
  • Era(s): Post WW2

1949: William Catesby returns to London in disgrace, accused of murdering a ‘double-dipper’ the Americans believed to be one of their own. His left-wing sympathies have him singled out as a traitor. Henry Bone throws him a lifeline, sending...

Fatima’s Good Fortune

Fatima’s Good Fortune
  • Author(s): J & G Dryansky
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

She can change your life. If only she could change her own…deep in the heart of romantic Paris, in the elegant Sixteenth Arrondissement, at the top of a smart apartment building on Avenue Victor-Hugo, on the sixth floor at...

Five Nights in Paris

Five Nights in Paris
  • Author(s): John Baxter
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

As he takes you through five of the city’s greatest neighborhoods—Montmartre, Montparnasse, the Marais, and more—Baxter shares pithy anecdotes about his life in France, as well as fascinating knowledge he has gleaned from leading literary tours of the city...

French Lessons

French Lessons
  • Author(s): Ellen Sussman
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The only thing that lasts is love, even when it’s gone. Three French tutors meet at a small café that spills out onto the sunny Parisian backstreet of Rue du Paradis. Nico, Philippe and Chantal meet here every Wednesday...

From Here To Paris – Get Laid Off, Buy a Barge in France, Take It To Paris

From Here To Paris – Get Laid Off, Buy a Barge in France, Take It To Paris
  • Location(s): Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France, Paris

The perky young Vice President of Human Resources touched me on the shoulder and said, “Have a nice life.” That moment, standing in the parking lot with my personal possessions in a cardboard box and my severance papers stuffed...

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