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An English Girl in Spain

An English Girl in Spain
  • Author(s): Alice Murray
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Fiction, RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary /1990s

Katie Jones had always liked horses, dogs and men. In that order. Until, that is, Dan de Loubens had come along while she was working as a groom in France in her twenties and changed everything. But time moves...

Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers

Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers
  • Author(s): Andrew and Suzanne Edwards
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Miscellaneous
  • Era(s): Various

Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is utterly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of...

Andalus

Andalus
  • Author(s): Jason Webster
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

As Islam and the West prepare to clash once again, Jason Webster embarks on a quest to discover Spain’s hidden Moorish legacy and lift the lid on a country once forged by both Muslims and Christians. He meets Zine,...

April in Spain

April in Spain
  • Author(s): John Banville
  • Location(s): San Sebastian
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘He wanted to know who she was, and why he was convinced he had some unremembered connection with her. It was as simple as that. But he knew it wasn’t. It wasn’t simple at all.’ When Dublin pathologist Quirke...

Barcelona Shadows

Barcelona Shadows
  • Author(s): Marc Pastor, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. In 1917, Barcelona’s infamous Raval district is alive with outlandish rumours. A monster is abducting and murdering young children. The police are either powerless to...

Barcelona Tales

Barcelona Tales
  • Author(s): Helen Constantine, Peter Bush
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Across the Centuries

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Spain. The city is famous for its painters, modernist architecture, style of football, and its history,...

Benidorm, actually

Benidorm, actually
  • Author(s): Jo Lyons
  • Location(s): Benidorm
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we will shortly be arriving in Alicante, please ensure your big lips and heavy eyebrows are securely fastened, your eyelashes are stowed in the upright position and your leg tattoos are clearly visible for landing.” Connie...

Beyond Imagination

Beyond Imagination
  • Author(s): Craig Briggs
  • Location(s): Galicia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Craig Briggs’s bestselling Journey to a Dream told the true-life story of his dream move to Spain with wife Melanie and their dog Jazz. Not for them the tourist-packed Costas of the Mediterranean or the hills of Andalucia; they...

Birdcatcher

Birdcatcher
  • Author(s): Gayl Jones
  • Location(s): Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘I am living on the white-washed island of Ibiza with my friend Catherine Shuger, a sculptor who has been declared legally insane, and her husband, Ernest. Standing on the terrace, sheltered in the smell of oranges and eucalyptus, washed...

Black Wolf

Black Wolf
  • Author(s): Juan Gómez-Jurado
  • Location(s): Costa del Sol
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created...

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