- Location(s): North London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Frank and Red are a mess. Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the ‘ghost’ of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his...
- 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...
- Location(s): Freycinet
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Freycinet is about obsessive love and cruel murder in the Tasmanian wilderness, as Ginny O’Byrne experiences disturbing visions of torturous fates for two missing young women. In Freycinet (pronounced Frey-sin-ay), Ginny is simultaneously enchanted but also strangely horrified by...
- Location(s): Europe
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Germany, 1907 Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her...
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...
From here, you can’t see Paris
- Location(s): Les Arques
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Food and Drink
- Era(s): Modern
A fascinating memoir about life in Les Arques, a hilltop village in a remote corner of France, and its magical restaurant
- Location(s): France, Italy, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Home-loving Laurie thinks she’s happy – she has a safe, reliable boyfriend and working in her local library is what she thought she always wanted. That is until she inherits a vintage Ferrari from her eccentric Uncle Miles and...
From Kauri Trees to Sunlit Seas
- Location(s): The Cook Islands
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
Don Silk built his first boat, the “Patsy Jean”, with a book on boat building in one hand. Constructed from specially milled Northland kauri, it was launched at Opononi, on the Hokianga Harbour, and in 1959 he set off...
- Location(s): Beirut, Egypt, Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work. In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Europe, India
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 20th Century
Shortly after her tenth birthday, Dervla Murphy decided to cycle to India. Almost 20 years later, she set out to achieve her ambition. Her epic journey began during the coldest winter in memory, taking her through Europe, Persia, Afghanistan,...
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