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- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half 20th century
The second book in Ferrante’s lauded Neapolitan novels. Elena and Lila are now in their twenties. While marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that...
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 12th Century
The Court of King Roger in Twelfth century Sicily simmers with the volatile passions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Latins and Greeks. Among them, a young Norman called Thurstan Beauchamp finds employment under Yusuf, a Muslim who holds the Christian...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
The setting, as usual, is the picturesque, non-metropolitan region of Vigata in Sicily. And it’s hot –stiflingly hot. In August Heat, we are never allowed to forget the all-enveloping sultriness (the inspector — possessor of miniature fan, the only...
- Location(s): Nuoro
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th Century
When Giuseppe Mundula first sees Michele Angelo Chironi across the corridor of a Sardinian orphanage, the reserved blacksmith realises he has found the son and heir he never knew he needed. And when, a few years later, Michele himself...
Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The second title in de Giovanni’s new series set in contemporary Naples. A child is kidnapped. A high-class apartment is burgled. The two crimes seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as ‘the Chinaman’, starts...
- Location(s): Positano
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1980s
A young boy runs away to sea. An elderly countess finds a stray dog – and love. A Patricia Highsmith fan follows in her idol’s footsteps, in more ways than one. A woman goes in search of her roots...
- Location(s): Porto Cervo
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Set on the glamorous Italian island, Anita Hughes’s Emerald Coast is a touching and humorous story about marriage and the difficulty of finding love and happiness at the same time. Lily Bristol arrives at a luxurious resort in Sardinia...
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 79AD and Modern
On mountain slopes south of Pompeii a group of Roman citizens flees the doomed city, leaving their footprints in a layer of volcanic ash. Two thousand years later the footprints are rediscovered, and a joint Anglo-Italian dig is set...
- Location(s): Syracuse
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 412BC
So Gelon says to me, ‘Let’s go down and feed the Athenians. The weather’s perfect for feeding Athenians.’ It’s 412 BC, and Athens’ invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries...
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