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Six Days In Rome

Six Days In Rome
  • Author(s): Francesca Giacco
  • Location(s): Verona, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Emilia, an artist, arrives in Rome alone. What was supposed to be a romantic trip has, with the sudden end of her relationship, become a solitary one. Six days lie ahead. She wanders the streets, surrendering herself to the...

Soul of Rome

Soul of Rome
  • Author(s): Carolina Vincenti
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Photography, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Soul of Rome – A guide to 30 exceptional experiences introduces a new approach to the art of travelling which consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters and unforgettable experiences. Travel guides for those who want to unlock the hidden...

The City of the Living

The City of the Living
  • Author(s): Nicola Lagioia, Ann Goldstein (translator)
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller, Autofiction
  • Era(s): 2016

From Nicola Lagioia, winner of the Strega Prize for Fiction, a spellbinding literary thriller based on the true story of one of the most vicious crimes in recent Italian history. An intoxicating novel that takes readers on a surprising...

The Colour Line

The Colour Line
  • Author(s): Igiaba Scego, Gregory Conti (Translator), John Cullen (Translator)
  • Location(s): Rome, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1887 /2019

It’s Rome in 1887, and Lafanu Brown is ready to tell her fiancé the story of her difficult life, how she came from a poor family and audaciously decided to become an artist. In the wake of the American...

The Food of Love

The Food of Love
  • Author(s): Anthony Capella
  • Location(s): Italy, Rome
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Cyrano de Bergerac with a modern feel….

The Ides of April

The Ides of April
  • Author(s): Lindsey Davis
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Ancient Rome

Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family. In defiance of tradition, she lives alone on the colourful Aventine Hill, and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world. As a woman and an outsider,...

The Last Concerto

The Last Concerto
  • Author(s): Sara Alexander
  • Location(s): Rome, Ozieri, Sardinia, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1968

Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu’s brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for...

The Lovers’ Guide to Rome

The Lovers’ Guide to Rome
  • Author(s): Mark Lamprell
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This is the place where passions are aroused, senses inflamed, and lovers fall into each other’s arms. It all appears to unfold like magic – but I will tell you what really happens. Rome – glorious, eternal, intoxicating. Could...

The Magdalene Mystery

The Magdalene Mystery
  • Author(s): Christine Sunderland
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Thriller

Ten years ago a gunman opened fire in a parking lot, killing her parents. No one ever found out why. But a trip to Rome might reveal the truth. Thirty-year-old Kelly Roberts receives a mysterious envelope from her late...

The Rome Affair

The Rome Affair
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1960s/70s and 2017

The glamorous capital city of Italy is brought to startling life in The Rome Affair, a compelling summer novel by Karen Swan. 1974 and Elena Damiani lives a gilded life. Born to wealth and a noted beauty, no door...

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