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Songs of Blue and Gold

Songs of Blue and Gold
  • Author(s): Deborah Lawrenson
  • Location(s): Corfu, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

In the horseshoe bay of Kalami in Corfu, a tumultuous love affair begins between a renowned novelist and a woman escaping scandal. Years later, her daughter Melissa, running from her own past, returns to the island … Melissa’s life...

Stone’s Fall

Stone’s Fall
  • Author(s): Iain Pears
  • Location(s): London, Paris, Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century to Early 20th Century

Why did John Stone die,having fallen from a window at his London home? This is a complex mystery, which starts in London in 1909 and gradually the search for the truth lies in going to Paris in 1890, and...

Sun Damage

Sun Damage
  • Author(s): Sabine Durrant
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling. She just needs to escape . . . Nine guests arrive at a remote villa in the south of France. They know each other well. Or think they do. But at...

Sweet Caress

Sweet Caress
  • Author(s): William Boyd
  • Location(s): Berlin, France, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s-1950s

Long listed for the Walter Scott Prize 2016 Amory’s first memory is of her father doing a handstand. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are...

Taking Root in Provence

Taking Root in Provence
  • Author(s): Anne-Marie Simons
  • Location(s): Aix-en-Provence
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

They agreed on one thing before retiring-they would travel, sniff around at other countries and other lifestyles, and discover along the way which place came closest to “having it all.” There they would drop anchor and go with the...

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
  • Author(s): Sandra Gulland
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 1700s

Second in the Trilogy of Jospehine B, her life in France with Napoleon.

Taxi Tales from Paris

Taxi Tales from Paris
  • Author(s): Nicky Gentil
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“A collection of exchanges – as surprising as they are interesting – between British author Nicky Gentil and some of the cabdrivers who have crossed her path. You will have a great time reading this book!” Taxi G7 Magazine,...

The Accidental Connoiseur

The Accidental Connoiseur
  • Author(s): Lawrence Osborne
  • Location(s): California, France, Italy
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

An irreverent journey through the wine world, indeed it is. Encompassing some historical detail, he visits several wineries and has some wry observations.

The Beasts of Paris

The Beasts of Paris
  • Author(s): Stef Penney
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1870s

In Paris 1870, three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war. Anne is a former patient from a women’s asylum trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn’t...

The Burning Shore

The Burning Shore
  • Author(s): Wilbur Smith
  • Location(s): Africa, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

This first volume of the second Courtney sequence, The Burning Shore is a marvellous epic of courage and love that moves from the blazing skies of war torn France to the secret heart of the African wilderness. It is...

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