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Madrid Underground: A Superintendent Bernal Mystery

Madrid Underground: A Superintendent Bernal Mystery
  • Author(s): David Serafin
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1970s

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Madrid: The History

Madrid: The History
  • Author(s): Jules Stewart
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): over time

At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the...

Málaga: A Comprehensive Guide to Spain’s Most Hospitable City

Málaga: A Comprehensive Guide to Spain’s Most Hospitable City
  • Author(s): Thomas Martin
  • Location(s): Málaga
  • Genre(s): Culture
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Too often overlooked by discerning travellers, Málaga is one of Spain’s most delightful destinations. It’s a city steeped in history stretching back millennia, the centre of a centuries-old wine region, home to dozens of museums and galleries, full of...

Marks of Identity

Marks of Identity
  • Author(s): Juan Goytisolo
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s onwards

An exile returns to Spain from France to find that he is repelled by the fascism of Franco’s Spain and drawn to the world of Muslim culture. In this novel, Juan Goytisolo, one of Spain’s most celebrated novelists, speaks...

Masquerade

Masquerade
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Pamplona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1976

From the award-winning author of The Echoes of Love. Love, mystery and desire under the scorching Spanish sun. A young writer becomes entangled in an illicit gypsy love affair, pulling her into a world of secrets, deception and dark...

Maya

Maya
  • Author(s): Jostein Gaarder
  • Location(s): Spain, Fiji
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian...

Maybe This Time

Maybe This Time
  • Author(s): Jill Mansell
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds, Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Mimi isn’t looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie...

Mazurka for Two Dead Men

Mazurka for Two Dead Men
  • Author(s): Camilo José Cela
  • Location(s): Galicia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 1930s

Mazurka for Two Dead Men, the culmination of Camilo José Cela’s literary art, opens in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War: Lionheart Gamuzo is savagely murdered. In 1939, as the war ends, his brother avenges his...

Meet Me at Sunset

Meet Me at Sunset
  • Author(s): Carol Kirkwood
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lies, seduction and secrets await under a Spanish sun… When Camille Fontaine arrives on the sun-drenched island of Majorca, she’s running from a shattered love affair. But even amongst the palm trees and the golden sands, she can’t forget...

Meet Me in Madrid

Meet Me in Madrid
  • Author(s): Verity Lowell
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this sexy, sophisticated romantic comedy, two women juggle romance and career across continents. Charlotte Hilaire has a love-hate relationship with her work as a museum courier. On the one hand, it takes her around the world. On the...

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