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The Olive Season

The Olive Season
  • Author(s): Carol Drinkwater
  • Location(s): Le Cannet
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d’Azur the olive groves are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked flowers. Beyond them,...

The Other Side of Silence ( Bernie Gunther #11)

The Other Side of Silence ( Bernie Gunther #11)
  • Author(s): Philip Kerr
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1950s

The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving...

The Painted Girls

The Painted Girls
  • Author(s): Cathy Marie Buchanan
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Turn of the 20th Century

Three sisters, Antoinette, Marie and Charlotte – the story is told from the viewpoint of Antoinette and Marie, the family is without a father, the mother is oftentimes drunk. It revolves around ballet and Marie catches the eye of...

The Paris Architect

The Paris Architect
  • Author(s): Charles Belfoure
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice...

The Paris Dancer

The Paris Dancer
  • Author(s): Nicola Rayner
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2 / 2012

A heart-wrenching and unforgettable story of courage, friendship and resistance, inspired by the incredible true story of a Jewish ballroom dancer in Paris during WWII, perfect for fans of The Paris Library. Paris, 1938. Annie Mayer arrives in France...

The Paris Lawyer

The Paris Lawyer
  • Author(s): Sylvie Granotier
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

As a child, Catherine Monsigny was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, she is an ambitious rookie attorney in sophisticated modern-day Paris. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony...

The Paris Muse

The Paris Muse
  • Author(s): Louisa Treger
  • Location(s): Paris, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s/40s

Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.’ Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced...

The Paris Peacemakers

The Paris Peacemakers
  • Author(s): Flora Johnston
  • Location(s): France, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Paris, 1919. As the fragile negotiations of the International Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. She will do anything to escape...

The Paris Winter

The Paris Winter
  • Author(s): Imogen Robertson
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Imogen Robertson’s break-out novel – a deep, dark and opulent tale of Belle ?poque Paris, and the secrets and dangers hidden beneath its luxurious facade. Maud Heighton came to Lafond’s famous Academie to paint, and to flee the constraints...

The Parisian

The Parisian
  • Author(s): Isabella Hammad
  • Location(s): France, Palestine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1 onwards

As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself. Midhat Kamal picks his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to...

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