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The Return

The Return
  • Author(s): Victoria Hislop
  • Location(s): Granada, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s, 2000s

Sonia orders a cup of coffee in a little cafe and with the serendipitous event she finds herself learning about one family’s fight to survive the Civil War. An insightful exploration of the horros of the war. Creative dance...

The Spanish Garden

The Spanish Garden
  • Author(s): Cherry Radford
  • Location(s): Almería (Almeria)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Andie finds herself in the midst of a media scandal that threatens to end her career as a TV garden designer and her relationship with fellow presenter Johnny. On impulse, she decides to rent her grandmother’s old home in...

The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese

The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese
  • Author(s): Michael Paterniti
  • Location(s): Guzmán
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge of town, an ancient door leads to a cramped limestone chamber known as “the telling room.” Containing nothing but a wooden table...

Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness

Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness
  • Author(s): Simon Kinch
  • Location(s): Seville, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A bench looking out onto the harbour on the French-Spanish border; a cash-strapped existence strolling the sunbaked streets and promenades of Seville, or the cold embrace of the daily grind back in hometown USA; Granville, cut adrift in Europe,...

Under The Sun

Under The Sun
  • Author(s): Lottie Moggach
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), Costa del Sol
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Anna’s friends and family think she is living the dream in her beautiful finca under the Spanish sun. But the reality is far from perfect. The handsome, complicated man she was building a life with has left with little...

Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia

Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
  • Author(s): Chris Stewart
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Chris Stewart has been a sheep shearer and a drummer for Genesis, and decided he wanted to relocate to the Sierra Nevada. His book chronicles his adventures – the terrain and the locals – doing up his ramshackle house....

Hot Milk

Hot Milk
  • Author(s): Deborah Levy
  • Location(s): Almería (Almeria)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power – from the Man Booker shortlisted author of Swimming Home Two women arrive in a village...

The Barefoot Queen

The Barefoot Queen
  • Author(s): Ildefonso Falcones
  • Location(s): Madrid, Seville
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 18th Century

1748, Seville: Caridad, a former Cuban slave, wanders the streets of the city. Forced to leave behind her young son, she has just arrived by boat to forge a new life for herself in Spain. When she meets Milagros...

The Maze of Cadiz

The Maze of Cadiz
  • Author(s): Aly Monroe
  • Location(s): Cadiz
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1944

MAZE OF CADIZ is the first in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton. For all fans of John le Carre, Robert Harris, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. ‘Confirms Aly Monroe’s genius...

Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalucia

Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalucia
  • Author(s): Penelope Chetwode
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1961

Two middle-aged ladies, one Penelope Chetworth, the other her 12-year old mare La Marquesa, explored the high sierra north of Granada in 1961. Together the travellers brought out the best in their Spanish hosts and Chetwode’s compelling account –...

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