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Heaven, Hell and Mademoiselle

Heaven, Hell and Mademoiselle
  • Author(s): H C Carlton
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

the author combines his inside knowledge of fashion with the brilliantly described main characters, with a touch of humour and atmosphere which perfectly evokes Paris of the heady 60s.

How Blue is My Valley

How Blue is My Valley
  • Author(s): Jean Gill
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The true scents of Provence? Lavender, thyme and septic tank. There are hundreds of interesting things you can do in a bath but washing dishes is not one of them, nor what writer Jean Gill had in mind when...

I Heart Paris

I Heart Paris
  • Author(s): Lindsey Kelk
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Angela is in the city of love – but romance is taking a nose-dive… When Angela Clark’s boyfriend Alex suggests a trip to Paris at the same time as hip fashion mag Belle asks her to write a piece,...

I’ll Never Be French (no matter what I do)

I’ll Never Be French (no matter what I do)
  • Author(s): Mark Greenside
  • Location(s): Finistere
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Tired of Provence in books, cuisine, and tablecloths? Exhausted from your armchair travels to Paris? Despairing of ever finding a place that speaks to you beyond reason? You are ripe for a journey to Brittany, where author Mark Greenside...

Invasion (10)

Invasion (10)
  • Author(s): Julian Stockwin
  • Location(s): England, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Napoleon’s forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd’s ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast. His honour restored after temporary disgrace in the Channel Islands, and reunited with his ship Teazer,...

J’adore Paris

J’adore Paris
  • Author(s): Isabelle LaFleche
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When chic Parisian lawyer Catherine Lambert lands her dream job as intellectual property director for Christian Dior, she is on top of the world. She’s prepared to embark on the ride of her life in the world of fashion,...

Je t’aime, me neither

Je t’aime, me neither
  • Author(s): April Lily Heise
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Is Paris really the eternal City of Love? Dumped suddenly by her Parisian boyfriend, sultry expat Lily is left wondering if je t’aime still exists. Instead of crying into her glass of wine, she decides to heal her bruised...

Judith Paris

Judith Paris
  • Author(s): Hugh Walpole
  • Location(s): Paris, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1720-1930

This is the second in the Herries Chronicles. Set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole’s most delightful heroine. Daughter of Frances Herries...

Labyrinth

Labyrinth
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): Languedoc Roussillon
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1209, 2005

When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons at an archaeological site in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it’s not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes her uneasy: there’s...

Le Divorce

Le Divorce
  • Author(s): Diane Johnson
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in Paris, LE DIVORCE is an alluring and elegant comedy of love and divorce French-style. Isabel Walker, a young, not-so-innocent, American abroad, arrives in Paris to find that her sister’s French husband (‘the frog prince’) has just walked...

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