The Last Letters from Villa Clara
- Location(s): London, Tuscany
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1939 onwards
1939. Europe is on the brink of change and in the fear and chaos of pre-war Italy, a painting disappears and is never seen again. 1963. London is on the cusp of change in the swinging 60s. Nightclubs and...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 5th Century BC
Alexias, a young Athenian of good family, grows up just as the Peloponnesian War is drawing to a close. The adult world he enters is one in which the power and influence of his class have been undermined by...
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
- Location(s): Amsterdam, Brooklyn, Sydney
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1630s - 2000s
Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city s Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry...
- Location(s): Jhansi
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
At nineteen years old, Sita is the shining star of Queen Lakshmi of India’s imperial guard, having pledged herself to a life of celibacy in the name of protecting the young ruler. When Sita agrees to train Lakshmi in...
- Location(s): Ilhas Desertas, The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): contemporary
Five-hundred kilometres from land in the middle of Atlantic Ocean lies Navigaceo, a tiny island hastily deserted fifty years ago and uninhabited ever since. Until now. Tess Macfarlane is part of the very first return expedition and, as a...
- Location(s): North Korea, Pyongyang
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Their love is against the laws of a merciless state―but the heart has its own power. For rollercoaster designer Theo, living on the edge is just part of the job. He’s used to wandering the world perfecting thrills, his...
- Location(s): Sweden, Norway
- Genre(s): Thriller, Historical, In Translation
- Era(s): WW2
Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkåk, who works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Sweden, is killed on his last cross-border mission to Norway. Demobbed sailor Kai Fredly escapes from occupied Norway into Sweden, but finds that...
- Location(s): Vernazza, Cinque Terre
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 2011
In the beautiful village of Vernazza, the Mazzone family have transformed an old convent overlooking the glamorous Italian Riviera into the elegant Lemon Tree Hotel. For Chiara, her daughter Elene and her granddaughter Isabella, the running of their hotel...
- Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
‘It wasn’t an extensive library. In fact, it consisted of eight books and some of them were in poor condition. But they were books. In this incredibly dark place, they were a reminder of less sombre times, when words...
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): World War II
“An emotional and heartfelt tale of love and courage.” —Chanel Cleeton, bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana November, 1941. She’s never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons...
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