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The Silk Pavilion

The Silk Pavilion
  • Author(s): Sarah Walton
  • Location(s): Deya (Deià)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Lucy is on assignment. A wild, reclusive writer awaits her. She wants his life story. He wants her everything. A whirlwind romance takes them to the highs and lows of Deià. But beneath them lie the bodies of a...

The Silver Rings

The Silver Rings
  • Author(s): J J Anderson
  • Location(s): Jerez
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th century

Adventure, intrigue and self-discovery in 13th century Spain, as our heroes come of age; fighting bandits, falling in love and, perhaps most difficult of all, coping with their families. The long-awaited sequel to ‘Reconquista’ (long listed 2016 Children’s Book...

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales
  • Author(s): John Reid Young
  • Location(s): The Canary Islands (Las Islas Canarias)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 19th-20th centuries

The Skipping Verger and Other Tales is a collection of delightful short stories set on the island of Tenerife between the late 19th and early 21st centuries. In an engaging and unique style, John Reid Young’s stories range from...

The Sound of One Hand Killing

The Sound of One Hand Killing
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On assignment Eduard and Borja check out an exclusive meditation centre in the ritziest part of Barcelona, only to discover the director murdered, whacked in the head with a statuette of the Buddha. The violent death of a neighbour...

The South

The South
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950

This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home. Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland and reach...

The Spanish Bow

The Spanish Bow
  • Author(s): Andromeda Romano-Lax
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s - 1940s

A rich novel of music, politics and life, seen throught the eyes of Feliu

The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War
  • Author(s): Hugh Thomas
  • Location(s): Madrid, Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Spanish Civil War

Since its first publication, Hugh Thomas’s The Spanish Civil War has become established as the definitive one-volume history of a conflict that continues to provoke intense controversy today. What was it that roused left-wing sympathizers from all over the...

The Spanish Promise

The Spanish Promise
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Spain, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

One of Spain’s richest men is dying. But as he prepares his estate, his family is shocked to discover he is making plans to give away his wealth to a young woman they have never even heard of. Who...

The Story of Ferdinand

The Story of Ferdinand
  • Author(s): Munro Leaf
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1930s

All the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? The...

The Summer Holiday

The Summer Holiday
  • Author(s): S E Lynes
  • Location(s): Cadaqués
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One loving couple. One surprise guest. One week to destroy everything… When the doorbell rings, I take one last look round the villa. The nuts and olives are in bowls; the white wine is chilling in the fridge; everything...

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