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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...

The Summer of the Spanish Woman

The Summer of the Spanish Woman
  • Author(s): Catherine Gaskin
  • Location(s): Jerez
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): First half 20th Century

Set at the beginning of the last century, and spanning the First World War and the Spanish Civil War, this is a gripping story of family pride, forbidden love, secrets and lies. When her grandfather dies without leaving a...

The Tale of Senyor Rodriguez

The Tale of Senyor Rodriguez
  • Author(s): Lou Gilmond
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1960s

What if you could be somebody else? It’s 1960s Mallorca and Thomas Sebastian is an English conman on the run. Hoping to evade his creditors, he’s taken an old Spanish finca as his hideout. He discovers the house untouched...

The Things We Need to Say

The Things We Need to Say
  • Author(s): Rachel Burton
  • Location(s): Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Until everything changed. Now Fran needs to find her way again and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her...

The Three Golden Oranges

The Three Golden Oranges
  • Author(s): Alma Flor Ada
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Children

Far on the other side of the mountains, next to an enchanted castle, grows a tree with three golden oranges. It is there that the three brothers — Santiago, Tomás, and Matías — must journey if they wish to...

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