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A Betrayal of Heroes

A Betrayal of Heroes
  • Author(s): David Ebsworth
  • Location(s): Africa, France, Morocco
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): Second World War

‘Swear,’ Leclerc shouted, ‘that you will never lay down your arms until our colours, our beautiful colours, are flying afresh on Strasbourg Cathedral!’ Headstrong newspaperman Jack Telford’s weapon is his pen, but the oath he’s taken at Kufra will...

A Breath of French Air

A Breath of French Air
  • Author(s): H E Bates
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Larkins (of The Darling Buds of May – this is the sequel) decide to take a family holiday in Brittany. It is fair to say there is more than a bit of a culture clash, and as usual...

A Case Of Noir

A Case Of Noir
  • Author(s): Paul D Brazill
  • Location(s): England, France, Poland, Spain
  • Genre(s): Noir
  • Era(s): 21st century

In snow smothered Warsaw, Luke Case, a boozy English hack with a dark secret, starts a dangerous affair with a gangster’s wife. Case escapes to the sweltering Spanish heat where he meets a colourful cast of characters, including a...

A Chateau for Sale

A Chateau for Sale
  • Author(s): Carrie Parker
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Romance, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set in South West France. Kate is living an idyllic life in the Kent countryside until she falls in love with her new neighbour, Nick. She still loves her husband, Alastair, and she doesn’t want to choose. Inevitably, she...

A Chateau under Siege

A Chateau under Siege
  • Author(s): Martin Walker
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No. 16 in the Dordogne Mystery series. France’s favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the people he protects. Loved by millions, the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of mystery and...

A Christmas in the Alps

A Christmas in the Alps
  • Author(s): Melody Carlson
  • Location(s): French Alps
  • Genre(s): Novella, RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After a time of heartache and loss, Simone Winthrop discovers a tantalizing letter from her French great-grandmother, which seems to suggest that she is heir to a family treasure. Ever practical, Simone assumes the claim is baseless, but her...

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches
  • Author(s): Deborah Harkness
  • Location(s): Oxford, Limousin, Madison (NY), New Orleans, St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Fantasy
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in...

A Forget-Me-Not Summer

A Forget-Me-Not Summer
  • Author(s): Sophie Claire
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

It’s taken years, but Natasha Brown’s life is finally on track. Running a florists in the quaint village of Willowbrook, she’s put her short-lived marriage to Luc Duval far behind her. That is, until he unexpectedly walks through her...

A Fortnight is not Enough

A Fortnight is not Enough
  • Author(s): Rosemary Goodacre
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Have you ever enjoyed a holiday so much you could not bear to go home? When 18 year old Imogen from London meets Jules in the south of France she is painting a view of the river and finds...

A French Affair

A French Affair
  • Author(s): Katie Fforde
  • Location(s): England, France
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Gina and Sally Makepiece have inherited a stall in the French House – an antiques centre nestled in the heart of the English countryside. Gina is determined to drag the French House and its grumpy owner into the twenty-first...

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