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Stolen Beauty

Stolen Beauty
  • Author(s): Laurie Lico Albanese
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): First half 20th Century

From the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, this exhilarating novel of love, war, art, and family gives voice to two extraordinary women and brings to life the true story behind the creation...

The Accidental Empress

The Accidental Empress
  • Author(s): Allison Pataki
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1850s onwards

The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe’s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess...

THE DOUBLE GAME

THE DOUBLE GAME
  • Author(s): Dan Fesperman
  • Location(s): Vienna, Budapest, Prague
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary, 1970s

A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to young journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a fan who grew up as a Foreign Service brat...

The Flames

The Flames
  • Author(s): Sophie Haydock
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s

Every painting tells a story, but what if the women on the canvas could speak? This is the story of the charismatic – and controversial – artist, Egon Schiele, and his four muses, set against the vibrant backdrop of...

The House on Moon Lake

The House on Moon Lake
  • Author(s): Francesca Duranti
  • Location(s): Vienna, Milan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fabrizio Garrone is an impoverished but aristocratic translator who has been living a life of quiet desperation in Milan. He feels underappreciated and tormented by a persistent sense of having been cheated by life. But when he reads about...

The Morning Gift

The Morning Gift
  • Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
  • Location(s): Vienna, London
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Sarra Manning. Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her...

The Music and Life of Beethoven

The Music and Life of Beethoven
  • Author(s): Lewis Lockwood
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 19th Century

The life of Beethoven and the creation of his works, amidst his a turbulent personal situation and against a background of political and social upheaval. Highly accessible as a read and real insight into the life and times of...

The One from the Other

The One from the Other
  • Author(s): Philip Kerr
  • Location(s): Munich, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 1940s,

The Palm House

The Palm House
  • Author(s): Tarek Eltayeb
  • Location(s): The Sudan, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

After coming to Vienna from Sudan to win a better life for himself, Hamza struggles to escape from the margins of society and the stigma of the immigrant. Following several years of hardship, his fortunes begin to change when...

The Paper Man

The Paper Man
  • Author(s): Billy O'Callaghan
  • Location(s): Cork City, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1980s looking back to 1930s

1980s Cork. Jack Shine is sorting through his mother’s belongings when he discovers a shoe box full of love letters and newspaper clippings. Jack’s mother, Rebekah, was a young woman when the Second World War broke out, and she...

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