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April in Paris

April in Paris
  • Author(s): Michael Wallner
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

When people on Paris’s bustling streets look at Michael Roth, they see little more than a Parisian student, a quietly spoken young man with a book under his arm, handsome but guarded. What they do not realize is that...

Are You the Foie Gras Correspondent?

Are You the Foie Gras Correspondent?
  • Author(s): Chris Bockman
  • Location(s): South West France
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Present day

Every summer thousands of Brits and other Europeans head to the south west of France for bliss, beauty and freedom. It’s great for a holiday – but what’s it like to actually live and work there? That is what...

Art Collector’s Daughter

Art Collector’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Derville Murphy
  • Location(s): Paris, Dublin, Wexford
  • Genre(s): Historical, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): World War II and the present day

A gripping psychological thriller set between Paris and Wexford, Ireland during World war II and the present day. As the German’s march on Paris, a French art collector sends his daughter Sylvie, and his valuable collection to rural Ireland...

Article 353

Article 353
  • Author(s): Tanguy Viel
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

In a depressed town on France’s northern coast, a man named Martial Kermeur has been arrested for the murder of real estate developer Antoine Lazenec after throwing him overboard. Called before a judge, Kermeur goes back to the beginning...

As The Eagle Flies

As The Eagle Flies
  • Author(s): Nolwenn Le Blevennec, Madeleine Rogers (translator)
  • Location(s): Northern France, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘A subtle, singular novel of profound insight, delivered in a voice so hilarious, intimate and frank, it was as if I suddenly had a zany French genius for my best friend. I enjoyed this book so much it felt...

Assignment in Brittany

Assignment in Brittany
  • Author(s): Helen Macinnes
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Espionage
  • Era(s): 1940

OCCUPIED BRITTANY, 1940… Hearne looked at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. Three hours ago he had joked with the red-haired pilot over a last cup of hot chocolate. Three hours ago he had stood on English earth. Three...

Asterix in Corsica

Asterix in Corsica
  • Author(s): René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 50 BC

Vendettas, fierce family pride, resistance fighters dodging the enemy in the maquis – we’re in Cosica in 50 BC. Asterix and Obelix help Chief Boneywasawarriorwayayix to foil the evil designs of Praetor Perfidius and oppose Julius Caesar’s army. For...

At Night All Blood Is Black

At Night All Blood Is Black
  • Author(s): David Diop, Anna Moschovakis (translator)
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): World War I

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Alfa and Mademba are two of the many Senegalese soldiers fighting in the Great War. Together they climb dutifully out of their trenches to attack France’s German enemies whenever the whistle blows,...

August is a Wicked Month

August is a Wicked Month
  • Author(s): Edna O'Brien
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Banned in several countries on first publication, Edna O’Brien’s August is a Wicked Month is a simmering, sensual tale of a woman rediscovering herself on the French Riviera. Separated from her husband and young son, Ellen leaves behind the...

Augustine: A bittersweet romance of 19th-century France

Augustine: A bittersweet romance of 19th-century France
  • Author(s): Vanessa Couchman
  • Location(s): South West France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1880s

Love conquers all. Or does it? Rural France, 1880. Augustine is not pretty and fears she may never marry. Joseph rents his land and dreams of owning a farm one day. But without a wife and children, he lacks...

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