- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as his starting point, John Berendt creates a unique and unforgettable portrait of Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. Beneath the exquisite facade of the world’s most beautiful historic city,...
The Sons and Daughters of Toussaint
- Location(s): Haiti
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1800s, present-day
A narrative that weaves together the history of Haiti with a present day story featuring the descendants of the legendary Haitian freedom fighter Toussaint and their struggle to realize their ancestor’s dream.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s
From the master of spy thrillers, John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an afterword by...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Will Rhodes is an award-winning correspondent for The Travelers, on assignment at a luxury Argentinian resort – fine wines and gourmet food, polo fields and the looming Andes. But Will’s life is about to be turned upside down when...
- Location(s): Italy, Sardinia (Sardegna)
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
The Whispering Wind is a moving story of two lovers, set on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where Elise goes on holiday to escape a loveless and violent marriage. Whilst there, she meets and falls in love with Beppe,...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Contemporary and World War Two
A beautifully atmospheric new tale from the prize-winning, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan. In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever… Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
In an Italian monastery, an infamous sculptor lays on his death bed. During Mimo’s final hours, he reveals his life story: his impoverished childhood, his unlikely rise to fame and most importantly, his meeting with Viola, the daughter of...
- Location(s): Damascus, Cyprus, Jerusalem
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s
In a last ditch effort to revive his career, washed out agent Ari Ben-Sion accepts a mission he never would have 30 years ago, to smuggle a group of Jewish children out of the Damascus ghetto. Or so he...
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
- Location(s): Shetland Islands, Norway, The Somme
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
By Norway’s bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale. Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was...
A Body At The Tearooms (Kate Palmer #3)
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Nurse Kate Palmer has only been living in Lower Tinworthy, a beautiful little village by the sparkling Cornish sea, for a short time but she’s already making a name for herself as the local Miss Marple. Although not everyone is keen...
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