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Chergui’s Child

Chergui’s Child
  • Author(s): Jane Riddell
  • Location(s): Morocco, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Olivia is recovering from a traumatic event five years earlier when her beloved aunt Dorothy dies, leaving her a large sum of money and a letter containing a startling revelation. From Morocco to London to the south of France,...

Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel

Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel
  • Author(s): Rebecca Raisin
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Anais receives a near-derelict Paris hotel in her divorce settlement, her first thought is to tidy it up and sell it immediately. All she wants is to move on and forget her disaster of a marriage ever happened....

Citadel

Citadel
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction

1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne – codenamed ‘Citadel’ – made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. And when...

City Spies

City Spies
  • Author(s): James Ponti
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies–perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s...

Civilisation Française

Civilisation Française
  • Author(s): Mary Fleming
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980's

When recent college graduate Lily Owens enrolls in the Civilisation Française course at the Sorbonne in 1982, she hopes to put a difficult childhood behind her and to find direction for adulthood. She moves into an historic mansion on...

Clouds over the Montagne Noire

Clouds over the Montagne Noire
  • Author(s): Catherine Parr
  • Location(s): Languedoc Roussillon
  • Genre(s): Fiction

When tragedy strikes Lynne and Alex Stevens decide to make a fresh start in an idyllic wine producing village in the South of France. But even before they move in they unwittingly make enemies. Who hates them enough to...

Coastliners

Coastliners
  • Author(s): Joanne Harris
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities have fought for control of the island’s only beach. When Mado returns home ot her village...

Code Name Hélène

Code Name Hélène
  • Author(s): Ariel Lawhon
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a...

Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Wein
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): WW2, 1940s

‘I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do.’ Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Code Name Verity is a bestselling tale of friendship and courage set against the backdrop of World War Two....

Colomba

Colomba
  • Author(s): Prosper Mérimée
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1800s

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it...

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