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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
  • Author(s): M R James
  • Location(s): St Bertrand de Comminges
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book is one of the stories in this collection, and this is set in the Pyrenees. M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spirits, but by...

Gilded Wolves

Gilded Wolves
  • Author(s): Roshani Chokshi
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1889

Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than...

Giovanni’s Room

Giovanni’s Room
  • Author(s): James Baldwin
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Various

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend’s return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened –...

Glass Half Full: The Ups and Downs of Vineyard Life in France

Glass Half Full: The Ups and Downs of Vineyard Life in France
  • Author(s): Caro Feely
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Hand harvesting was a different process to machine harvesting. It was convivial and slow. We started at dawn and slowly proceeded across the vineyards. It was better for us and for the grapes, the human scale and pace of...

Glorious Poison

Glorious Poison
  • Author(s): Kat Dunn
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): French Revolution, 18th century

The daring and dramatic conclusion to Kat Dunn’s epic C18th French Revolution trilogy ‘with lashings of lust, love, sacrifice, betrayal and horror’. Robespierre is dead. The Reign of Terror is over. As Royalist strength grows, the Duc de L’Aubespine...

Going After Cacciato

Going After Cacciato
  • Author(s): Tim O'Brien
  • Location(s): Vietnam, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Vietnam War and aftermath

Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciatocaptures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars. In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier...

Going Big or Small

Going Big or Small
  • Author(s): David Canford
  • Location(s): Berlin, Naples, Sicily, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Twentieth century

“Happy, sad and all emotions!” A Man Called Ove meets Thelma and Louise. Dull and predictable English retiree, Frank, gets more adventure than he bargained for when he sets off on a road trip across 1980s Europe hoping to...

Gourmet Rhapsody

Gourmet Rhapsody
  • Author(s): Muriel Barbery
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A French food critic faces his mortality in an “entertaining and witty” novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’. In the heart of Paris, in the same posh building made famous in ‘The...

Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica

Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica
  • Author(s): Dorothy Carrington
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Travelogue

‘Get away from here before you’re completely bewitched and enslaved…’ Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman’s cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew...

Grape Expectations: A Family’s Vineyard Adventure in France

Grape Expectations: A Family’s Vineyard Adventure in France
  • Author(s): Caro Feely
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Filled with vivid descriptions of delicious wines, great food, and stunning views, this is a unique insight into the world of the winemaker, and a story of passion, dedication, and love When Caro and Sean find the perfect 10-hectare...

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