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Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad

Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad
  • Author(s): Karen McCann
  • Location(s): Seville
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2000s

“Karen captures the essence of Seville,” wrote culture critic Cat Gaa.”Its people, its food, its quirks that drive every single one of us crazy, all while deepening our love for this enchanting place.” An American who moved to Seville...

Death in Deia

Death in Deia
  • Author(s): David Coubrough
  • Location(s): Deya (Deià)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Recent

Deia is a small and idyllic village on the north-west coast of Mallorca, made famous by being the home of Robert Graves for much of his life, but subsequently becoming a magnet for artists, authors and film stars (and...

Death’s Other Kingdom

Death’s Other Kingdom
  • Author(s): Gamel Woolsey
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1930s

A heart-rending account of a Spanish village torn apart by the coming of the Civil War – A rare humanist and female voice on a war which has otherwise been colonised by political commentary and male voices. A balance...

Duende

Duende
  • Author(s): Jason Webster
  • Location(s): Alicante, Madrid, Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2000s

After a failed love affair, Jason Webster heads for Spain, the country that has long enthralled him. He is looking for “Duende”, the state during Flamenco that is part ecstasy, part melancholy, the essence of Spain’s signature art form....

Errant in Iberia

Errant in Iberia
  • Author(s): Ben Curtis
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

A life-changing move to Spain… This is the inspirational story of moving to a new country with nothing, then really living your dreams. Turning up in Madrid without a word of Spanish, Ben soon finds a job, beautiful language...

Farewell Spain

Farewell Spain
  • Author(s): Kate O'Brien
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1930s

Travelogue of Spain written by Irish author in 1937.

Fight Back

Fight Back
  • Author(s): Anna Smith
  • Location(s): Glasgow, Costa del Sol
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gangster Kerry Casey has fought her way to the top of the Glasgow crime scene. But can she stay there? Kerry Casey is now a fully-fledged gangland boss. With her business partner Sharon and her wily lawyer Marty at...

Flower from Castile (Book 1 – Alhambra Decree)

Flower from Castile (Book 1 – Alhambra Decree)
  • Author(s): Lilian Gafni
  • Location(s): Granada, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 1400s

The Flower from Castile Trilogy opens in 1491 during the tumultuous unification of Spain under Catholicism. The battle for the conquest of Granada, which was held by the Islamic Moors for 700 years, empties Spain’s coffers and decimates the...

Ghosts of Spain: Travels though Spain and its Secret Past

Ghosts of Spain: Travels though Spain and its Secret Past
  • Author(s): Giles Tremlett
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Giles Tremlett starts his journey through Spain, just as the harrowing past of the Spanish Civil War comes to the fore through the discovery of mass graves. This book describe his journey in beautifully written prose, trawling through the...

Golden Earrings

Golden Earrings
  • Author(s): Belinda Alexandra
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s and 1970s

Let me tell you a story…The granddaughter of Spanish refugees, who fled Barcelona after the Civil War, Paloma Batton is an attentive student of the Paris Opera Ballet, that is, until she is visited by a ghost …Leaving her...

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