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Isadora

Isadora
  • Author(s): Amelia Gray
  • Location(s): Paris, Greece, Italy
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1913

As dynamic, enthralling, and powerful as the visionary artist it captures, Amelia Gray’s Isadora is a relentless and living portrayal of a woman who shattered convention, even in the darkest days of her life. In 1913, Isadora Duncan was...

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Isla and the Happily Ever After
  • Author(s): Stephanie Perkins
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Barcelona, Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on brooding artist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And, after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer break, romance might be closer than Isla...

Island of Gold

Island of Gold
  • Author(s): Amy Maroney
  • Location(s): France, Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Historical, Suspense
  • Era(s): fifteenth century (medieval/Renaissance)

A mesmerizing novel of Renaissance Europe. She followed her heart. But at what cost? France, 1450. Sophie, the spoiled favorite child of a wealthy merchant, secures a love match with Cédric, a dashing noble-born falconer. But their isolated life...

Islands of Mercy

Islands of Mercy
  • Author(s): Rose Tremain
  • Location(s): Borneo, Bath, Dublin, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1865 onwards

She was ‘The Angel of the Baths’, the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned...

Isola

Isola
  • Author(s): Allegra Goodman
  • Location(s): France, North America
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century

In sixteenth-century France, as the heiress to an aristocratic fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of privilege. Then she is orphaned, and her enigmatic and volatile guardian squanders her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition...

It Never Rains But It Paws – A Road Trip Through Politics And A Pandemic

It Never Rains But It Paws – A Road Trip Through Politics And A Pandemic
  • Author(s): Jacqueline Lambert
  • Location(s): France, Italy
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“A great mix of puppies, politics and a pandemic with plenty of sightseeing thrown in. There’s something for everyone.” Lisa Rose Wright: Author of the ‘Writing Home’ series. “The mix of fun, humour, travel, exploits and anecdotes is lovely....

It Started With A Note

It Started With A Note
  • Author(s): Victoria Cooke
  • Location(s): Northern France
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Superhero single mum Cath always puts other people first. But now that she’s seen her son safely off to university (phew!), life seems a little, well…empty. So when Cath unexpectedly discovers some letters written by her great-grandfather during the...

Jazz Moon

Jazz Moon
  • Author(s): Joe Okonkwo
  • Location(s): Harlem, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

In a lyrical, captivating debut set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and glittering Jazz Age Paris, Joe Okonkwo creates an evocative story of emotional and artistic awakening. On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded...

Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette
  • Author(s): Marcel Pagnol
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Au village des Bastides Blanches, on hait ceux de Crespin. C’est pourquoi lorsque Jean Cadoret, le Bossu, s’installe à la ferme, des Romarins, on ne. lui parle pas de la source cachée. Ce qui facilite les manoeuvres des Soubeyran,...

Josephine’s Garden

Josephine’s Garden
  • Author(s): Stephanie Parkyn
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1794 - 1810

In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she’ll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napoleon Bonaparte, become...

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