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Rise of Emperors: Masters of Rome

Rise of Emperors: Masters of Rome
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty, Simon Turney
  • Location(s): Italy, France, Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire

Their rivalry will change the world forever. As competition for the imperial throne intensifies, Constantine and Maxentius realise their childhood friendship cannot last. Each man struggles to control their respective quadrant of empire, battered by currents of politics, religion...

Rocco and the Nightingale

Rocco and the Nightingale
  • Author(s): Adrian Magson
  • Location(s): Picardie (Picardy)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

When a minor Paris criminal is found stabbed in the neck on a country lane in Picardie it looks like another case for Inspector Lucas Rocco. But instead he is called off to watch over a Gabonese government minister,...

Roissy Express

Roissy Express
  • Author(s): Francois Maspero, Anaik Frantz
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Accompanied by photographer Anaik Frantz, Francois Maspero embarked on a journey along the RER, the express subway which leads through the Paris suburbs. Getting off the train at each stop, he and Frantz present a picture of daily life...

Romance in Marseille

Romance in Marseille
  • Author(s): Claude McKay
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

While stowed away on a transatlantic freighter, Lafala is discovered and locked away in an icy-cold closet, resulting in the loss of his frostbitten legs. When his successful lawsuit against the shipping company brings big bucks, Lafala returns to...

Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers
  • Author(s): Katherine Rundell
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction

Already being proclaimed a classic in children’s literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell’s Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade...

Rosie’s Little Cafe on the Riviera

Rosie’s Little Cafe on the Riviera
  • Author(s): Jennifer Bohnet
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A summer of taking chances! Rosie Hewitt’s dream of opening a little French café on the Riviera is finally coming true. She’s giving up on love and instead chasing her own perfect recipe for happiness… Only, she never expected...

Rouen: How quickly can a woman run?

Rouen: How quickly can a woman run?
  • Author(s): Nilam A McGrath
  • Location(s): Rouen
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

If you had only one moment to flee, would you? After years of being boxed into an abusive relationship, a young academic finds the courage to flee from the man who claims to love her. Set in Rouen, France,...

Sarab

Sarab
  • Author(s): Raja Alem
  • Location(s): Paris, Mecca
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1979

November 1979. Violence has broken out in the holiest site of Islam after a charismatic rebel and his devoted followers have announced the coming of the Mahdi and seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Among the insurgents is a...

Saving Our Skins: Building a Vineyard Dream in France

Saving Our Skins: Building a Vineyard Dream in France
  • Author(s): Caro Feely
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Frost can be fatal to a fledgling wine business… gorgeous glitter with a high price tag. On a winter’s day it is beautiful, but on a spring day after bud burst it spells devastation. For Sean and Caro Feely,...

Scandalous Alchemy

Scandalous Alchemy
  • Author(s): Katy Moran
  • Location(s): Fontainebleau
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Regency

Fontainebleau in 1825 is a glittering international court, rich with intrigue, passion and simmering violence. Lieutenant Colonel Kit Helford must navigate these treacherous waters to deliver the beautiful, self-destructive Princess Royal to her prospective husband. Kit’s childhood friend, Clemency...

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