Blogs in March 2023

Granite Island: A Portrait of Corsica 14th March 2023

‘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...

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The Dream Hunters Of Corsica 14th March 2023

The dream-hunters,or mazzeri,are unknown outside Corsica and probably date from pre-historic times.At night they go hunting-or dream they do so-and kill an animal,in whom they recognise a human face.The next day they announcethe death,which always takes place within a...

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The Secrets We Hide 24th August 2022

The deep traditions and values of Kaito Tanaka’s Japanese heritage are severely tested when he returns home to Honolulu from duty in Vietnam to find his wife Hana in the grip of progressive mental health challenges. As Hana’s condition...

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Peaks and Bandits 18th January 2022

In 1909, while dreaming of the Himalaya, Norwegian mountaineer Alf Bonnevie Bryn and a fellow young climber, the Australian George Ingle Finch, set their sights on Corsica to build their experience. The events of this memorable trip form the...

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The Corsican Woman 18th January 2022

Set on the island of Corsica during the Second World War, The Corsican Woman is a stunning novel of passion and revenge. When the beautiful Sybilia is married off to the son of her town’s leader, she soon discovers...

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