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1687 book trails

  • Location: China, India, Indian Ocean, Mauritius

Sea of Poppies

1800s:  Set on the eve of the Opium Wars, an old slave ship, The Ibis, is on its way across the Indian Ocean.

  • Location: Czech Republic

The Glass Room

1930s, WW2 – A house which seems to reflect the horrors of war in the city and the country outside its walls

  • Location: London

The Devil in the Marshalsea

1700s: Georgian London – in a debtor’s prison called the Marshalsea

  • Location: Shanghai, China, San Francisco

The Valley of Amazement

1900s: A story inspired by a painting and a lovely journey across China and San Francisco.

  • Location: London

Spare Brides

1920s:  Meet the spare brides. Young, gorgeous – and unexpectedly alone.

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Just a Little Dinner

2025: Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes

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