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  • Location: Dublin

The Convictions of John Delahunt

1830s/1840s: This is an evocative journey around Dublin and the workings of the Irish prison service and the informants and the seedy goings on of…

  • Location: Bath

The Misbegotten

1800s: What lies behind the facades of those respectable houses in Bath?

  • Location: Amsterdam

The Coffee Trader

1659 – Wake up and smell the coffee and read this book before it’s too late! Takes you back to 1650s Amsterdam and the weird…

  • Location: Stockholm

Stockholm Octavo

1791 – the 18th C and and an octavo are an interesting mix and it’s always nice to travel to Stockholm – a game of…

  • Location: Amsterdam

Tulip Fever

1630s -This novel vividly evokes not only a setting but a time and a place too. Quite an eye opener! And more of a saucy…

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The Fertile Earth

1969: A  story of love and resistance about two young people born across social lines, set against a tumultuous…

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