The South
1950s: Colm Tóibín’s first novel vividly evokes the Barcelona of the exile, as a young Irish woman starts a new life in the city.
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The Hourglass Factory
1912: Suffragettes, Emily Pankhurst, a mysterious hourglass factory, a female roving reporter and the world of the circus freaks…oh and a murderous plot too
The Year of Living Dangerously
1960s: A vivid account of Indonesia under Sukarno’s rule and the journalists who go there to find out. Also a 1982 film starring Mel Gibson.
Season of Secrets
WW1, 1920s, 1940s: Starting off in a sleepy village in Yorkshire, we travel over Europe and America as we follow the Fenton family as their…
The Book Thief
WW2: Death is the narrator of this story. It’s also a fascinating insight into one of the darkest periods of history and of the human…
