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  • Location: Hanoi, Huế, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam

The Silk Merchant’s Daughter

1952: French Indochina –  a country torn in two and a girl stuck between two cultures and a dangerous choice

  • Location: London, Clacton on Sea, Grasmere

A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London’s Flower Sellers

1867 and 1912 – The fascinating story of the Covent Garden flower girls

  • Location: Paris

The Little Bookshop On The Seine

2000s: How do you fancy coming to work in a bookshop in the middle of Paris?

  • Location: Ashford (CT USA)

The Little Bookshop on the Corner

2000s: Welcome to Ashford Connecticut – home to Sarah Smith bookworm and owner of the only bookshop in the village.

  • Location: Scottish Highlands

The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After

2000s: a book about book shops, books, readers, more books, oh and a book bus!

Featured Book

A Fatal Love

1955: A reimagining of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain

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