Budapest, March 1944. The Nazis invade and occupy Hungary and so begins the systematic deportation of Jews under the supervision of Adolf Eichmann and with the cooperation of the Hungarian authorities. In only fifty-six days between May and July of that year, 437,402...
The first time I have come across a book written originally in Catalan, this is a classic that deserves to be much better known. Natalia is a young woman from Barcelona who enjoys her job at a bakery but gives it up to marry Quimet shortly before the outbreak of the...
Set in Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers, a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the...
"That afternoon the little beach seemed to be on fire. There was a whiplash of light in the air, or maybe it was inside us. Who knows? Our legs were still wet from the sea. Sand glinted down the length of Borja's ankles like tiny slivers of tin. The man was face down,...
Together with her partner, the Hungarian Endre Friedmann, Gerda Taro was one half of the alias Robert Capa, widely considered to be the twentieth century's greatest war and political photographer. Taro was killed while documenting the Spanish Civil War and tragically...
Mystery, intrigue, and dark surprises combine in this Renaissance thriller depicting a deadly game of wits between the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci and the pope's inquisitor intent on bringing him to trial for heresy. Milan, 1497, and Leonardo is putting the finishing...
Often billed as the Spanish Ken Follett, Juan Gómez-Jurado is one of Spain's most succesful living authors, along with Javier Sierra and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The Traitor's Emblem is a gripping and well-researched historical thriller which won the Premio de Novela Ciudad...
Tuscan author and chemist Marco Malvaldi began writing in 2007 and is probably best known for his quirky detective series featuring barman Massimo and his elderly clientele-cum-sleuths at the Bar Lume.