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  • Location: West Africa, London

The Other Princess

1850: A novel inspired by the remarkable life of Queen Victoria’s African Goddaughter

  • Location: Oxford, Culham, Berkhamsted

The Eights

1920s: Inspired by a true story –  They knew they were changing history. They didn’t know they would change each other.

  • Location: Vietnam

Build Your House Around My Body

1986, 2011: Part ghost story, part searing exploration of Vietnam’s colonial past

  • Location: Bratislava and Copenhagen

The Woman from Bratislava

1900s late: Teddy Pedersen meets a woman who turns out to be his half-sister.

  • Location: Channel Islands, Guernsey

The Toilers of the Sea

1800s:  An illiterate fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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