Fiction Spring 2022

Florence, 1534. No sooner have they sworn their eternal love, than the young merchant's daughter Calla del Giocondo and her lover are forced to flee the city. Samuele, the heir to the Bellani cos...

The Berlin district of Zehlendorf, 1933. Just as the Waldfriede clinic has finally made a name for itself and the clinic's director Conradi is admitted to the Berlin Society of Surgeons, storm cl...

Barnaba Carbonaro, a young man living in Sicily at the end of the nineteenth century, has a head full of dreams of wealth and plans to create a dynasty. And his dreams come true: clever and coura...

England in the late 18th century. Isabella Woodford has a problem: following a passionate, forbidden night of love with an army officer, her reputation as a virtuous young aristocrat is at risk. ...

Hamburg, 1902. Young Otto Lagerfeld emigrates to South America, dreaming of making his fortune as a merchant. On a visit to his family back in Hamburg, he meets his best friend's sister again. Ot...

Mallorca, 1913. The Delgado family runs a small winery at the foot of the idyllic Tramuntana mountains. But when the competition on the mainland grows more powerful, the island's wine trade colla...

Rheims, 1858. When Jeanne Pommery is unexpectedly widowed, her deceased husband's rivals get ready to destroy his wine business. But Jeanne determines to continue running the business on her own,...

New York, 1965. Helena Rubinstein is ninety-five, one of the richest women in the world, and a glittering icon. Whether she's in London or Paris, Sydney or Manhattan, people everywhere recognise ...

When Clärenore Stinnes sets off in her car on the 25th of May 1927 with the intention of circling the globe, she has no idea what lies in store – but come what may, she'll show the world that a w...

Hamburg, 1913. When Hedda takes on the position of head gardener to the Clarenburgs, a Jewish banking family, she has her work cut out. She's the first woman to hold the post at the estate on the...