A new category – now that I have the great fortune to reside in this beautiful island.An ever-growing number of titles about the Channel Islands from: The Occupation and the huge number of Fortifications and Tunnels built on these islands to: wonderful stories about Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm and the island’s way of life. From Victor Hugo to GB Edwards some amazing authors who chose to write about these islands.
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1940. Teresa Bichard and her baby are sent by her beloved husband, Leo, to England as the Germans draw closer to Guernsey. Days later they invade … 1942. Leo, of…
Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20 century. Eighty years old, fiercely independent, Ebenezer has lived his whole…
The Guernsey Novels – Book 4 One family, divided by death – and money Andy Batiste, at loggerheads with his degenerate cousin, seeks to discover the truth of his family…
The official history of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. This book is based on previously untapped sources, including papers from government departments and the Island’s own wartime files,…
Everyone knows the story of The Gruffalo? When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want to eat him!…
The island of Jethou lies east of Guernsey and south of its immediate neighbour, Herm. With an area of just under 0.2km2 around 49 acres Jethou is the smallest of…
Frank Falla was a journalist in Guernsey during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. By day, he worked on a local newspaper, fighting with the German censor. By night,…
This trail is laid out in a suggested sequence – but as it balances the fictional with the real life story – the sequence is neither chronological nor in the…
This book is set and written in the island of Guernsey and was a bestseller on its publication in 1866. The story concerns a reclusive fisherman, Gilliatt, who is secretly…
At the start of his exile, Hugo set himself a grand project – to study the sea. He befriended sailors and fishermen, learned about the creatures of the seas, inspected…
Written in both French and English this book studies the informal yet true-to-life representation of Victor Hugo. Praised by contemporaries, Jean Boucher’s statue in Candie Gardens depicts Victor Hugo on…
Victor Hugo is often portrayed as a lonely figure, isolated on his balcony. But far from being an introverted recluse, he regularly went to town and enjoyed the company of…
The tiny Channel Island of Herm measures one and a half miles long by half a mile wide. This book comprises twelve short stories drawing on the island’s history, myths…
‘I am only obeying the law that Nature has engraved indelibly in the heart of a mother, to never be separated from her child’. 2nd July 1825: Cecilia Zoffany, daughter…
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