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The fledgling The fledgling Elizabeth Cadell Vitorina's escort from Lisbon to London wore a cloak of respectability which convinced the child's father and aunts, but even before the ten-year-old girl had made her disconcerting discovery of his … OL104218W
The Elephant's Journey The Elephant's Journey José Saramago From back cover: In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gives Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon, along with his keeper, Subhro. The two have been living in dismal … OL15371135W
Los dos hoteles Francfort Los dos hoteles Francfort David Leavitt "It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon, Portugal, is the only neutral port left in Europe--a city filled with spies, crowned heads, and refugees of every nationality, tipping back absinthe to while aw… OL17081002W
The Seat of Magic (The Golden City #2) The Seat of Magic (The Golden City #2) J. Kathleen Cheney **Magical beings have been banned from the Golden City for decades, though many live there in secret. Now humans and nonhumans alike are in danger as evil stalks the streets, growing more powerful wi… OL17358798W
The golden city The golden city J. Kathleen Cheney "For two years, Oriana Paredes has been a spy among the social elite of the Golden City, reporting back to her people, the sereia, sea folk banned from the city's shores.... When her employer and onl… OL19973420W
The debt of Tamar The debt of Tamar Nicole Dweck "Four hundred years before Oskar Schindler there was Suleiman the Magnificent, an Ottoman sultan who rescued thousands of Jews from the Inquisition... In 1544, as Inquisition fires rage in Portugal, … OL20008030W
The inquisitors' manual The inquisitors' manual Antonio Lobo Antunes "The Inquisitors' Manual chronicles the decadence not just of a family but of an entire society morally and spiritually vitiated by four decades of totalitarian rule. Senhor Francisco, a once powerfu… OL2071839W
Nachtzug nach Lissabon Nachtzug nach Lissabon Pascal Mercier Former Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius boards the night train to Lisbon, carrying with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, with whose work he becomes obsessed, and journeys all over the city in search of … OL2254535W
Sharpe's Escape Sharpe's Escape Bernard Cornwell It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal -- and push the British back to the sea -- he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border… OL23291W
Sharpe's Havoc Sharpe's Havoc Bernard Cornwell Bestselling historical novelist Bernard Cornwell returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula with Sharpe's Havoc, where the lieutenant and his men bravely fight the French invasion into Port… OL23298W
Whispering Whispering Jane Aiken Hodge When teenage Caterina Gomez returns from England to Portugal, she comes back to a beloved homeland, a distant father, and a scandalous past. Traveling with Caterina are her cousin Jeremy Craddock, a … OL27008W
Passarola rising Passarola rising Azhar Abidi The fabulous debut novel by new international talent Azhar Abidi, Passarola Rising is a deftly written picaresque tale filled with evocative detail, adventure, and suspense. Set in eighteenth-century… OL5844594W
Alentejo Blue Alentejo Blue Monica Ali Alentejo Blue is the story of a Portuguese village told through the lives of those who live there and those who are passing through - children and old men, expatriates of all ages, tourists and local… OL6033075W
The Implacable Order of Things The Implacable Order of Things José Luís Peixoto In a poverty-stricken, rural Portuguese village, two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger, toil, and hardship, are driven by a force beyond themselves to fulfill their assigned roles in a… OL9334424W