James Runcie

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE -- a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Venice and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting -- allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE -- a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting -- allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

1955. Canon Sidney Chambers, loveable priest and part-time detective, is back. Accompanied by his faithful Labrador, Dickens, and the increasingly exasperated Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney is called to investigate the unexpected fall of a Cambridge don from the roof of King's College Chapel, a case of arson at a glamour photographer's studio and the poisoning of Zafar Ali, Grantchester's finest spin bowler.Alongside his sleuthing, Sidney has other problems. Can he decide between his dear friend, the glamorous socialite Amanda Kendall and Hildegard Staunton, the beguiling German widow? To make up his mind Sidney takes a trip abroad, only to find himself trapped in a web of international espionage just as the Berlin Wall is going up.

UN NUEVO HÉROE IRRUMPE EN EL MUNDO DEL CRIMEN, CON LA ASTUCIA DE AGATHA CHRISTIE Y LA IRONÍA DEL PADRE BROWN. El libro que ha inspirado la serie de televisión. En la pequeña y aparentemente idílica l

En 1518 Diego de Godoy parte hacía el Nuevo Mundo en busca de fortuna para luego regresar a España y, ya como hombre rico,poder casarse con su querida Isabella.Sin embargo, tras luchar con Hernan Cortés se enamora locamente de una indígena mexicana que le introducirá en los misterios del chocolate, esa sustancia afrodisiaca en la cual tal vez reside el secreto de la vida...Una novela deliciosa,sensual y deslumbrante,un libro para disfrutar con todos los sentidos.