Heart of the Storm

Fiction & Literature

In Hiding

Barbara Cartland

English · 2006 edition

Fleeing scandal, Lady Tamina Braithwaite sails toward Madeira under an assumed name as secretary to the Earl of Daventry, and on the voyage the two grow attached as her deception unravels.

Fiction & Literature

On Leaving Paradise

Frank Hercules

English · 1980 edition

An elegant satirical fable following Johnny de Paria and his entourage as they flee Trinidad by ocean liner for England — docking at Madeira, where a richly comic set piece unfolds among the island’s society.

Fiction & Literature

The Glass of Time

Michael Cox

English · 2009 edition

A gothic sequel to The Meaning of Night, in which orphan Esperanza Gorst goes undercover as a lady’s maid — and her own origins trace back to Funchal, Madeira, where part of the narrative is set.

Fiction & Literature

With selection notes

Distant Music

Lee Langley

English · 2003 edition

A love story spanning six centuries, opening in 1429 on a Madeira consumed by a fire that has blazed for seven years, as a peasant girl and a Jewish boy off a Portuguese ship meet — their thwarted love recurring across generations.