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Lonely Planet Pocket Madeira
The latest edition of Lonely Planet’s compact pocket guide to Madeira, with detailed itineraries and coverage of Funchal, the north coast, east Madeira and Porto Santo.
Topic
Funchal
30 books about Madeira tagged “Funchal”.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Friends in Funchal
Set in 1811, a Quaker doctor leaves his London practice for Funchal hoping Madeira’s climate will cure his consumption — a vivid depiction, with nods to Dickens and Austen, of an island under military occupation and the people he meets.
🏡 Memoir & Living
Finding Madeira
A travel memoir blending poetry, prose, diaries and photographs, told through the eyes of a Portuguese-Canadian rediscovering his roots across Funchal, Câmara de Lobos, Curral das Freiras and beyond.
🏡 Memoir & Living
New Leaves from a Madeira Garden
Inspired by a 1909 classic, Tony Powell — who divides his time between the UK and Madeira — introduces 21st-century island life: Funchal, the mountains, holy days and the world-famous gardens, contrasting the Madeira of 1909 with today.
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DuMont Reise-Taschenbuch Reiseführer Madeira
A German-language DuMont pocket travel guide to Madeira with a regional breakdown, individual author tips, numerous tours and recommended restaurants. Latest (3rd) edition, 2025.
🏛️ History & Culture
Madeira Embroidery
A hardcover history of Madeira embroidery produced by the Bordal house in Funchal (English translation), documenting the origins, techniques and cultural significance of the island’s famous whitework.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Chipset
Tech journalist Karl Lustig travels to Madeira to lecture at the university and deliver military microchips — and stumbles onto a dangerous puzzle hidden in the chipset. A techno-thriller set largely on the island.
📖 Fiction & Literature
The Glass of Time
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
O Último Cais
The acclaimed debut novel (in Portuguese) by Funchal journalist Helena Marques, set in late-19th-century Funchal — the Vaz de Lacerda family and its women across generations. Winner of the Portuguese Writers’ Association Grand Prize.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Poemas Completos
The collected poems of Funchal-born Herberto Helder (1930–2015), widely regarded as one of the greatest Portuguese poets of the late 20th century.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Photomaton & Vox
A hybrid prose-and-verse work in which the Funchal-born poet Herberto Helder speaks of his native island of Madeira and his European wanderings.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Os Passos em Volta
Herberto Helder’s principal book of prose fiction (first published 1963) — short narratives tracing a man’s steps around his own existence in poetically transcendent fragments.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Esta Voz é Quase o Vento
A prize-winning poetry collection by Funchal-born poet José Agostinho Baptista, awarded the Portuguese PEN Club and APE poetry prizes in 2004.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Biografia
A volume gathering much of the verse of Funchal-born poet José Agostinho Baptista, including earlier collections such as Morrer no Sul.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Karen
A novel by Funchal-born writer Ana Teresa Pereira on identity, memory and marriage — winner of the 2017 Oceanos Prize for Portuguese-language literature.
🏛️ History & Culture
Aquila to Madeira
A photographic history of Aquila Airways, whose flying boats carried passengers between Southampton and Funchal from 1949 until the final flight in 1958.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Madeira Grave
The English translation of the first Comissário Avila “Madeira-Krimi” — a young woman is found dead at the island’s elite golf club, and a detective hunts a killer among Madeira’s high society.
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Guide du Routard Madère 2026/27
The popular French Routard guide to Madeira — thematic and geographic itineraries, addresses for all budgets, maps and a selection of the island’s best walks.
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Madère En quelques jours
Lonely Planet’s French pocket guide for short stays on Madeira — neighbourhood walks, highlights and a pull-out map.
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Madeira de cerca
The Spanish Lonely Planet “De cerca” pocket guide to Madeira — curated highlights, neighbourhood walks, itineraries and a pull-out map.
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Madeira Pocket
The Italian Lonely Planet/EDT pocket guide to Madeira — a pull-out map, curated highlights and itineraries.
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Madera. Pocket
The Polish-language Lonely Planet Pocket guide to Madeira (Pascal) — curated highlights, itineraries and a pull-out map.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Tod auf Madeira
The first in the atmospheric German “Madeira-Krimi” series — melancholy Comissário Torres and a German crime writer investigate when a hiker is murdered with poisoned Madeira honey-cake.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Mörderisches Madeira
The second Comissário Torres “Madeira-Krimi” — crime writer Laura Flemming returns to the island to write and is again drawn into a murder.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Blutlotus
A German crime-series opener: Rodrigo “Figo” Figueira, once a celebrated detective in Germany, returns broken to his native Madeira and must solve his first case there.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Madeiragrab
The German original of the Comissário Avila series — the Funchal homicide chief’s first case (translated into English as “Madeira Grave”).
📖 Fiction & Literature
Madeirasturm
Comissário Avila’s second case: as an Atlantic storm bears down, the body of a tourist washes up in Funchal harbour.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Madeiraschweigen
The third Comissário Avila “Madeira-Krimi”, set again in Funchal and across the flower island.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Mord auf der Levada
A cosy “Madeira-Krimi”: Hamburg café owner Pauline Boysen plans a walking-and-snorkelling holiday on Madeira and stumbles into a murder along the levadas.
📖 Fiction & Literature
Raquels Töchter
The German edition of Helena Marques’s prize-winning “O Último Cais” — a saga of bold women in 19th-century Madeira, based on her great-grandfather’s logbook.