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Mannheim · Paris

Stories from the Old World

Crime fiction, family sagas and retold classics, set in the places Europeans love most – from the volcanic Canary Islands to the peaks of the Dolomites.

Our Series

Three ways into the Old World

Start with the Canary Islands – more series are on their way.

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Crime · Canary Islands

Canary Islands Mysteries

Private investigator Clara Medina, black lava, white villages – and a wind that forgets nothing.

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Crime · South Tyrol

Death in the Dolomites

Wine country, mountain lakes and old grudges in Italy’s German-speaking north.

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Retold Classics

Old World Classics

Troy, Odysseus, Aeneas: the great myths of Europe, retold as gripping novels.

About

A small press with an old soul

Old World Press is the English-language imprint of Zauberberg Verlag, an independent publisher based in Mannheim. We publish stories rooted in real places – books you read on holiday and then want to visit.

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