Start with high-confidence stories set in europe books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #11: Framed in France
Jeff Brown
The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid
Colin Meloy
Professor Renoir's Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights
Randall Platt
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Astrid Lindgren
The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl
The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz
Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Henry Winterfeld
Marven of the Great North Woods
Kathryn Lasky
The Minstrel in the Tower
Gloria Skurzynski
The Stranger
Chris Van Allsburg
Knight's Castle
Edward Eager
Dodsworth in Rome
Tim Egan
Golem
David Wisniewski
Madeline and the Gypsies
Ludwig Bemelmans
Stone Soup
Marcia Brown
Big Anthony: His Story
Tomie dePaola
The Timekeepers: Eiffel Tower Emergency
SJ King
Fin M'coul
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
C.M. Millen
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
A Year in the Castle
Nikola Kucharska
