Historical fiction genre books (1699)


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Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung EN

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / Taiwan flag Taiwan
Description:
An Instant USA Today Bestseller, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a People Book of the Week! “Throw open the doors of your heart for the lionhearted girls of Chung’s gripping debut…they are heroines for the ages." —People A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story Daughters are the Ang family’s curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their ... continue

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Daughters of the NIght Sky by Aimie K Runyan EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
A novel--inspired by the most celebrated regiment in the Red Army--about a woman's sacrifice, courage, and love in a time of war. Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband--a sensitive artist who fears for her safety--can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter of Russia. After ... continue

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Daughters of the Nile by Zahra Barri EN

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Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
History's repetitions signal the rekindling of revolutionary spirit. Paris, 1940. The course of Fatiha Bin-Khalid's life is changed forever when she befriends the Muslim feminist Doria Shafik. But after returning to Egypt and dedicating years to the fight for women's rights, she struggles to reconcile her political ideals with the realities of motherhood. Cairo, 1966. After being publicly shamed when her relationship with a bisexual boyfriend is revealed, Fatiha's daughter is faced with an impossible decision. Should Yasminah accept a life she didn't choose, or will she leave her home and coun... continue

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David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson EN

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Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
Description:
The further adventures of David Balfour in which he continues his friendship with Alan Breck Stewart and support of the Scottish highlanders' cause, travels abroad to complete his education, and finds romance.

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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; his nemesis, the eternally humble Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature’s great comic creations. In David Copperfield – the novel he described as his ‘f... continue

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Dawn : A Novel by Elie Wiesel EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Deals with the conflicts and thoughts of a young Jewish concentration-camp veteran as he prepares to assassinate a British hostage in occupied Palestine.

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Day : A Novel by Elie Wiesel EN

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Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
A Man seriously injured when hit by a car is taken to the hospital where a doctor, the woman who loves him, and his artist friend lead him to yearn for life rather than death.

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De boekhandel van Algiers by Kaouther Adimi NL

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Country: Africa / Algeria flag Algeria
Description:
Drie met elkaar verbonden verhalen: de liefde voor literatuur in een leenboekwinkeltje in Algiers, de Algerijnse gschiedenis tussen 1930 en 2017 en hoe de situatie nu wordt gezien door Ryad uit Parijs.


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De gek van de tsaar by Jaan Kross NL

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Estonia flag Estonia
Description:
Een man die zijn belofte, de tsaar altijd de waarheid te vertellen gestand doet, wordt krankzinnig verklaard en tien jaar opgesloten.