Historical fiction genre books (1709)


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Lessons : A novel by Ian McEwan EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic, Roland Baines sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Two thousand miles from his mother's protective love, stranded a... continue


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Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
Description:
Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited. And she does, recording both the good--the kindness of the Cuban people and her discovery of a valuable hidden talent--and the bad: the fact th... continue

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Lichter dan ik by Dido Michielsen NL

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
Ontroerende, historische roman over eigenwaarde, identiteit en moederschap

705.

Liechtenstein - Roman einer Nation by Armin Öhri DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Liechtenstein - elf Gemeinden, ein Dutzend Banken und ein Fürst. Armin Öhri, mit dem Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union ausgezeichneter Schriftsteller, beschreibt sein Heimatland. Mühelos spannt der Autor einen weiten zeitlichen Bogen über das Leben seiner Protagonisten. In einem fesselnden Roman von ungeheurer Zugkraft nimmt er seine Leserschaft mit auf eine Reise durch ein turbulentes Jahrhundert, mit Auftritten von A wie Adolf Hitler bis zu Z wie Zotow. Eine mitreißende Saga und zugleich der erste große Roman über das Fürstentum.

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Lies of Silence by Brian Moore EN

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Description:
When the IRA orders Dillon to park his car at a Belfast hotel, he knows he's planting a bomb that will kill and maim dozens. He also knows his wife will be killed if he disobeys.The choice is complicated by the fact that the action takes place on the day Dillon plans to tell his wife he is leaving her to go to London to live with his girlfriend, Andrea, a researcher with the BBC. His decision has far reaching implications that play themselves out over the course of the novel, culminating in a horrific ending.

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Life by Lu Yao EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
Gao Jialin, a stubborn, idealistic and ambitious young man from a small country village, life is upended when corrupt local politics cost him his beloved job as a schoolteacher, prompting him to reject rural life and try to make it in the big city.

708.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
The award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. 75,000 first printing.

709.

Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan EN

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Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature Ideal for fans of Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer’s Life for Me, and similar works Written by today’s most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelist Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a remarkable story. The absurd, real, comical, and tragic are combined into a fantastic read. The hero—or antihero—is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his kindness to his peasants. His tale is a heart-wrenching and unique journey and completely riveting tale that shares the author’s love of a homeland c... continue

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Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Parvulescus' book is a magical tale full of enchanting characters who can carry the reader to another time. A time-travel book for the romantic.