Historical fiction genre books (1697)


1601.

Twilight in Delhi : A Novel by Ahmed Ali EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Set during the early years of this century this book recaptues the texture of family life in Delhi.

1602.

Two Novels of Mexico : The Flies. The Bosses by Mariano Azuela EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
-- "The Bosses" is set during the presidency (1911 to 1913) of Francisco Madero (1873-1913), the successful revolutionary who has ousted the previous president. It focuses on unscrupulous political "caicques" (bosses) who manage to ruin two men: Don Juanito, an honest businessman, is robbed of his livelihood, and Rodriguez, an idealistic clerk, is killed for criticizing the bosses.-- adapted from "The Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature", page 89, accessed online at Google Books, 9-15-17.

1603.

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian's Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist's Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure. Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker’s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jes... continue

1604.

Tyrant Memory by Horacio Castellanos Moya EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
Castellanos Moya’s most thrilling book to date, about the senselessness of tyranny. The tyrant of Horacio Castellanos Moya’s ambitious new novel is the actual pro-Nazi mystic Maximiliano Herna´ndez Marti´nez — known as the Warlock — who came to power in El Salvador in 1932. An attempted coup in April, 1944, failed, but a general strike in May finally forced him out of office. Tyrant Memory takes place during the month between the coup and the strike. Its protagonist, Hayde´e Aragon, is a well-off woman, whose husband is a political prisoner and whose son, Clemente, after prematurely announcing... continue



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Un océan, deux mers, trois continents by Wilfried N'Sondé FR

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Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
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Au tout début du XVIIe siècle, Nsaku Ne Vunda, ordonné prêtre et baptisé Dom Antonio Manuel, est chargé par le roi des Bakongos de devenir son ambassadeur auprès du pape. En faisant ses adieux à son Kongo natal, il ignore que le long voyage censé le mener à Rome va passer par le Nouveau Monde, et que le bateau sur lequel il s'apprête à embarquer est un navire négrier. De quoi mettre à mal sa foi en Dieu et en l'homme... Wilfried N'Sondé s'empare avec ardeur d'un personnage méconnu de l'Histoire pour dénoncer les horreurs d'une époque d'obscurantisme et exalter la beauté de l'espérance.... continue

1608.

Un puente sobre el Drina by Ivo Andrić ES

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Un puente sobre el Drina (1945) es una novela de largo aliento, que transcurre en la localidad de Visegrad, frente al río Drina, desde el siglo XVI, cuando dentro del Imperio Otomano se inició la construcción del puente, atravesando diversas generaciones en la conviven cristianos, musulmanes y judíos sefaradíes, hasta llegar al fatídico 1914. La perspectiva histórica permite diferenciar las pasiones efímeras y la constante del género humano, en especial los que en cada generación contribuyen a su bienestar. Una obra de gran ... continue

1609.
Un singur cer deasupra lor

Un singur cer deasupra lor by Ruxandra Cesereanu RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Un roman-fresca despre transformarile petrecute in Romania de la inceputurile obsedantului deceniu comunist pina dupa revolutia din 1989, in care micile istorii ale unor oameni aflati de partea puterii comuniste sau impotriva ei sint inglobate si dau contur istoriei mari. Luptatori in munti, deportati, detinuti politici, opozanti, disidenti, frontieristi, revolutionari, dar si lideri ai Securitatii, presedinti de stat, tortionari, delatori si multi altii – victime si opresori –, cu totii traiesc sub acelasi cer, intre 1945 si 1991, limitele cronologice ale frescei epice la care aut... continue

1610.

Una mujer no muere jamás by Elisa Beni ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
Description:
¿Qué potentes hilos pueden ligar a una anónima mujer de postguerra con una joven periodista recién divorciada del siglo XXI? Esta es la historia de dos mujeres o puede que de todas las mujeres. La nueva novela de Elisa Beni nos traslada al Madrid franquista de posguerra en una historia llena de secretos que reivindica el papel de las mujeres en la época más reciente y convulsa de la historia de España. Lara, desde un Madrid frenético y prepandémico, se lanza en busca de explicaciones sobre la vida de la mujer que murió en el piso que acaba de alquilar y que fue encontrada momificada diez años ... continue