Genre: Historical Fiction (48 Listed volumes)
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Hervé Le Corre
In the Shadow of the Fire
In the Shadow of the Fire traces the Communards’ tragic odyssey, while following a breathless criminal investigation. -
Lia Levi
Tonight is Already Tomorrow
“A gripping story of childhood during Fascism.”— Rai Cultura “The storytelling is vivid and accessible, engaging and compelling. Levi gives her readers an opportunity to immerse themselves in the day-to-day life of a family subject to the racial laws in Italy during Fascism.”—... -
Ben Hopkins
Cathedral
Ambitious, immersive, a remarkable feat of imagination, Cathedral tells a sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, and earthly desire. It deftly combines historical fiction, the literary novel of ideas, and a tale of adventure and intrigue. -
Aaron Gwyn
All God’s Children
All God’s Children is a historical epic that spans thirty years in the lives of three people who are trying to capture the American ideal of freedom on the new Western frontier, in a struggle that still resonates today. -
Joseph O’Connor
Shadowplay
Shadowplay by New York Times best-selling author, Joseph O’Connor, is set during the golden age of West End theater in a London shaken by the crimes of Jack the Ripper. -
Marco Malvaldi
The Measure of a Man
Five hundred years after Leonardo’s death, Marco Malvaldi combines literature, science, history, and mystery to bring back to life one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance. -
Andrew Miller
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
When Captain John Lacroix returns home from Spain, wounded, unconscious, and alone, he believes that he has seen the worst of what men may do. It is 1809, and in England’s wars against Napoleon, the Battle of Corunna stands out as a humiliation: a once-proud army forced to retreat, civilized men reduced... -
Andrea Camilleri
The Sect of Angels
Based on a true story and told with the pacing, humor, and thrills of a Mediterranean mystery, Andrea Camilleri’s new novel tells of a turn-of-the-century Sicilian scandal that revealed a tendency that is with us still: the refusal to accept the truth. The lawyer and journalist Matteo... -
Laurent Gaudé
Hear Our Defeats
From the winner of the Prix Goncourt Timely and provocative, Hear Our Defeats is a novel about the battles that define us. The battles lost, won, and those still being fought. A French intelligence officer, Assem, is tasked with tracking down a former member of the U.S. Special... -
Ahmet Altan
Like a Sword Wound
A powerful, beautifully written saga set during the fall of one of history’s greatest empires.