Best historical books from France

Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into historical here are some historical books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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In the Company of Men by Veronique Tadjo EN

Rating: 3.5 2 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

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Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity’s place in the world. Two boys venture from their village to hunt in a nearby forest, where they shoot down bats with glee, and cook their prey over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged by an insidious disease that neither the local healer’s potions nor the medical team’s treatments could cure. Compounding the family’s grief, experts warn against touching the sick. But this caution comes too late: the... continue

Genre fiction Historical

Tags: Set in IVORY COAST Female author

Recommended: 14 Sep 2022

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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo EN

Rating: 4.7 3 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

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A thrilling tale of narrow escapes, romance in the midst of a revolution, and heroism at Waterloo, this classic forms a parable of a morally empty state that values retribution rather than justice.

Genre fiction Historical

Tags: Set in FRANCE Male author

Recommended: 03 Dec 2022

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Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay EN

Rating: 3.5 3227 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

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Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from... continue

Genre fiction Historical

Tags: Female author

Recommended: 20 Jul 2022

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The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac, Honore Balzac EN

Rating: 3.5 5 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

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Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career in Napoleon’s army. His younger brother Joseph, meanwhile, is fundamentally virtuous - but their mother is blinded to his kindness by her disapproval of his life as an artist. Foolish and prejudiced, Agathe lives on unaware that she is being cynically manipulated by her own favourite child, but will she ever discover which of her sons is t... continue

Genre fiction Historical Historical fiction

Tags: Set in FRANCE Male author

Recommended: 02 Dec 2022

Historical books from France

In the Company of Men by Veronique Tadjo EN

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo EN

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay EN

The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac, Honore Balzac EN

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