Best historical fiction books from France

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

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Germinal by Emile Zola EN

Rating: 4 5 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

Description:

The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity’s capacity for compassion and hope. Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hungry, and in debt, unable to feed and clothe their families. When conditions in the mining community deteriorate even further, Lantier finds himself leading a s... continue

Genre fiction Historical fiction

Tags: Set in FRANCE Male author

Recommended: 09 Apr 2022

The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac, Honore Balzac EN

Rating: 3.5 5 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

Description:

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

The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar EN

Rating: 4 24 Votes

Country: Europe /

France

Description:

Gaining the ability to speak after swallowing a parakeet, the rabbi's cat uses his newfound talent to tell lies, the consequences of which lead to being banned from contact with the rabbi's daughter and an education in the Torah, despite his preference for the Kabbalah and his desire for a bar mitvah. Mature.

Genre nonfiction Historical fiction

Tags: Set in ALGERIA Female author

Recommended: 24 Dec 2022

Historical fiction books from France

Germinal by Emile Zola EN

The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac, Honore Balzac EN

The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar EN

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