Historical fiction genre books (1183)


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Les soleils des indépendances : roman by Ahmadou Kourouma FR

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Ivory Coast flag Ivory Coast
Description:
Depuis l'ère des Indépendances, la république de la Côte des Ébènes est en proie à de profonds vouleversements.

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Les trois mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas FR

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Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Les aventures de d’Artagnan et de ses trois célèbres acolytes, Athos, Porthos et Aramis, ce sont avant tout la vaillance et le panache, un débordement d’énergie et d’audace, de la romance et de la comédie qui virent parfois à la tragédie quand, au détour d’une page, se profile la silhouette de l’inquiétante Milady... Des générations de lecteurs ont été subjuguées par Les Trois Mousquetaires où Dumas, avec une incomparable puissance dramatique, mêle à la fiction l’histoire et aux êtres imaginaires des personnages réels, pour faire revivre avec brio la tumultueuse époque du règne de Louis XIII.... 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

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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.

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Life After Life : A Novel by Kate Atkinson EN

Rating: 5 (6 votes)
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.

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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

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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.