Historical fiction genre books (1187)
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And the Mountains Echoed : A Novel by Khaled Hosseini EN
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those clo... continue
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Angola Janga by Marcelo d'Salete EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D’Salete brings history to life; the painful stories of fugitive slaves on the run, the brutal raids by Portuguese colonists, and the tense power struggles within this precarious kingdom. At turns heartbreaking and empowering, Angola Janga sheds light on a long-overlooked moment of resistance against oppression.
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Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje EN
Sri LankaDescription:
With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Booker Prize—winning author Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing. Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropolog... continue
Russia85.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy EN
Description:
Presents the classic nineteenth-century Russian novel in which a young woman is destroyed when she attempts to live outside the moral law of her society.
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Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
An abridged version of the tale of Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who comes to live on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
87.
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid EN
Country: North America / 
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Description:
An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived a peaceful and content life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful and influential presence, who sits at the very centre of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's shadow. When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she makes rebellious friends and frequently challenges authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a 'young ... continue
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Any Human Heart by William Boyd EN
GhanaDescription:
The author of "Armadillo, The Blue Afternoon" and "Brazzaville Beach" now pens his most entertaining, sly and compelling novel to date, a novel that evokes the tumult, events and iconic faces of our time, as it tells the story of Logan Mountstuart--writer, lover and man of the world--through his intimate journals.
90.
Aquella noche la vi by Drago Jančar ES
SloveniaDescription:
Aquella noche la vi es la novena novela de Drago Jančar, y tiene su origen en la historia real de una aristocrática pareja de Liubliana, el matrimonio Hribar, y en la trágica suerte que corrieron en enero de 1944. La historia se centra en la joven Veronika, rubia excéntrica, educada, y cuya misteriosa desaparición agita los recuerdos de cinco personas directamente ligadas a su círculo íntimo. El amante, un oficial del ejército real yugoeslavo, que recuerda su naturaleza indomable y caprichosa; su madre anciana, que rememora los extraños s... continue