Popular European Historical Fiction Books
Find historical fiction books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (413)
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Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu EN
RomaniaDescription:
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.
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Lily Among Thorns by Catrin Morgan EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
At the end of the First World War, Lily Walters returns home to Abercarn, in South Wales. The strongest and most discerning member of her large family, most of whom live and work in the local mining community, Lily is determined to make the best of all that life has to offer. But when her love affair with a local doctor ends in heartache, she is less sure of her destiny. Lily's life begins to have meaning again when she meets a young mining deputy, and through him becomes involved in local politics. With the threat of wage cuts and tougher working hours, violent confrontations soon begin ... continue
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Los desposeídos by Szilárd Borbély ES
HungaryDescription:
Los Desposeídos es un profundo ejercicio de comprensión del escenario de la infancia del autor: la Hungría de mediados del siglo XX, un país traumatizado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el regreso de los supervivientes de los gulags y la expropiación de las tierras por los comunistas. A finales de los años sesenta, una fam ilia lucha por sobrevivir a la miseria en un pequeño pueblo fronterizo de Hungría. El hijo de once años se evade del frío y el hambre imaginando un universo propio en el que gobiernan los números primos mientras observa con todo detalle el mundo que le rodea. Se trata de un m... continue
Denmark196.
Madame Curie und die Kraft zu träumen by Susanna Leonard DE
GermanyDescription:
Träume dir dein Leben schön, und mach aus diesen Träumen eine Realität.“ Marie Curie
Paris, 1891. Schon als Kind träumte Marie davon, eines Tages der Enge ihrer von Russland besetzten polnischen Heimat zu entfliehen. Nun, 20 Jahre später, erfüllt sich dieser Traum: Marie darf an der Sorbonne studieren. Dafür musste sie hart kämpfen, denn eine Frau ist in der Welt der Wissenschaft nicht gern gesehen. Doch Marie weiß, was sie will. Trotz aller Anfeindungen stürzt sie sich in die Forschung – und ins Leben. Als sie dem charmant... continue
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Ukraine
Norway199.
Mesopotamia by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan EN
Description:
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "One of the most astounding novels to come out of modern Ukraine. Mesopotamia is seductive, twisted, brilliant, and fierce."--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post‑independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusion... continue
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Middlemarch by George Eliot EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
This is an analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the first Reform Bill of 1832. It is told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Dr Tertius Lydgate and includes a host of characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid 19th century.