Historical Biographical Fiction

Echoes of Armageddon: Voices from the Second World War plunges listeners into the heart of history's most devastating conflict through a unique and gripping collection of fictionalized interviews. This is not a typical retelling of battles and dates; it's an exploration of the human experience of war, told through the imagined voices of those who lived it.

A startling take on the life and tragic death of one of the most prolific artists in history, challenging the conventional theory that Van Gogh killed himself but was, in fact, murdered. Dedicated to revealing the truth behind what really happened to Vincent van Gogh and unraveling the mystery of who killed him.

בשיאה של המלחמה הקרה, בוריס פסטרנק כותב את יצירת המופת שלו, ´ד"ר ז´יוואגו´. המפלגה הקומוניסטית חוששת מהמסר החתרני של הספר ואוסרת על פרסומו, וב–CIA נרקמת תוכנית יצירתית להכרעת המלחמה: הברחת הספר האסור בחזרה אל תוך ברית המועצות והפצתו בידיהם של מתנגדי המשטר. הסוכנוֹת הנבחרות להוציא לפועל את המשימה הנועזת הן סאלי, מרגלת מנוסה ובעלת אישיות ממגנטת שנדחקה אל מחוץ לסוכנות כשהגברים חזרו מהמלחמה, ואירינה, טירונית מוכשרת ובעלת עבר כואב.

From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate—a new novel inspired by beloved Harlem jazz performer Hazel Scott and the equal parts exhilarating and tumultuous relationship that changed the course of her life. Harlem, 1943. At just twenty-three, Hazel Scott is a woman on fire. A jazz...

From the explosive opening in the vast waters of the Atlantic Ocean to the endless expanses of the African continent, Arthur and Barbara Stannard’s journey is no ordinary one. It is a journey of faith in every sense beginning in troubled world times.

Japan, 1745, is a land under the iron grip of the Tokugawa shoguns. Roads are monitored, dissent stifled, and order maintained through blackmail and an extensive network of informers. Amid rumors of rebellion, Kurosawa Kinko—samurai and monk—is expelled in disgrace as the head music instructor of his Zen temple in Nagasaki. He begins an odyssey across Japan, dogged by agents and assassins from an unknown foe. Along his journey, Kinko encounters a compelling cast of merchants, ronin, courtesans, spies, warriors, hermits, and spirits, on a quest to redeem his honor.

What really happened when Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe? This stunning historical novel imagines the summer that bonded the world's two most famous women, both thirty years old and chafing against the façade of global celebrity. On a cool early-autumn evening in 1956, a glittering array...

"The Mill on the Floss" is George Eliot’s second novel, and was published in 1860, only a year after her first, "Adam Bede". It centres on the lives of brother and sister Tom and Maggie Tulliver growing up on the river Floss near the town of St. Oggs (a fictionalised version of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, England) in the years following the Napoleonic Wars, with both as young adults eventually meeting a tragic end by the Mill which the family holds so dear.

South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader. Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.

Madrid. Unfinished. Man dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed, synapses firing, writhing and reveling in pleasure and pain as a lifetime of chaotic and grotesque sense memories wash over and envelop him. In this bold and brilliant short work of experimental fiction by the author of Grief...

Nazaire Poulin, a grain grower from Quebec, wants his old life back, but the sudden death of his spouse and the removal of his children have flipped his world upside down. He can’t afford seed money for his coming summer crop. He is a man lost. The Klondike Gold Rush has been over for a decade. Is it too late to find gold or a job rumored to pay six dollars a day? A spark of hope flashes in Nazaire’s body. Dare he go? Everything that Nazaire has is at risk as he ventures thousands of miles from home on a long shot. Many men have gone. Most returned broken. Some starved on the way.

Nell’estate romana del 1943, Gina, una studentessa di famiglia benestante, si innamora perdutamente di Betto, un intrepido ragazzo ebreo che fa parte di un’organizzazione clandestina. Tra i due si sviluppa una relazione intensa e proibita, nel bel mezzo di una delle più sconvolgenti tragedie della recente storia europea. Dopo la caduta di Mussolini, infatti, Roma è piombata in un turbine di violenza culminato nell’occupazione della città da parte delle truppe di Hitler.

"Ich, die Königin" von Susan Hastings ist nicht nur ein historischer Roman - es ist eine Zeitreise ins Kastilien von 1464, ein Land geplagt von Unordnung und Ungerechtigkeit. In dieser raue Welt, wo Reisende und Kaufleute der Gnadenlosigkeit von Räuberscharen ausgeliefert sind und Adel und Klerus sich unerbittlich an der armen Bevölkerung bereichern, erscheint die Lage düster und verzweifelt. Aber aus dem Schatten tritt Isabella hervor, die Schwester des unauffälligen Königs Enrique. Mit ihrer eisernen Entschlossenheit und scharfen Intelligenz trotzt sie den Gezeiten und bringt Veränderung.

Com apenas 7 anos, Maria da Glória torna-se rainha de um reino que não conhecia. Esta é a história de uma mãe dedicada e política de pulso forte que durante dezanove anos comandou os destinos de Portugal.

The Eisenhower Chronicles dramatizes Ike's life, portraying his epic journey from unknown soldier to global hero as only a novel could. He is shown working with icons such as FDR, Winston Churchill, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and confronting challenges like D-Day, the Little Rock Crisis, and Sputnik.

Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.

María de Salinas, dama y fiel amiga de Catalina de Aragón, esposa de Enrique VIII, está en sus últimas horas. Ha compartido toda una vida con su desventurada reina y prima y, con ella, el destierro en un país, Inglaterra, lejos de la Castilla que la vio nacer. Hace tres años que la vio morir y ahora, demasiado enferma para viajar, escribe a su hija, Catherine Willoughby, la joven condesa de Suffolk, una carta en la que le cuenta su vida: una vida que no puede ser contada sin la de su reina y mejor amiga, Catalina de Aragón, hija menor de los Reyes Católicos.

O romance M, o filho do século (vencedor do Prêmio Strega) conta em trama eletrizante a história de Mussolini e sua ascensão de agitador político a líder do fascismo sob a perspectiva do ditador e de seus íntimos, durante o período de 1919 até 1925. Valendo-se de vasta base documental, Antonio Scurati traz uma narrativa totalmente calcada na realidade, porém elaborada com os recursos que fazem com que o leitor entre na mente dos grandes personagens da ascensão do fascismo, compreenda todo o clima da época e assista a tudo como se lá estivesse.

Se dice que sin él la historia del mundo hubiese sido distinta. Juan de Prado, médico judeoespañol del siglo XVII, es considerado el padre olvidado de la modernidad. Tuvo en su contra dos condiciones: ser de origen judío y fiel creyente de la razón y la ciencia.En una época en que la Inquisición perseguía fervientemente no solo otras doctrinas religiosas, sino también todas aquellas corrientes de pensamiento que no fueran dogmáticas, el universo filosófico de Juan de Prado se consideraba el de un hereje.

Figlio del capitano Robert Baines, autoritario veterano della Seconda guerra mondiale ora di stanza in Nord Africa, e di sua moglie Rosalind, Roland fatica a capire perché a soli undici anni gli tocchi lasciare le pietre calde e la pazza libertà di Libia, e il fianco tiepido di sua madre, per affrontare un'istruzione rigorosa e solitaria nella fredda Inghilterra.