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A heartwarming historical novel about a young mother and widow called Emma Taylor struggling to support herself and her child in London during the First World War. Unfortunately, widows with children are...
Literature - Historical Novel
Ninety-Three
One can forgive Victor Hugo for dedicating an entire chapter to glorifying the terrorists of the Convention as if they were apostles of a new era. You believe it, you play along, and that's enough: after...
Desolation Island
Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh, famous from the Bounty mutiny, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia, carrying a hold full of convicts....
My Glorious Brothers
The story of the Maccabees revolves around the rebellion against the Seleucid rule of Antiochus IV, who sought to eradicate Jewish religious practices and impose pagan worship. Mattathias, the family...
On the Back of the Tiger
Zülfü Livaneli is a prominent Turkish novelist and composer (1946), whose books have been awarded and widely translated.
After having ruled the Ottoman Empire for 33 years, the great Sultan...
The Nurse's Secret
Set in New York in the 1880s, during the so-called Gilded Age. It takes place in Bellevue, a large public hospital where efforts are being made to reform the healthcare system based on the principles of the...
The German House
Eva Bruhn's life revolves around The German House, the traditional restaurant run by her parents. In addition, she does occasional work for a translation agency while waiting for her boyfriend, Jürgen, to...
In a Dark Wood Wandering
The author recounts events that took place in France between the late 14th century and the first half of the 15th century. Through the biography of Charles, Duke of Orléans, she reflects on the life of the...
Mount Vernon Love Story
Unlike what the author usually offers in her novels, the narration is not one of intrigue or suspense but rather a real, documented story about the life of George Washington.
It does not focus on...
The Daughter of Time
Inspector Grant's Case No. 4 revolves around this renowned Scotland Yard detective, who, after suffering a leg fracture, finds himself in the hospital and overwhelmed with boredom. Someone suggests he...