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...
Literature - Historical Novel
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...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
"The Bridge of San Luis Rey" by Thornton Wilder is a novel that explores themes such as destiny, death, and human connection. The story centers around the tragedy that occurs in 1714, when a rope bridge in...
When the Eagle hunts
Third book in the series starring the Roman soldiers Cato and Macro.
“After the bloody conquest of Camulodumo, during the harsh winter of 44 A.D. the Roman army prepares to extend the invasion of...
Veiled in Smoke
Historical novel. The plot is set in Chicago during October 1871, in the context of the devastating Great Fire that devastated the city. The story follows Meg and Sylvie Townsend, two sisters who run the...
The Waverley Novels, 1. Weaverley
Sir Walter Scott published this first historical novel without much conviction — in fact he delivered it with a pseudonym — but it was a great success and marked the beginning of his fame. The novel follows...
Mary Barton
This first book by the writer Elisabeth Gaskell deals with the great social differences in the city of Manchester during the first half of the 19th century. It was a society in which there was no...
The Grand Sophy
Sophia's father has to travel to Brazil and leaves his daughter in charge with her sister in a large family and asks her to find her a husband. The months she lives there are chaotic because she wants to...
The Missing
In this book, Tim Gautreaux, as in The Next Step in the Dance or in Louisiana 1923, returns to show us characters who resemble him: French-speaking Cajun Southerners, Catholic, determined and compassionate...
Everything flows
"Everything Flows" tells the story of Ivan Griegorievich's return home after thirty years in prison camps under the tyrannical regime of Stalin, who has just died, in 1954.
The reunion with his...