Tag: historical fiction

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War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy · 1869

Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe · 1958

Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries and courts remaking…

2,518-word summary · 11 min read

#1 The d'Artagnan Romances

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas · 1844

Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

2,569-word summary · 11 min read

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough · 1977

Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

2,280-word summary · 10 min read

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco · 1980

Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

2,580-word summary · 11 min read

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa See · 2005

Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.

2,557-word summary · 11 min read

Redeeming Love

Francine Rivers · 1991

Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel trusts no one in 1850s California until farmer Michael Hosea loves her as Hosea loved Gomer.

2,457-word summary · 11 min read

#1 Neapolitan Novels

My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante · 2011

Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.

2,584-word summary · 11 min read

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the chilling Doyles and…

2,523-word summary · 11 min read