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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel |
Quo Vadis
Click to read itby Henryk Sienkiewicz A love story between a Christian woman and a Roman man during the rule of Nero. |
I, Claudius by Robert Graves A fictionalized autobiography of the Roman emperor Claudius. |
The Egyptian by Mika Waltari 1949 Finnish novel that was the bestselling foreign novel in the US until 1983. |
The Pillars of the Earthby Ken Follett Intrigue surrounds the construction of a cathedral in 12th century England. |
Kristin Lavransdatterby Sigrid Undset 1928 Nobel Prize-winning trilogy depicting Norwegian life in the Middle Ages. |
The HunchBack of Notre Dameby Victor Hugo Gothic novel that inspired a flood of tourists to Paris's most famous cathedral. |
Romolaby George Eliot Eliot's study of life in Florence during the 15th century Italian Renaissance. |
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan Story of one of the most controversial empresses of India's 16th century Mughal Empire. |
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Entertaining if inaccurate portrayal of Ann Boleyn's sister, Mary. |
The Three Musketeersby Alexandre Dumas Swashbuckling tale of d'Artagnan and the three Musketeers in 17th century France. | Silenceby Shusaku Endo The story of a Portugese Jesuit missionary's persecution in 17th century Japan. | Waverleyby Sir Walter Scott Originally published in 1814 and set 100 years prior, considered the first historical novel. | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Parallel stories intersect in London and Paris during the French Revolution. |
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell Love story between a clerk for the Dutch East India Company and a disfigured Japanese midwife. | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy's epic masterpiece depicting the French invasion of Russia during the Napoleonic era. | Death Comes for the Archbishopby Willa Cather Two priests travel 1851 New Mexico in the wake of the Mexican-American War. | Gone With the Windby Margaret Mitchell Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
The Far Pavilionsby M. M. Kaye This romantic epic set in 19th century India under British rule has been compared to Gone With the Wind. | Oscar and Lucindaby Peter Carey Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize, about the misadventures two gambling misfits in 19th century Australia. | Alias Graceby Margaret Atwood Fictionalized account of a notorious 1843 murder case in pre-Confederation Toronto, Canada. | Cloudsplitterby Russell Banks Story of radical 19th century abolitionist John Brown, told from the perspective of his only surviving son. |
Marchby Geraldine Brooks Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize, retells Little Women from the perspective of the absent Mr. March. | Measuring the Worldby Daniel Kehlmann Two 19th-century German scientists with different approaches to measuring the world. | The March by E.L. Doctorow Sherman's March to the Sea near the end of the American Civil War, told through a large and diverse cast of characters. | The Long Song by Andrea Levy A bawdy, farcical, yet unflinching portrait of a 19th century Jamaican slave girl on the brink of emancipation. |
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Multiple award winner about two 19th century hired guns traveling from Oregon to California. | Twelve Rooms of the Nileby Enid Shomer Fictional friendship between Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert, set in Egypt in 1850. | the Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Booker Prize winner - part love story, part mystery, set against the backdrop of New Zealand's 19th century gold rush. | Caravansby James A. Michener Story of an American diplomat in Afghanistan following WWII, originally published in 1963. |
August 1914by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Epic chronicle of events leading up to the Russian Revolution. | Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden Two young Cree men from Northern Ontario become snipers for the Canadian army in WWI. | Midnight's Childrenby Salman Rushdie Story of children born at or near the moment of India's independence from Britain. | The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Melodramatic family saga of early 20th-century life in the Australian outback. |
Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur Golden The fictional memoir of a geisha, from age nine to adulthood, in pre- and post WWII Japan. | The Night Watch by Sarah Waters An evocative story of London during WWII, told in reverse chronological order. | The Colony of Unrequited Dreamsby Wayne Johnston Fictionalized portrait of Joey Smallwood, Newfoundland's colorful first premier. | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova An interweaving of the stories of Vlad the Impaler, Count Dracula, and a 1930s search for Vlad's tomb. |
The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler Chilling murder mystery incorporating Jewish mysticism in pre-war Berlin under Nazi rule. | Shanghai Girlsby Lisa See When WWII reaches Shanghai, two sisters leave a life of privilege to enter arranged marriages in the US. | Half-Blood Bluesby Esi Edugyan Highly original story of an interracial jazz band in Berlin and Paris during the early days of World War II. | The Garden of Evening Mistsby Tan Twan Eng Award-winning story of Malaysia during and after the Japanese occupation of WWII. |
