Historical Fiction Books
Alleen op de Wereld
Hector MalotZelden, misschien nooit, las ik een boek, dat zoo rein en eenvoudig en toch zoo boeiend en vol afwisseling is, als dit meesterstuk van Hector Malot, door den schrijver aan zijne dochter Lucie opgedrag..
The White Company
Arthur Conan DoyleThe creator of Sherlock Holmes took so much greater pride in a series of carefully researched historical novels that posterity has largely forgotten that he tossed his best-loved hero into Reichenbach..
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a Ne..
Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1
Christopher MarloweTamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur (Tamerlane/Timur the Lame, d. 1405). Written in 1587 or 1588, t..
King Richard III
William ShakespeareRichard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England...
Father Goriot
Honore de BalzacFather Goriot is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac, included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Said to have been an i..
The Betrothed
Alessandro ManzoniThe Betrothed is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel in the Italian language. ..
Under the Rose
Frederic Stewart IshamUnder the Rose is an adventurous historical fiction novel written by Frederic Stewart Isham, an American novelist and playwright who wrote mainly historical romances and adventure novels...