Subject search:Historical fiction

Klippehulens folk [The Shelters of Stone]

by Jean M. Auel
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Earth's Children, fiction, novel, historical fiction, Stone Age, maps
Series
Earth's Children (5)

Lord Hornblower

by C.S. Forester
Paperback, 1946
Tags
fiction, Horatio Hornblower, novel, period story, Napoleonic Wars, naval combat, sea voyage, war story, love triangle, romance, action — 4 more, military service, occupation, resistance movement, grief
Series
Horatio Hornblower (10), Horatio Hornblower: Chronological Order (10)

Ben Hur [Ben Hur. A tale of the time of our Lord]

by Lewis Wallace
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
fiction, novel, period story, slavery, sea voyage, racing, Ancient Rome, Middle-East, Christianity, leprosy, frenemies — 4 more, epic, race to the finish, Biblical characters in fiction, Jesus in fiction

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Paperback, 1989
Tags
fiction, novel, vigilantism, French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1700s, spy thriller, romance, swashbuckler, period story, gifts from Sarah's family
Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1), The Scarlet Pimpernel, French Publication Order (1)

Veien til Jerusalem [Vägen til Jerusalem]

by Jan Guillou
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
fiction, historical fiction, Crusades, knights, Knights Templar, Viking Age, war story, coming of age, orphan, trained in secret monastery, monastic — 5 more, novel, Arn Magnusson, period story, Middle Ages, 1100s
Series
Arn Magnusson (1)

Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas
Paperback, 1973
Tags
fiction, The Three Musketeers, novel, 1600s, Richelieu, political intrigue, kidnapping, quest, romance, action, France
Series
D'Artagnan Romances (1)

Mammutjegerne

by Jean M. Auel
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Earth's Children, fiction, novel, historical fiction, Stone Age, female empowerment, maps, gifts from Ørjan's family, romance
Series
Earth's Children (3)

Hestenes dal

by Jean M. Auel
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Earth's Children, fiction, novel, historical fiction, Stone Age, female empowerment, coming of age, totemism, maps, gifts from Ørjan's family, romance — 1 more, sequel
Series
Earth's Children (2)

Hulebjørnens klan

by Jean M. Auel
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Earth's Children, fiction, novel, historical fiction, Stone Age, Neanderthals, female empowerment, coming of age, origin, totemism, maps — 3 more, gifts from Ørjan's family, identity, adopted by the wrong species
Series
Earth's Children (1)

The Book of Merlyn

by Terence Hanbury White
Paperback, 1987
Tags
fiction, novel, Arthurian, knights, warfare, ethics, Middle Ages, wizards, gifts from Sarah, sequel, narrator with personality — 12 more, fantasy, Merlin, tragedy, time going backwards, The Once and Future King, prophecy, philosophy, friends with all animals trope, animal stories, posthumous release, T. H. White, Fisher King
Series
The Once and Future King (5)

The Sword in the Stone

by Terence Hanbury White
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
fiction, alternate cut, novel, origin, wizards, witchcraft, quest, coming of age, Arthurian, illustrated fiction, gifts from Sarah — 18 more, knights, Robin Hood, fantasy, children's story, childhood, rightful ruler, Olympian gods in fiction, reimagining, prequel, The Once and Future King, Merlin, humour, time going backwards, ethics, Middle Ages, friends with all animals trope, animal stories, Hugo Award (best novel)
Series
The Once and Future King (1)

The Once and Future King

by Terence Hanbury White
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
fiction, Penguin Classics, novel, Arthurian, knights, warfare, forbidden love, ethics, Middle Ages, wizards, gifts from Sarah — 11 more, humour, narrator with personality, fantasy, Merlin, incest, The Holy Grail, enchanted sleep, coming of age, tragedy, time going backwards, The Once and Future King
Series
The Once and Future King (compilation 1-4)

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Paperback, 1984
Tags
fantasy, fiction, Arthurian, knights, gender studies, Atlantis, Great Goddess, Celts, Christianity, historical fiction, culture war — 14 more, state religion, religious conflict, prophecy, homosexuality, incest, Dark Ages, reimagining, reincarnation, druidism, epic, tragedy, novel, generational narrative, Locus Award (best fantasy novel)
Series
Avalon, Chronological Order (7), Avalon, Published Order (1)

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden
Paperback, 1999
Tags
fiction, novel, Japan, period story, romance
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