Historical Fiction Revolution

The American Revolution has no end in sight. Slavery has plagued the Southern colonies as long as anyone can remember. The British have opened a second front in the south. Southern society is fragmented as rebels strive to throw off British tyranny while loyalists fight to remain under English rule. Neighbor turns against neighbor. Families are torn apart.

Only divine intervention could have guided Jolena Leigh Michaelsson to the doorstep of a ramshackle manor in Pennsylvania, bringing her face-to-face with the man she has waited her whole life to find. There is just one problem. Mathias McGregor died two centuries ago--Mathias, Revolutionary War ranger and spy, battles his conscience and his heart when he finds himself falling for the beautiful violinist invading his home. Jolena is mortal and deserves far more than what he as a spirit can offer her. When Jolena's family motto leads them to unearth a valuable coded message--the very message Mathias died trying to deliver to General Washington--Jolena vows to unravel the mystery surrounding the cryptic document.

The Revolutionary is the story of Weldon, a young working-class man caught up in the revolutionary fervor of the late '60's. In a Chicago riot Weldon runs over a policeman and successfully escapes with a couple of committed anarchists while tripping on acid. Weldon escapes from the two and attempts to retire from the revolution. It turns out to be a bigger cultural reality of drugs and sex than anticipated. The philosophy of anarchy and hedonism so powerfully attractive during the era led Weldon on to more fear and isolation.

Imagine you were at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You were among the delegates who shaped the founding document of a new nation. You were also among the few who knew the harsh reality of slavery, the system that provided free labor for many of the wealthy planters and merchants in attendance. You saw the contradiction between the ideals of liberty and equality and the practice of owning human beings as property.

Gypsy roots saga inspired by real people and events Dr. Ian F. Hancock "Five Stars, A lovely book, evocative of an earlier time, a star in the emerging constellation of works by genuine Romani American authors."Dr. Thomas A. Acton professor emeritus of Romani Studies at The University Of Greenwich London UK "Five stars, An excellent deeply felt evocation of family heritage" Set in 19th century New forest in the south of England, Brothers Of The Wind is filled with real English Gypsy voices, folklore, culture, language and romance.England 1830, the Industrial Revolution has brought ...

Laura Baldinis fesselnder Roman über die junge Emmi Pikler (1902–1984), die unter den Nazis um ihr Leben fürchtete und von den Eltern ihrer Schützlinge gerettet wurde. Emmi Pikler war eine ungarische Jüdin, die in Wien Medizin studierte und eine herausragende Kinderärztin wurde, die Eltern bis heute inspiriert. Wien, 1930er Jahre: Die frisch promovierte Emmi ist begeistert von den modernen Ansätzen der Kindermedizin, denn Ärzte, Analytiker und Pädagogen arbeiten zum Wohle der Kleinsten zusammen. Hier will sie ihre eigenen Ideen einer liebevollen Erziehung weiterentwickeln.

Eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen duftenden Hyazinthenfeldern und den Wirren der Märzrevolution. Berlin, 1848: Wo später einmal der Boxhagener Platz sein wird, erstrecken sich duftende Hyazinthenfelder so weit das Auge reicht - die Ländereien der fünf Sonntag-Schwestern. Früher waren sie unzertrennlich, doch seit dem Tod ihres Bruders Heinrich steht ein dunkles Geheimnis zwischen ihnen. Vor allem die mittlere Schwester Alba leidet sehr unter dem großen Streit. Zumal ihre Familie drauf und dran ist, die Felder zu verkaufen, die Alba über alles liebt.

1791. On découvre des cadavres dans la Seine, nus et la tête coupée. Malgré l'émoi populaire, Victor Dauterive, jeune officier de la nouvelle Gendarmerie n'a guère le temps de s'en préoccuper : Lafayette, son mentor, l'a chargé d'arrêter Marat, ce dangereux agitateur qui appelle au meurtre des aristocrates. Mais la mission tourne vite au cauchemar. Les vainqueurs de la Bastille sont-ils de vrais patriotes ou des activistes corrompus ? Existe-t-il vraiment un Comité secret agissant en sous-main pour le roi ? Et n'y aurait-il pas un lien avec ces corps flottant dans la Seine ?

In the midst of a struggle for survival in colonial Bermuda, Hal is thrust into a world of revolution and intrigue when Molly’s father enlists his help in a daring plot to aid the mainland rebels. Though more concerned with his next meal than distant conflicts, Hal finds himself caught between his personal desires and a cause he can’t ignore.

In the port of Charleston, South Carolina, post-Revolutionary War passions reach fever pitch. There, Lilyan's past catches up with her. As a former patriot spy, she is charged with the murder of a British officer. Thrown into the "Exchange Building" and chained alongside prostitutes, thieves, and murderers, she seeks the courage to survive and the faith to believe she will find her missing child, Laurel. Determined to free his wife at any cost, Nicholas finds himself forced back into a life of violence.

Ce petit homme sec, sanglé dans un costume bleu de coupe impeccable, n'est autre que Robespierre, l'Incorruptible ! Et celui-là, avec son sans-gêne, son débraillé, c'est Fouquier Tinville, l'accusateur public. Ce jeune homme maigre, au regard fiévreux, c'est le citoyen Bonaparte. D'autres encore vivent familièrement sous nos yeux, les Tallien, les Barras, les Fouché... Car nous sommes en Thermidor, an II. En cet âge d'or de l'intrigue et de la conspiration, un personnage étrange, une femme joue un rôle passionnant, anime tous ces grands hommes qui tiennent le devant de la scène, s'en fait aimer ou haïr.

James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist. Son of the prominent federalist William Cooper, founder of the Cooperstown settlement, James was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentleman. After his father's death in an 1809 duel, Cooper quickly squandered his inheritance, and at thirty was on the verge of bankruptcy. He turned to writing but his first book, Precaution (1820), was a failure.

*** An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book *** The year is 1777, and America is in danger of losing the Revolutionary War because of the British blockade… Benjamin Franklin is sent to Paris to seek an alliance with France, but how will he ever be able to convince the French that the American battle is worth joining—especially when the French are still licking their wounds from their own loss to the mighty British Navy? Franklin’s only chance to prove the British Navy is not invincible—and that the American colonists are determined to fight to the end—is to put ...

Einar Már Guðmundsson er en af Islands største nulevende forfattere. Han debuterede i 1981, og havde sit folkelige gennembrud med romanen "Universets Engle" (1993) som modtog Nordisk Råds litteraturpris. I "Hundedage" spejler Guðmundsson gennem nutidens prisme den dramatiske tid i slutningen af 1700-tallet og begyndelsen af 1800-tallet. Tiden for den franske revolution, historiens største vulkanudbrud og Islands første og eneste konge: "Hundedagskongen" Jørgen Jürgensen, en dansk kaperkaptajn, som i 1809 gennemførte et statskup på Island.

"La République est une et indivisible." Pourtant, en 1793, à Paris, sous la Terreur, elle n'a jamais été aussi divisée. Dans la tourmente, tout se réinvente, religion, enseignement, émancipation des femmes, fin de l'esclavage, démocratie, économie et industrie. Au cœur du pouvoir, "L'indivisible" nous entraîne dans un Paris dangereux et romantique, sur les traces d'Antoine Longhi, jeune diplomate ambitieux travaillant pour le Comité de salut public, et Diane d'Ükalen, duchesse suédoise traquée par le gouvernement révolutionnaire.

Set in late 19th-century Gran Canaria, "Death to the Bourbon" follows Delfín, a young man born into poverty who refuses to accept the harsh social conditions that define his life. As he matures, Delfín transitions from a street shoeshiner to a skilled ship carpenter, all while cultivating revolutionary ideals inspired by the works of Marx, Engels, Bakunin, and Proudhon. When news of King Alfonso XIII's visit to Gran Canaria reaches him, Delfín becomes consumed by a radical plan: to assassinate the monarch as a statement against the oppressive Spanish monarchy and the exploitation of the ...

A freak accident, a mysterious portrait and an imaginary friendship take Magda O’Toole on a journey of self-discovery. Her search for answers leads her to Toluca, Mexico, where she meets a handsome Professor, Miguel Villatoro, and encounters the ghostly apparition of a woman long dead. Her desire to reconnect with a childhood friend pulls Magda into the past—it’s 1836 and the Texas Revolution gathers momentum. Trapped and unable to return home, she travels with the Mexican Army deep into enemy territory, witnessing the events of the war.

This is the secret report of disgraced former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago, written on the mail ship Tankerville en route to Philadelphia. His mission is to aid the civil servant charged with carrying a vital treaty to Congress that will prevent the Americans from joining with the French in their war against Britain. When the civil servant meets an unfortunate end, Laurence becomes the one person standing between Britain and disaster. It is his great chance to redeem himself—except that his predecessor has taken the secret of the treaty's hiding place to his watery grave.

Esta ficción histórica basada en hechos reales que describe el espíritu de la época, las motivaciones de los protagonistas y el desarrollo del conflicto entre las facciones en pugna, intentando representar los hechos con la máxima objetividad posible. Es una tarea extremadamente compleja porque es un tema tan conflictivo que la elección de las palabras que describen el hecho ya implica una toma de posición.

Amid the Battles of Saratoga, Tim Euston has to defend the lovely Betty-May from those who can profit from her wrongful conviction for the murder of her husband. It is September 1777, the third year of the American War for Independence. In upstate New York, Tim Euston (age 17) is playing with two boys while they help their Uncle Martin harvest wheat. In the distance they can hear the ominous rumble of cannon fire in what has to be a major battle. A British invasion force had sailed up the Saint Lawrence and marched south.