Biographical Fiction

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

Waking in the small hours, Marcel Proust embarks on a retrospective journey, endeavouring to capture the elusive moments that shaped his life....

An awkward misfit, nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family for the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Once there, he begins to learn the knightly arts which he desperately hopes will free him from the shadows of his past.

With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers....

From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes a gripping, never-before-told, medieval battle of the sexes that sheds light on one of medieval royalty's most fascinating women—Queen Matilda.

This is the story of one of Australia's first true heroes Pemulwuy. A proud and feared Aboriginal warrior, Pemulwuy leads an uncompromising twelve-year war against British colonial oppression and makes the supreme sacrifice in order to guide his people to safety.

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.

Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition....

In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....

Autumn 1192. With Jerusalem still in the Saracens' hands, and a peace treaty agreed with their leader Saladin, Richard the Lionheart is free at last to travel back to his strife-ridden kingdom....

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....

Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley....

This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King....

"Dans "L'Amant", Marguerite Duras reprend sur le ton de la confidence les images et les thèmes qui hantent toute son œuvre. Ses lecteurs vont pouvoir..."

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powerful novel by the bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow and The Ragged Edge of Night....

A family torn apart. A king with an iron fist. Will their faith be strong enough to survive persecution and reunite? Three books. Lots of harrowing, historical adventure! Listen to find out more....

The soldiers called her the Angel of Waterloo...Henrietta Bartlett, the esteemed surgeon's daughter who was born on a battlefield, lost her mother on a battlefield, and was widowed on the battlefield, where she worked alongside her father on that fateful day in June 1815....

Life for the MacLean family in Missoula, Montana, in 1937 centers around family, fly fishing and the Big Blackfoot River. Fly fishing is the one activity where the family can bridge troubled relationships,...

Spanning from the birth of Ulysses S. Grant until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest portrait of an American hero who struggled to balance love, soldiering, and the attainment of the American Dream....

All 3 series of the thrilling dramatic account of one of Europe's most extraordinary women, Eleanor of Aquitaine, based on historical fact, legend—and rumour....

The Dalai Lama's cat is back - older, a bit wiser and as curious as ever....

Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion....

Paris, 1940: Madeline tries to scream, but she can’t breathe. A German soldier is working to free her from the rubble–but if he reaches her, he will find the books hidden beneath her clothes…

Este é um livro sobre ioga e meditação, mas também sobre depressão e terrorismo. Um autorretrato desconcertante, bem-humorado e honesto de um homem que luta para viver em harmonia com o mundo e consigo mesmo.

John Barleycorn is a novel about the enjoyment of drinking and the struggles of alcoholism....

1135, England: Matilda, daughter of Henry I, knows that there are those who will not accept her as England's queen when her father dies. But the men who support her rival, and cousin, Stephen do not know the iron will that drives her. She will win her inheritance against all odds, and despite all men. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to a warrior who is fighting to keep Matilda off the throne. But Adeliza knows that Britain's crown belongs to a woman this time. Both women will stand and fight for what they know is right for England's royalty.

Flora Thompson is best known as the author of Lark Rise to Candleford, a semi-autobiographical, bestselling series exploring Oxfordshire country life in the late 19th century. Heatherley picks up the story a year after her central character, Laura, left Candleford Green, moving on to Grayshott on the Hampshire/Surrey border, and with it, finding a new world. Through Laura, the book explores Flora’s experience working in a post-office, where to her surprise her customers included the authors Arthur Conan Doyle and George Bernard Shaw.

An awkward misfit, nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family for the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Once there, he begins to learn the knightly arts which he desperately hopes will free him from the shadows of his past. Joscelin’s youngest daughter, Hawise, befriends Fulke when he most needs it. But as the years pass, an enemy to Ludlow changes their friendship unalterably, forcing them onto opposite sides of a cruel divide.

Dünya edebiyatının en büyük yazarlarından olan Fyodor Dostoyevski, bu eseri 1849-1859 yılları arasındaki 10 yıllık Sibirya sürgününden döndükten sonra St. Petersburg’da yazdı. Romanı anlatan, genç bir yazar olan ve gelecek vaat eden İvan Petroviç’in, yazma yöntemleri ve toplumsal konumu Dostoyevski’nin kendi yaşamından alınmıştır. Kahraman, büyük bir ünden yoksulluğa düşer. Roman, toplumda hep aşağılanan ve hor görülen insanların, nüfuzlu kimselerin bencilce hesapları arasında ezilişini ve sarsılışını işler. Sıradan insanların olağanüstü yaşantıları ve şaşırtıcı karakter özellikleri anlatılır.

Set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo, Set My Heart On Fire tells the story of Izumi in her turbulent twenties. Through a series of disarmingly frank vignettes, author Izumi Suzuki presents an unforgettable portrait of a young woman encountering missteps and miscommunication, good music and unreliable men, powerful drugs and disorientating meds. Izumi usually keeps her relationships short but complicated, until she meets Jun.

Orpheline, Rose est devenue mère à 16 ans et a quitté sa Corse natale pour rejoindre Toulon, une décision de son mari persuadé qu'ils y trouveront une vie meilleure. Un matin de 1957, elle rencontre Farida qui vit depuis peu au bidonville de Toulon. Une amitié va naître entre elles qui va changer le cours de leur existence et leur permettre de prendre la mesure du monde qui les entoure. Si les traces de la deuxième guerre mondiale sont tenaces, c'est désormais en Algérie que les combats font rage.

Il banco in legno e ottone, le alzatine colme di dolciumi e l’inconfondibile aroma di zucchero e mandorle. Quando Luisa scopre che la confetteria nel centro di Perugia è in vendita, la sente subito sua. Poco importa che il marito Annibale sia lontano, che lei sia prossima al parto e non sappia nulla di pasticceria. Imparerà. Per una ragazza che è cresciuta tra le difficoltà, non esistono ostacoli insormontabili: il nuovo secolo le ha promesso un sogno, ed è pronta ad afferrarlo. Ma neppure lei può immaginare fin dove la porterà: dal vecchio negozio nascerà la Perugina.

Wenn das Leben dir permanent Steine in den Weg schmeißt, kannst du dann immer noch du sein? Das Leben ist ein Mosaikbild! Jede Erfahrung, jede Erinnerung, jedes Gefühl und jede Person ist ein Mosaiksteinchen. Während du lebst, wirst du immer nur die Fähigkeit haben, einen bestimmten Teil des gesamten Bildes zu betrachten. Jedoch erst ganz am Ende deiner Lebenszeit wirst du das Bild im Ganzen sehen! Und wenn mir das Schicksal, jedes Mal einen Eimer schwarze und graue Steine in mein Mosaikbild kippt, liegt es erst recht bei mir, für die bunte Farbe zu sorgen.

Kevin O’Donnell is a beacon of such indomitable spirit, grappling with life’s relentless waves that seek to subdue him. In the turbulent era of mid-20th century, the world could be a harsh, unforgiving place for a young Irish lad. Yet, within Kevin lies a burning desire to carve out his niche, to transcend the barriers that life hurls his way and grasp the reins of a fulfilling existence.

This is a biographical treatment of the life of John Croft (1807-1883) who was born in England, but spent 16 years (1843-1859) in Sydney, Australia, becoming one of Australia's wealthiest men. It describes Australia's cultural, social, and commercial development in the mid-nineteenth century.