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....

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

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

Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows a political terrorist who leads a group of nihilists....

Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At nineteen, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence.

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....

Thomas Wolfe’s first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, is at once a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and a dark novel depicting a cynical post-war world view.

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.

The Woman Who Painted The Seasons is a vivid recreation of the tragedies and triumphs of Lee's life, including her determination to be recognized for her art and her passion to ensure Jackson Pollock achieved the success he deserved.

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....

From Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree comes an epic and inspiring novel—based on true events—about love, heroism, and resilience during the darkest chapters of World War II.

In Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical series Lark Rise to Candleford, she explores the Oxfordshire country life of her protagonist Laura in the 1880s and 1890s.

Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....

Michael Frayn's classic is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life—until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.

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.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post comes an epic imagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined a nation....

Euphoria is Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.

They were the Boleyns, once one of England's most powerful family. Anne Boleyn captured the hand of Henry VIII, and now we see the rise and fall of their family fortunes through the eyes of the eldest Boleyn daughter, Mary....

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…

Based on the incredible true story of two unsung heroines who defied the odds to save countless lives, this powerful novel reveals how acts of extraordinary courage by ordinary women saved so many in the countdown to WW2.

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,...

Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....

Complex, heartfelt, darkly funny and deeply moving, this is Sophie Cunningham's most important book to date–a dazzlingly original novel about what it's like to live through a time that feels like the end of days, and how we can find comfort and answers in the past....

Brendan Behan is widely remembered as a hard-drinking, wise-cracking writer. This is a collection of some of his finest work, alongside a short interview with Behan himself and a fascinating biographical programme celebrating his genius....

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth, where she works servicing engines on ships....

Berlin, 1926. À seulement 20 ans, Sophia Krohn voit sa vie s'effondrer. Brillante étudiante en chimie, elle rêve de reprendre la droguerie de son père et d'y vendre un jour ses propres produits de beauté. Mais lorsqu'elle tombe enceinte de son professeur, son père la met à la porte. Anéantie, elle trouve du réconfort auprès de son amie Henny, danseuse de cabaret, qui lui propose de l'accompagner à Paris. Malgré sa modeste situation, Sophia continue de croire en son rêve et fabrique des crèmes dans la petite cuisine de la pension parisienne.

Un'aggressione violenta a Granada, e Luz in una notte perde tutto. Unico, misterioso lascito della madre: una scatola bianca con un logo a forma di labirinto, una lettera di presentazione fasulla e un biglietto per Venezia. È così che la ragazza, sedici anni e muta per scelta, si ritrova a lavorare per Mariano Fortuny, l'alchimista delle stoffe. Nel suo palazzo di campo San Beneto, già si stampano con tecniche segrete gli scialli knossos, ambiti dalla buona società di tutta Europa, ma il suo genio instancabile è ossessionato dalla creazione di un abito senza tempo.

Brennen ist eine atemlose Reise, voller Exzesse, skurriler Begegnungen, über Grenzen, an den Rand von Abgründen – und immer wieder zurück zu den Sommern der Jugend in Tel Aviv, zu Tyler und einer Nacht, die alles veränderte. Zwölf Jahre, nachdem das Schicksal die beiden auseinandergerissen hat, drängt es den Erzähler, seinem Freund Tyler zu schreiben: von dem Leben, das inzwischen vergangen ist.

Des usines aux concours de rap, des lectures de Bukowski aux relations amoureuses sans lendemain, des amitiés qui tiennent ou qui s’effondrent, Plus tard tu seras rien est un roman générationnel, féroce et désenchanté.

In un'estate greca calda e bruciante, una scrittrice inglese arriva ad Atene per tenere un seminario. Il suo sarà un soggiorno denso di incontri e lunghe conversazioni: con il ricco imprenditore conosciuto sull'aereo che la invita in barca; con l'amico che ha scoperto a proprie spese come realizzare i sogni possa trasformarsi in una condanna; con una donna per la quale la bellezza ha finito col diventare un ostacolo in amore.

El coleccionista de rinocerontes es la última obra de Leopoldo Ceballos López, una novela llena de guiños hacia su vida, con dramatismo, melancolía y lucidez, donde lo vivido y lo imaginado se entrelazan con libertad.

Digter Antjie Krog keer terug na die landskap van haar kindertyd. Die Vrystaatse vlaktes bekoor haar – dit is haar tuiste; ook die tuiste van haar ma, die skrywer Dot Serfontein. Dot is by die negentig. Sy is verswak en moet voltyds versorg word, maar haar intellek en humorsin is vlymskerp en haar skrywerskap vergelykbaar met die van haar dogter. In Binnerym van bloed breek Antjie Krog die grense tussen genres af en skryf sy oor hierdie verhouding wat haar bly fassineer en kasty.

Experience the unforgettable journey of Black Beauty, a noble horse with a kind and gentle heart, as he recounts his life in Victorian England—from idyllic pastures to bustling city streets. Told from the horse’s point of view, Anna Sewell’s timeless classic offers a powerful reflection on kindness, cruelty, and the deep bond between animals and humans.

The heroine of A Noble Cunning, Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman, is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband's life, with the help of a group of devoted women friends. Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for her husband Gavin.

October 1502. As Cesare Borgia sets out to invade the Florentine Republic, Niccolò Machiavelli is sent to spy on him and to glean details of his nefarious plan. But when Borgia asks Machiavelli to write his life story, their bond gains complexity and nuance: ultimately, they both aspire to everlasting fame and to achieve it, they need each other, for the one's sword can only rule in eternity via the pen of the other.

Read by the author, “Good Morning” is rooted in the author’s sunrise walks in a beautiful little place called Peaceful Valley. Told in the third person, the old man, named “Good Morning”, and a Canada Goose which he named Godfrey, become closer and closer friends over four years of experiences; learning and sharing Life with each other.

Mariam knew she would marry Yeshua and was aware of the work expected of them. They both needed education to be able to fulfill their mission. Through her initiations at the university surrounding the Library of Alexandria and at Ephesus, she becomes a powerful and dangerous priestess. What has been chosen to be revealed, and what has been masterfully hidden, has made the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene even more alluring. Veiled in mystery and obscurity, this fascination has been amplified as more historical facts have come to light.

In the 1930s, young women with big dreams came to New York City to pursue careers, meet men, and make friends. Charles "Lucky" Luciano, an Italian-American gangster, was one of the people who preyed on them. This fictionalized first-person account of a girl from a small town in the northeast US details how she became ensnared in the party circuit and eventually worked as a prostitute in Luciano's houses.

She longed for freedom and adventure... but was she truly ready? Twenty-year old Jacqueline Bouvier is anxious to leave her overbearing family for the chance to study in Paris. Aching for freedom from difficult family relationships--and the constant pressure to find a husband--she wants to submerge herself in academics, the arts, and all Paris has to offer. As she sets sail, she has no interest in falling in love. However, her striking beauty catches the eyes of Paris' most elite bachelors--and a mysterious rogue.

Lever les yeux vers les étoiles. Aussi, à défaut de pouvoir les approcher, dans un monde où le métier d'astronaute est réservé aux hommes, elle est devenue astrophysicienne. Mais le jour où elle apprend que la NASA recrute des scientifiques, consciente des sacrifices qui s'annoncent, elle saisit sa chance. Ce matin de décembre 1984, quand Joan arrive au centre de contrôle à Houston, elle s'attend à vivre une journée comme les autres.

Virginia, 1749. Rosanna Waters is more comfortable catching grasshoppers for fishing bait than helping her Mama with the washing. After one defiance too many ends in terrible tragedy, Rosanna learns that her rebellious nature carries a price too steep to pay. She must tame the fire within—for her family’s sake, if not her own.

La Realidad è il nome di un villaggio sulle montagne del Chiapas, in Messico, patria dei popoli indigeni che guidarono la rivolta zapatista. È un luogo in cui ho cercato di andare con la mia amica Maga, ma non ci sono riuscita. Ci sono andata vicina, o almeno così credevo. Ancora oggi, a tanti anni da quel viaggio, non riesco a raccontare esattamente cosa vidi. Ho la sensazione – una strana sensazione perché non riesco a spiegarla appieno – che fosse qualcosa di importante.

Im Hungerwinter 1946/47 begegnet Hedi, hochschwanger und junge Flüchtlingsfrau aus Pommern, Alfons Müller-Wipperfürth, einer der schillerndsten Gestalten im Deutschland der Nachkriegszeit. Als alleinerziehende Mutter kämpft Hedi gegen Vorurteile und Misstrauen. Aber ihre beharrliche Suche nach Freundschaft und Liebe wird belohnt – bis vollkommen unerwartet der Vater ihres Kindes vor der Tür steht.

En concret, adapta de forma lliure els dos viatges d'Ubach per terres bíbliques, d'Egipte a l'Iraq, plens de riscos físics, que el monjo va emprendre per contrastar les sagrades escriptures amb els seus escenaris reals i aconseguir peces arqueològiques representatives. Alhora, hi afegeix una subtrama que recorre tota l'obra, al voltant de les túniques de la sagrada família de Jesús, la qual accentua el caràcter novel·lesc de la historia.

Venezia, 1700. Una musica dolce e lieve si diffonde tra le calli. Qualcuno suona un violino con grazia e maestria... È da un po' che Antonio Vivaldi, il Prete Rosso, insegna presso l'Ospedale della Pietà, uno dei grandi orfanotrofi femminili della città, dove bambine e ragazze senza famiglia vengono istradate alla musica. Una su tutte dimostra un talento straordinario: Anna Maria della Pietà. L'archetto, tra le sue mani, si muove con un virtuosismo che incanta il maestro stesso. Ma Anna Maria sa che non basta il talento: la Storia la scrivono gli uomini, e della sua musica non è rimasta traccia.

Manuel Kaminski ist ein Maler von Weltrang, seit Langem zurückgezogen lebend, es heißt, er sei erblindet. Der Kunsthistoriker Sebastian Zöllner will nun eine Biografie über den großen Mann schreiben, für die eigene Karriere verspricht er sich davon einiges. Doch ist Eile geboten, denn wer weiß, wie viele Jahre dem betagten Künstler in seinem Domizil in den Alpen noch gegeben sind.

Michelangelo. Saint Helena. A Catalan politician. A dying Irish banker, an aboriginal tribesman. A Benedictine Oblate nun, a homeless beggar, French soldiers, Mark Antony, Capuchin monks, Dominican friars... and a nondescript 21st century man. Lost in a feedback loop of life, he travels the world searching for something more than he was being told. At various places from Sydney to Dublin, Paris to Rome, and points in between, the world has something to show him. His imagination fills in the blanks.

Todo mundo conhece Daisy Jones & The Six. Nos anos setenta, dominavam as paradas de sucesso, faziam shows para plateias lotadas e conquistavam milhões de fãs. Eram a voz de uma geração, e Daisy, a inspiração de toda garota descolada. Mas no dia 12 de julho de 1979, no último show da turnê Aurora, eles se separaram. E ninguém nunca soube por quê. Até agora. Esta é história de uma menina de Los Angeles que sonhava em ser uma estrela do rock e de uma banda que também almejava seu lugar ao sol.

Crispus Attucks was the major figure in the early struggle for American independence. A sailor who rallied Bostonians to walk into certain death from an assembled firing squad of British Regulars. His ethnic background was half African American and half Native American. He was born into slavery in 1723 and escaped his enslavement to become a dockyard worker, a whaler and a contract farmer.

Rebecca glaubte, ihr Leben zu kennen. Gefangen im täglichen Spagat zwischen den Bedürfnissen ihrer Familie und ihren eigenen unerfüllten Sehnsüchten ahnt Rebecca nicht, dass ein geheimnisvoller Traum und ein spontaner Urlaub in den Highlands Schottlands alles verändern werden. Inmitten einer neu entdeckten Welt, umgeben von uralter Magie, unbändiger Kräfte und rätselhafter Wesen wird Rebecca auf eine harte Probe gestellt.