Dutch Historical Fiction

In the economic boom following the Second World War, Cyril Conroy's real estate investments take his family from poverty to enormous wealth. With it he buys the Dutch House, a lavish mansion in the Philadelphia suburbs. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.

1848. De familie Shaw heeft veel monden te voeden. Sinds de moeder van de kinderen is overleden en hun vader door een ongeluk gehandicapt is geraakt, moeten ze zelf zien te overleven. Uiteindelijk lukt dat niet meer, en de twaalfjarige Meg moet samen met haar jongere zusje Rosie naar het werkhuis verhuizen.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WINNER OF THE TRILLIUM AWARD FINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZE Set in Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ethiopia and the racially charged world of Thatcher’s London, Sweetness in the Belly is a richly detailed portrayal of one woman’s search for love and belonging. Lilly...

Brought to you by Penguin. The throne is never safe ... especially in Rome AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power – glittering with wealth, drowning in intrigue. On Palatine Hill, Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his...

During the Second World War, Rika, a seventeen-year-old Dutch Resistance fighter, paints in fields overlooking the busy rail yards. Hidden in her artwork is information crucial to the Dutch Underground about the concentration camps and Jewish prisoner transports. But Rika's covert activities aren't the only thing on her mind. In these uncertain times, even trusting family is risky. She suspects her father of collaborating with the Germans and is determined to uncover the truth.

1942, Amsterdam. The Nazi occupation has shattered the lives of inseparable best friends Hannie and Sonja. The canals and rainy cobbled streets they once strolled down are now patrolled by soldiers day and night, who arrest people at will and beat those who resist. Hannie can’t stand by and watch the lives of the innocent be destroyed by the evil occupiers. At great danger to herself, she joins the underground resistance, where she meets the charming and mysterious Jan. She covers her bright red hair to avoid detection by the Nazis while distributing fake IDs.

1944, Nazi-occupied Holland. As Nurse Freddie cycles through the tulip fields, she looks like any other law-abiding citizen. But beneath her innocent smile lies an iron will to fight for freedom. The Nazis have no idea she is part of the resistance, and that she risks her life every day to deliver food and messages to hidden refugees. After a failed attempt to take the life of a Nazi collaborator, Freddie is sent to an underground hospital to tend to a group of injured Allied airmen. And when unconscious English pilot Will wakes up and locks his dazzling blue eyes with hers, her heart jolts.

When Nazis break down the front door of 18-year-old Trudi’s home and seize the Jewish couple hiding in her attic, she’s devastated, and is suddenly solely responsible for their two innocent children. The whispered rumours about the resistance are her only hope. A man called Frans and his cousin Piet risk their lives every day helping scared and abandoned Jewish children escape into the countryside. Under the cover of night, she races to beg for their help.

“[A] striking debut. . . funny, heartbreaking, and real.”––SAM LANSKY, author of Broken People Prep meets The Secret History in this searing debut novel about a tragic scandal at an American prep school, told in the form of a literary investigation through a distinctly...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel, read by Edoardo Ballerini. ‘What would happen if the president of the U.S.A. went stark-raving mad?’ The 1965 bestselling political thriller, back by popular demand ‘A little too plausible for comfort’...

Faith ultimately bursts into flame as Updike's major new novel, charting the lives of one family through four generations, shows readers an America whose dream of perfection is translated into an obsession with God and the Moving Picture. Paterson, New Jersey, 1910: When a Presbyterian minister...

Ze kenden elkaar absoluut niet, de twee nichtjes; ze wisten zelfs niet van elkanders bestaan af. Wanneer zij bij toeval oog in oog komen te staan na een treinongeval in Engeland, wordt de hoeksteen gelegd voor een komedie die tien dagen zal moeten duren. Dat deze komedie voor Prinses Johanna, voor Koning István van het verre Luthenije verstrekkende gevolgen zal hebben, kunnen de beide meisjes op dat moment niet voorzien.

A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar. In 1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He is taken in by a Gentile maid, who raises him as her own...

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LOST WIFE Set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, Garden of Letters captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery. Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young...

Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all...

Thirteen-year-old Dirk has been the man of the house since his papa disappeared while fighting against the Nazis with the Dutch Resistance. When the Gestapo arrests Dirk's older sister, who is also a Resistance fighter, Dirk fears that he and his little sister, Anna, might be next. With only pockets full of food and his sister asleep in his arms, Dirk runs away to find his father. As Dirk leads Anna across the war-torn Netherlands, from farmyards to work camps, he must rely on his wits and his father's teaching to find his way.

Hamburg, 1941. Het leven van de achttienjarige Joodse Anna staat al jaren op zijn kop. Haar vader mag niet meer werken, hun prachtige huis is onder dwang verkocht en nu wordt ze met haar ouders en broertje op transport naar het oosten gezet. Haar hoop op een betere toekomst verdwijnt als ze in Minsk aankomen en in het overvolle getto worden opgesloten. Al snel merkt Anna wat haar nieuwe leven inhoudt. Als ze na vele ontberingen de kans krijgt om zich aan te sluiten bij het verzet, grijpt ze die met beide handen aan. Amstelveen, 2000.

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Lavinia, dochter en metgezel van koning Latinus, heeft eindelijk de leeftijd bereikt om te trouwen. In de weken na haar verjaardag bezoeken meerdere kandidaten het paleis. Haar moeder geeft de voorkeur aan een bloedverwant: koning Turnus van Rutulia. Hij is knap, heldhaftig en heeft alles wat een jong meisje zou willen, maar Lavinia droomt van een andere man. Haar hart ligt bij de machtige Aeneas van Troje, een krijger over wie ze alleen heeft gehoord van een dichter die verschijnt in haar dromen en haar overtuigt van hun gezamenlijke toekomst.

The Ramayana is thousands of years old, yet it is filled with life lessons that benefit us even today. It teaches courage and fortitude to handle problems that are the inevitable result of birth. Reading it instils values like leadership, forbearance, loyalty, respect, equality, forgiveness...