Historical fiction

  • The Chatelaine

    Creator

    Heartfield, Kate

    Abstract

    Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel. Hell is empty and all the devils are here. The Chatelaine has come. The year is 1328 and Bruges is under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell and her army of chimeras — creatures forged in the deep fires of the Hellbeast. At night, revenants crawl over the walls and bring plague and grief to this city of widows. Margriet de Vos learns she's a widow herself when her good-for-nothing husband comes home dead from the war. But he didn't come back for her.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Glasgow

    HarperVoyager

    London

    Harper Voyager

    Non spécifié
  • The chosen and the beautiful

    Creator

    Vo, Nghi

    Abstract

    An Instant National Bestseller — An Indie Next Pick — A Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine — CNN — NBC News — CBS News — Book Riot — The Daily Beast — Lambda Literary — The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Goodreads — Bustle — Veranda Magazine — The Week — Bookish — St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Den of Geek — LGBTQ Reads — Pittsburgh City Paper — Bookstr — Tatler HK — A Best Fantasy Novel from the Last 10 Years for Book Riot — A Best of the Year Pick for NPR. "A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Tor Books

    New York

    Tor

    Non spécifié
  • The city of mist

    Creator

    Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

    Abstract

    "Ruiz Zafón's visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself."—USA Today. Return to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumous collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Labyrinth of the Spirits. Bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón conceived of this collection of stories as an appreciation to the countless readers who joined him on the extraordinary journey that began with The Shadow of the Wind.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Harper Perennial

    New York

    Harper Perennial

    Non spécifié
  • The dark archive : The invisible library, book 7

    Creator

    Cogman, Genevieve

    Abstract

    A professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for. Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected. But when they're the targets of kidnapping and assassination attempts, she decides that learning by doing is the only option they have left...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Ace

    New York

    Ace

    Non spécifié
  • The daughter of Doctor Moreau

    Creator

    Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

    Abstract

    New York Times bestseller • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. “This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of lush jungles and feminist themes.”—Library Journal (starred review).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Del Rey

    New York

    Del Rey

    Non spécifié
  • The deep

    Creator

    Katsu, Alma

    Abstract

    From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic. Someone, or some thing, is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the Titanic have found themselves suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone from the moment they set sail.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Non spécifié
  • The fervor

    Creator

    Katsu, Alma

    Abstract

    The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II. 1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko's husband's enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Non spécifié
  • The German nurse

    Creator

    Hollows, M.J.

    Abstract

    A powerful and heartbreaking WWII historical novel for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky. A secret past. A forbidden love. A terrifying choice. Her past could kill you. Guernsey, 1940. As war storms through Europe, Churchill orders the evacuation of all military personnel from the island. Boats ferry soldiers and vulnerable young children to England, leaving their parents and loved ones behind to face the invading German army on their own. Her love could save you.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Glasgow

    HQ DIgital

    London

    HQ Digital

    Non spécifié
  • The girl in the tower : The winternight trilogy, book 2

    Creator

    Arden, Katherine

    Abstract

    A remarkable young woman blazes her own trail, from the backwoods of Russia to the court of Moscow, in the exhilarating sequel to Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale. Katherine Arden’s enchanting first novel introduced readers to an irresistible heroine. Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family’s wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Del Rey

    New York

    Del Rey

    Non spécifié
  • The great believers

    Creator

    Makkai, Rebecca

    Abstract

    Pulitzer Prize Finalist -- National Book Award Finalist -- A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2018 -- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner -- ALA Carnegie Medal Winner -- The Stonewall Book Award Winner -- Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler -- One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. "A page turner. An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it's like to live during times of crisis." -- The New York Times Book Review.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Books

    New York

    Penguin Books

    Non spécifié