Historical novel

A historical novel is a Romance which takes for backdrop an episode (sometimes major) of the Histoire, it generally mixes with the events - real and fictitious characters. The historical novel appeared fine 17th century with as principal authors Madam de Lafayette and César Vichard de Saint-Réal. The historical novel endeavors to appear probable compared to historical truth and the author is generally based on an important documentation.

Most famous study on the subject is the Historical novel , of the communist critic Hungarian Georg Lukacs.

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Prehistory

Antiquity

Egypt

See also : Category: Historical novel being held in ancient Egypt

Worsen Roman

  • Memories of Hadrian , Marguerite Yourcenar;

  • César imperator , max Gallo, 2003;
  • the last legion , Valerio Massimo Manfredi;
  • empire of the dragons , Valerio Massimo Manfredi;
  • the prisoner of Syracuse , Christiane Dollard;
  • companions of Archimedes , Christiane Dollard;
  • the secrecy of the Gallic forest , Christiane Dollard;
  • the Family Vitalis , (flight 1-2), Helene Hazel tree;
  • Official reception and the amphora of Salerno , Helene Hazel tree.

Greece

  • Several books of Valerio Massimo Manfredi;

  • the secrecy of Sybille , Christiane Dollard.

Other countries

The Middle Ages

See also : Category: Historical novel being held with the Middle Ages

Europe

France

The United Kingdom

Rebirth

Europe

France

Italy

  • Médicis (3 volumes), of Sarah Frydman.

Modern times

Europe

20th century :

Germany:

20th century :

  • And then after ? of Hans Fallada, 1932: daily life in Berlin before the arrival of Hitler to the capacity;

Scotland:

18th century :

Spain:

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France:

17th century :

18th century :

Greece:

18th century :

Italy:

20th century :

Latin America

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  • the Toothing-stone and the Shade , of Alejo Carpentier, 1979: imaginary confessions of Christophe Colomb and his hypothetical lawsuit in Beatification under the Black and white pope;

18th century :

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