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Tio Bernac Arthur Conan Doyle · 1897 · ★ 4.3 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Desafiador This is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's dramatic tale of historical fiction set during the Napoleonic wars. Temas em comum: Napoleonic wars, British and irish fiction

O Major de Trombeta e Roberto, seu Irmão Thomas Hardy · 1880 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Desafiador Set against a backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, this is a novel about a young woman and the three very different suitors who vie for her hand. Two of the men are brothers involved in the fighting, one an easygoing sailor, the other an honest and diffident trumpet major, the third suitor being the cowardly son of the local squire. Temas em comum: Napoleonic wars, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Historical Fiction

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett · 1910 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Desafiador This coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England follows Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business and falls in love. Bennett wrote it in 1910 at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, and in Lausanne. Edwin Clayhanger's father, Darius, has risen from an extremely poor background, which Bennett repeatedly returns to, to become a prominent printer in Bursley.… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

Através das Neves Russas G. A. Henty · 1895 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Desafiador Henty gives us two brothers as heroes, Frank and Julian Wyatt from Weymouth. Julian, through some fault of his own, is carried to France by smugglers and ends up in a French prison. Given the opportunity to fight for France in Germany, Julian agrees and is off to the invasion of Russia. Brother Frank obtains a commission in the army in England, learns Russian, fights a duel, and is sent on… Temas em comum: Napoleonic wars, Historical Fiction

Coniston Winston Churchill · 1906 · ★ 3.6 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Desafiador This book is about a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was. The Era of the first six presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras. Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,—and got on… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

A Feira das Vaidades William Makepeace Thackeray · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 699p · ≈ 23h · Exigente No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought,… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Women, England, Social life and customs

Sem Nome Wilkie Collins · 1862 · ★ 4.1 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Desafiador No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

O Viajante Desinteressado Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Exigente A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Social life and customs

O Homem de Propriedade John Galsworthy · 1906 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador The first book of the Forsyte Saga, initially published in 1906 (the second was not published until 1921). Here the reader is introduced to the large Forsyte clan, with special attention paid to the rapacious Soames who’s urge to possess includes his beautiful wife Irene, who he eventually alienates by his jealous and grasping nature. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

Esposas e Filhas Elizabeth Gaskell · 1866 · ★ 4.3 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Desafiador The story is about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Women, England, Social life and customs

Mestre e Comandante Patrick O'Brian · 1969 · ★ 4.1 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderado This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of… Temas em comum: Napoleonic wars, Historical Fiction

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