18 類似書籍： 戰爭與和平

Through Russian Snows G. A. Henty · 1895 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Challenging 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… Shares Military campaigns, Campaigns, Classics, Historical Fiction

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares Historical Fiction, History

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 5.0 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares Historical Fiction, History

Satanstoe ; or, The littlepage manuscripts, a tale of the colony James Fenimore Cooper · 1845 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Every chronicle of manners has a certain value. When customs are connected with principles, in their origin, development, or end, such records have a double importance; and it is because we think we see such a connection between the facts and incidents of the Littlepage Manuscripts, and certain important theories of our own time, that we give the former to the world. Shares Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, History

Gospoda Golovlevy Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin · 1922 · ★ 3.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Searingly hot in summer, bitterly cold in winter, the ancestral estate of the Golovlyov family is the end of the road. There Arina Petrovna rules over her servants and family with an iron hand - until she loses power to her son Porphyry. One of the most memorable monsters in all of world literature, Porphyry is a perfect hypocrite and indefatigable schemer who preys remorselessly on everyone who… Shares Russia, Classics

Noli Me Tangere José Rizal · 1902 · ★ 4.2 · 487p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The book revolves on the struggles of young Crisostomo Ibarra: how he humbly fights for his childhood sweetheart Maria Clara, for himself and for his fellowmen against the Spanish priest Padre Damaso and the Spanish Government who were then conquerors of San Diego, his native hometown. Coming home to San Diego from Spain to mourn for his father's death, he learned how his father, a rich… Shares Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Historical Fiction with this book.

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1829 · ★ 3.9 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Historical Fiction, Classic Literature with this book.

The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Early in October 1832, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches from the elevated plain of Moudon in Switzerland to the level of the lake of Geneva, immediately above the little city of Vevey. The postilion had dismounted to chain a wheel, and the halt enabled those he conducted to catch a glimpse of the lovely scenery of that remarkable view. Shares Historical Fiction, Classic Literature

World at war, 1944 Mary Pope Osborne · 2015 · ★ 4.6 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Jack and Annie are transported to 1944 Europe, where they parachute behind enemy lines in Normandy, France, to help Allied forces during one of history's darkest moments. Shares Military campaigns, Campaigns

The Power and the Glory Graham Greene · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being… Shares Classic, Classics, Historical Fiction, History

London

London Edward Rutherfurd · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 829p · ≈ 27h · Challenging “A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking.”—The Orlando SentinelA master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting… Shares Historical Fiction, History

Heidi Spyri, Johanna · 1885 · ★ 4.1 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging ***The famous Swiss classic about Heidi, a five-year-old orphan girl*** who goes to live with her grandfather, and his goats, in an alm (Alpine pasture)...up the Alps. **One of the most loved classics ...both by children and adults, alike.** ***Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness to all who know her on the mountain. When Heidi goes… Shares Classic, Classics, Historical Fiction, History

Im Westen nichts Neues Erich Maria Remarque · 1928 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers, but their world of duty, culture, and progress breaks into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the hatred that meaninglessly pits young men of the… Shares Military campaigns, Campaigns, History

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse · 1922 · ★ 4.1 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom. Shares Classics, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, History