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Armageddon (1964) by Leon Uris is a historical novel set in post-war Berlin during the 1948-1949 airlift, when the Allies supplied West Berlin amidst the Soviet blockade.
Italy, 1492. Her name is Sancha of Aragon. The beautiful illegitimate daughter of Alfonso II. Napuljski only feels contempt for his father's callousness.
Marino Zurl (1929–2006), a Croatian writer and publicist, writes in his novel Trumpet for Bleiburg about one of the most controversial and taboo topics in Croatian history – the Bleiburg Massacre and the Stations of the Cross in 1945.
Dumas' version of the story depicts the adventures of d'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628.
The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War
The Sword of Pleasure is a romanticized memoir of a historical figure of ancient Rome, the famous Lucius Cornelius Sulla, known as the Happy Sulla.