Tajna Apokalipse

Pile na ražnju

Jiří Šotola's quasi-historical novel Pile on a Spit depicts the absurdity of life through the story of the antihero – the puppeteer Matija Pile (Matěj Kuře), a puppeteer of history during the Napoleonic Wars. The novel criticizes totalitarianism through b

Gladno brdo

Hungry Hill (1943) is a saga of five generations of the Anglo-Irish Brodrick family, owners of Clonmere Castle in Ireland. Du Maurier, a master of Gothic prose, weaves together folklore, curses, and social change, showing how greed destroys heirs.

Pričaj im o bitkama, kraljevima i slonovima

In 1506, Michelangelo Buonarroti was invited by Sultan Bayezid II to design a bridge across the Golden Horn in Constantinople. Furious at Pope Julius II who had humiliated him and refused to pay, Michelangelo left Rome and arrived by ship in Constantinopl

Zaljev Chesapeake

An epic novel that traces the history of the eponymous bay on the east coast of the United States from the 16th century to the 1970s. Through generations of family and historical events, Michener explores man's relationship with nature, social change, and

Civilizacije

Heretička kraljica

In her second historical novel, the contemporary American writer brings us the story of Nefertari, the niece of the former Queen Nefertiti.