Historical novel

Iz ljubavi

Out of Love (1925/1926) is a hagiographic novel for young people. It tells the story of St. Stanisław Kostka, the youngest Polish saint – the son of a nobleman who rebels against his family, flees to Rome and joins the Jesuits out of a deep love for God.

Izraelov izlazak i druge legende

The collection reflects the author's involvement in the revolutionary European avant-garde, with an emphasis on the moral healing of society through social revolution.

Izveštaj o caru Davidu

Jadranka 1-7

"Jadranka 1-7" is a collection of seven historical novels by Marija Jurić Zagorka, published under a joint title in 1977. The series combines adventure, love, and national motifs in the Croatian past, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Jedna Mađarska jesen

This is a novel with autobiographical elements, in which the author, through the character of a writer in his more mature years, reflects on his own life, history, identity, and the political reality of Hungary at the time.

Jenseits von Mombasa

Frank Coates' epic historical novel set in early 20th century Africa. The dangers of the wilderness, colonial conflicts, forbidden love, and the search for destiny intertwine through the construction of the Ugandan railway.

Joso

The Ližnjan literary and life couple published the biographical-historical novel "Joso", which follows the shocking fate of the forgotten journalist Jose Defranceski from a small Istrian fishing village to a distant South American capital.

Jučer je bilo danas

The novel Yesterday Was Today by German writer Ingeborg Drewitz follows the life of Gabriela, born in 1923, from childhood to old age, intertwining her personal story with the historical and social changes of the 20th century in Germany.

Junak našeg doba

A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Russian writer Mikhail Y. Lermontov, published in 1840. It is considered one of the first psychological novels in Russian literature and an important work of Russian Romanticism with elements of realism.

Kakva lijepa nedjelja!

A Spanish writer and member of the resistance movement recalls a Sunday in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Through his memories and reflections, he exposes the horrors of Nazism, but also the tragic delusions of Stalinism.