Historical novel

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

Pirati s Kariba: Nepoznate plime

A historical fantasy adventure set during the golden age of piracy in the early 18th century. The novel served as the inspiration for the fourth film in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), although the film deviates significant

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Ponoć u Petrogradu

A historical novel set in Russia in 1911, it follows Inna Feldman, a young Jewish violinist fleeing the pogroms in Kiev. A moving blend of romance, historical drama, and political thriller, with an emphasis on the power of art in the midst of war.

Posljednji harem

If you love One Thousand and One Nights with a historical twist, this is a sensual harem saga – rich, emotional, irresistible! An epic novel about the end of the Ottoman Empire, harem intrigue, and the birth of modern Turkey.

Posljednji kineski car

The Last Emperor of China (1988), an autobiography by Pu Yi, follows the life of the last emperor of China. The book, written with the help of ghostwriter Li Wende, depicts Pu Yi's personal reflections and his transformation from divine emperor to ordinar

Posljednji Mohikanac

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the Pentalogy Tales of the Leather Stocking and the most familiar to the modern audience. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later, in 1840

Posljednji svoga roda

Milutin Mayer's novel The Last of His Kind is a sequel to the historical novel The Bloody Council of Križevci, in which the author depicts tragic events from Croatian history at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries.

Prestolonasljednik

Povijesni je roman koji prati život Rudolfa Habsburškog, potonjeg cara Rudolfa II. Radnja se odvija u 16. stoljeću, u vrijeme vjerskih i političkih tenzija između katoličanstva i protestantizma u austrougarskim zemljama, posebice Češkoj.

Pričaj im o bitkama, kraljevima i slonovima

Godine 1506. Michelangelo Buonarroti dobiva poziv sultana Bajazita II da u Carigradu projektira most preko Zlatnog roga. Bijesan na papu Julija II koji ga je ponizio i odbio platiti, Michelangelo napušta Rim i brodom stiže u Konstantinopolj.