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plum bun a novel without a moral
- Author: jessie redmon fauset
- Genre: Historical
The story of Angela Murray and her sister Virginia follows the life of Angela, a light-skinned African American woman. She tries to enter a world of white people to escape the racism, even by changing her name, until she understands that crossing the racial barrier is not enough for her to realize her full potential. An American editor, poet, essayist of the first half of the 20th century, Jessie Redmond Fauset, focuses on a problem of color and privilege, without setting aside other aspects of the story, such as relationship between the two sisters and gender identity. A thoughtful, elegantly written book.
The Prairie Traveler
- Author: Marcy Randolph Barnes
- Genre: Historical
Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887) served as an officer for the Army of the United States. He wrote his book The Prairie Traveler in 1859 especially for the Department of State and its publication was financed by the United States government. This work is considered valuable as it was devoted to the overland migration in the country in the first decades of the 19th century. Marcy researched the routes and the preparation of the immigrants who were moving to California including the wagons, horses, food, packing, the journey itself with many obstacles including rivers, drinkable water on the routes, creating a fire, avoiding animals, first aid and many other aspects of the traveling from the Eastern Coast to the Western. His book contains citations from Turkish and French immigrants who had immigrated to the North Africa and Sahara as well as Marcy's personal impressions from colonization of the American West.
Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Stoddard Richard Henry
- Genre: Historical
Richard Henry Stoddard (1825 - 1903), an American poet and critic, became the author of a classic poem about the life of Abraham Lincoln. It is a poetical tribute to this American president, a picture of his personality and contribution to the history of the country.
Eugenie Grandet
- Author: Balzac Honoré de
- Genre: Historical
A “Human Comedy” of Honoré de Balzac, a French novelist and playwright, one of his earliest novels.
Eugenie Grandet was one of the most desirable fiancée of Saumur. Her father, a cooper in his past, became rich during the Revolution. The story is centred around the struggle between Eugenie and her father, which begun when she falls in love with her penniless cousin Charles. The madness about money makes him completely inhuman and cruel. Creating a human comedy Balzac posed a problem, new for the literature of that time. He aspired to portray, without pity but truthfully, the France of the 19th century, the real life of his contemporaries. In “Eugenie Grandet” he applies to the destructive power of money over people.
Balzac’s works are still popular among the wide readership, old and young, discovering in his novels the key to understanding of human soul.
Confidential correspondence of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine:
- Author: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Genre: Historical
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The Young Carthaginian
- Author: Henty George Alfred
- Genre: Historical
For the novel, titled “The Young Carthaginian” G. A. Henty chose the subject of the struggle of the Carthaginians and the Romans. Being a master of the historical adventure, he skillfully combined fiction with an accurate context of history. A fictional hero, Marchus, a kinsman of the famous Hannibal, joins him on the Carthaginian campaign against Rome.
This book can serve a rich source of knowledge about this struggle for the empire of the world, the Punic Wars and the political climate in which they took place, as wall as of the manners, customs, religion, and politics of Carthage. A perfect commencement to further acquaintance with history.
The Imperfectionists
- Author: Tom Rachman
- Genre: Historical
The Imperfectionists is flat-out one of the most enjoyable debut books I've read. This book has it all: writing that's so brilliant and astute that it's hard to believe this is Mr. Rachman's freshman effort, highly original and authentic characters, and a very timely theme: the demise of the printed newspaper.
The novel -- set in Rome -- is focused on the personal lives of various news reporters, executives, copy editors, and (in one case) a reader. Each chapter focuses on one individual and is a story all its own (think: Olive Kitteridge or In Other Rooms, Other Wonders); together, the whole is greater than the part of its sums and represents the trials, tribulations, and occasional rewards of those involved with an international English language newspaper.
All of these multi-faceted, interwoven stories sparkle in different ways. There is Lloyd, the down-on-his-luck Paris correspondent who is willing to play his own son for a byline. There's Arthur, the obituary writer and son of a famous journalist who sits on his laurels before his life is transformed by a heart-rendering tragedy. There's Abby -- aka Accounts Payable -- the financial officer who finds that one of her firings comes back to "bite" her in a most unexpected way. There's Herman, the overly hefty pussycat of a corrections editor with an 18,000-plus style guide he calls "The Bible"; woe is the unwitting writer who violates it! And Kathleen, the imperious and workaholic editor-in-chief who learns things about herself from a past lover that she would rather have not. And, in one of the most laugh-out-loud humorous of the stories, there's Winston, the naive Cairo stringer who is manipulated by his competitor Snyder, a middle-aged man with an over-the-top ego.
These and other "imperfect" characters come alive for the reader, often in unexpected ways. The situations portrayed are as real as life itself; it's obvious that Mr. Rachman cares about his characters and never sets them up as straw men to make a point or for comic relief. Between each chapter, the back-story of the newspaper is established, along with the everyday gripes of the employee -- a pitch-perfect backdrop for current events. The Imperfectionists is, in turn, poignant, strongly imagined, and endearing.
Pirate Latitudes
- Author: Michael Crichton
- Genre: Historical
Are you fond of pirates, galleons, adventures and sea fights? Then you have found the right book!
Action time: 1665. Scene: The Caribbean (where else true pirates should locate?). Together with the main character, courageous Captain Charles Hunter you will live in Jamaica – remote colony of the English Crown that is fighting against the authority of Spanish empire. You will feel that atmosphere yourself – unique Port Royal, where one, if brave and impudent enough, can make living easily and lose that leaving easily as well – one stab with a dagger will solve all the problems. City of brothels, taverns and grog… Oh, my God, haven’t you dreamed to live like that?
Captain Hunter is hunting for Spanish gold, that’s his life and hobby and one day he hears that in the nearby port there is a galleon from Spain, El Trinidad, is waiting for the repairs, as if waiting specially for him. The port is guarded by awful Cazalla, the favorite captain of the Spanish king. But Hunter is not afraid, he gathers the band of bloodthirsty and ruthless ruffians to take the port together with the Spanish gold. Are you ready to land on the foreign shores and fight with Spanish infantry? Adventures begin!