Titres dans Fiction historique

Dans l'Inde de la fin du 19ème siècle, un jeune journaliste fait la connaissance de deux aventuriers ratés, Daniel Dravot et de Peachy Carnehan. Ces deux anciens soldats britanniques partent conquérir seuls et armés de quelques fusils, une contrée inexplorée, le Kafiristan. Après un long et périlleux voyage, ils entament leur conquête en se faisant passer pour des fils d'Alexandre le Grand. A la suite d'une coïncidence miraculeuse, Dravot, se voit considéré comme une sorte de Messie, et il est proclamé roi.

Idia of the Benin Kingdom is an empowering children's picture book that takes listeners on a beautifully illustrated journey to the 1500s in ancient Africa. Listeners are captivated as they watch Idia transform herself from the young and curious daughter of a village warrior to becoming the queen of the kingdom of Benin. Idia was a queen who helped rule the ancient kingdom of Benin with her wisdom, charisma, and prowess. Much has been written about her bravery, and artifacts in her image are treasured in museums all over the world.

Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion in Roman Britain, is forced into retirement after receiving a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion, which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?

Lainey Phillips has lived at the Sycamore Home for Orphaned Children since she was three years old. Now nearly a teenager, her life is hard, and she doesn’t expect it to get better—until a chance encounter during an open house changes everything when Lainey meets a woman who invites her to attend the prestigious Lovelace Academy.

Daisy’s hero is Florence Nightingale, and she hopes to one day become a nurse just like her. But as a girl growing up in the East End of London in 1912, it seems like all her future holds is dropping out of school to work a tough job in a factory for very little money.

Kyle's great-grandfather once possessed a silver lance that, according to legend, gave its owner invincible power. The lance is now missing, and Kyle is always looking for it, but so are his worst enemies: the robber Rasputin and the evil magician Balduin. Luckily, Kyle has the help of his friends, including Lady Constance (who is as brave as a dragon), Dragobert (who really is a dragon), Elf Aurin (whose harp playing, unfortunately, puts Kyle to sleep), and Prince Nepomuk (who protects his friends and his wardrobe).

Hannibal was a great and skillful general who defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome.

What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice - two city slickers from Chicago - make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's, each one funnier and more surprising than the year before.

Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos - so war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk for weeks from their tiny northern village to the South Korean city of Busan.

The stakes are higher than ever when the Raven sets Christopher up for a horrible crime, leading him to be locked away in London’s most notorious prison. This terrible act is the first in a series of games the Raven plans to play with Christopher...games that are as dangerous as they are challenging. Once free from prison, Christopher, Tom, and Sally engage in a cat-and-mouse game with the Raven that takes them all over London. Can Christopher outwit the Raven one final time and finally unmask him? And what price might he have to pay to achieve that?

Marie Antoinette n'a que 14 ans quand elle quitte son palais de Schönbrunn à Vienne, sa chère Maman et tout ce qu'elle a toujours connu. Elle entame le long voyage, passant par Strasbourg, qui la mènera à son époux, Louis, le futur roi de France qu'elle ne connaît pas encore... Partout, les foules l'acclament, mais son cher petit compagnon est inquiet : il a flairé un grand danger ! Ce roman plein de suspense et d'humour te transportera au XVIIIe siècle pour vivre une extraordinaire aventure à travers le regard de Coco, adorable et intrépide conseiller de la princesse.

Carlo, che adora guardare i treni e decide di usarli come nascondiglio; Hannah, che da quando hanno portato via suo fratello passa le notti a contare le stelle; Émeline, che non vuole la stella gialla cucita sul cappotto; Dawid, in fuga dal ghetto di Varsavia con il suo violino. Le storie di quattro ragazzini che, in un'Europa dilaniata dalle leggi razziali, vivono sulla loro pelle l'orrore della deportazione.

An urgent call for help cut through the morning mists that floated along the shore of Lake Shirwa. Two young African boys, Wikatani and Chuma, had been captured by slave traders, but their desperate cries would never reach their village. Overpowered by their captors, the boys’ only hope is to endure a ruthless march through the jungles that takes them far from their village to a destination unknown. Fortunately for Wikatani and Chuma, help on the way. David Livingstone, a missionary and British government official, is doing everything he can to put a halt to the slave traders.

Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan -- or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems. Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.

Award-winning, best-selling and beloved Jacqueline Wilson tells the fascinating, moving story of a girl sent away from home as an evacuee during the Second World War. September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, 10-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train with her schoolmates. She doesn't know where she's going, or what's going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she's going on 'a little holiday'.

Wiek XVI, Anglia. Tom pochodzi z najbiedniejszej dzielnicy Londynu. Jego codziennosc to glód, ciezka praca i walka o przetrwanie. Edward jest z kolei nastepca tronu, w luksusach wychowujacym sie na królewskim dworze. Laczy ich jedno - niemalze identyczny wyglad. Pewnego razu drogi chlopców przypadkiem krzyzuja sie nieopodal zamku. Edward zaprasza Toma do swoich komnat, gdzie dla zabawy zamieniaja sie ubiorem. Konsekwencje tej zamiany przerosna ich najsmielsze wyobrazenia.

This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China - the mountains, the countryside, the sea - she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.

In this extraordinary adventure story, Billy Bartram, his father, and a secret society of philosophers and scientists venture into the American wilderness in search of the lost people of the Welsh prince Madoc. Traveling in a flying airship, the members of the expedition and Billy face hazards greater than he can ever imagine as, together with his father, he gets caught up in the fight for the biggest prize of all: America.

It is Charlotte's first night at boarding school. But when she wakes up, the girl in the next bed is not the person who was sleeping there the evening before. And the new building outside her window seems to have metamorphosed into a huge, dark cedar tree! Somehow, Charlotte has slipped back forty years... A classic time travel mystery from acclaimed author Penelope Farmer.

Niezwykłe przygody urwisów z Zamościa w czasie II wojny światowej. Dzidek Cent, Bysiek Stawski, Milka i jej brat Jędrek Szelest ostatnie dni wakacji 1939 roku spędzają na swój ulubiony sposób – bawiąc się w Indian oraz rywalizując z kolegami z sąsiedztwa. W tym czasie pojawiają się nowe atrakcje - ciągnące na zachód kolumny wojska, wyjące syreny, próbny alarm lotniczy... Dzieci nie spodziewają się, że tego września będą musiały szybko dorosnąć.