Biographical Fiction

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

My name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave. If you are reading this diary then I am either dead or I have managed to escape....

Before Graceland is the coming-of-age story of the most enduring pop-cultural icon of all time. Follow 11-year-old Elvis Presley through the highs of experiencing his first crush, getting his hands on his first guitar, and securing a spot to compete on Children's Day....

Here are the excruciatingly funny adventures of Suzanne Vale — a young film star and drug addict — who survives a rehab clinic only to rejoin the equally harrowing world of Hollywood....

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....

Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....

From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes a gripping, never-before-told, medieval battle of the sexes that sheds light on one of medieval royalty's most fascinating women—Queen Matilda.

A priest is found cruelly murdered. A local outlaw is accused, and has disappeared into the king’s forest. Ela is keen to hunt down such an ungodly killer—but she soon finds that the story is far more complicated than it seems....

Born a veritable great lion of God to a devout Jewish family, Saul of Tarsus is raised by his parents to embrace their love of humanity. Dogged by what he perceives as a lack of true faith, he embarks on a journey to save his people from sacrilege....

Eine starke Mutter. Ein ungewolltes Mutterkreuz. Ein Schicksal in Zeiten des Krieges. Runau, 1905: Die junge Helene wird gezwungen, den gewalttätigen ...

From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....

At age 18, Artemisia Gentileschi finds herself humiliated in papal court for publicly accusing her painting teacher of rape...

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.

García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor...

This is the story of one of Australia's first true heroes Pemulwuy. A proud and feared Aboriginal warrior, Pemulwuy leads an uncompromising twelve-year war against British colonial oppression and makes the supreme sacrifice in order to guide his people to safety.

This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King....

New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins....

A family torn apart. A king with an iron fist. Will their faith be strong enough to survive persecution and reunite? Three books. Lots of harrowing, historical adventure! Listen to find out more....

From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the best-selling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn. Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past....

Waking in the small hours, Marcel Proust embarks on a retrospective journey, endeavouring to capture the elusive moments that shaped his life....

Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege — but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs....

Her friends included Van Gogh, Degas, and Renoir. Paris celebrated her as a sought-after model, until she picked up the brush herself, at a time when art schools refused to accept female students.

Paris, 1940: Madeline tries to scream, but she can’t breathe. A German soldier is working to free her from the rubble–but if he reaches her, he will find the books hidden beneath her clothes…

This is the story of Perry Barnes, a multi-talented man who made one bad teenage mistake in the weeks leading up to his high school graduation in 1942. On a lark he "borrowed" some jewelry that wasn't technically his. The local judge took it personally and gave Perry the choice of an assignment to a newly formed Army special operations unit at the start of World War II, or go to jail for 15 years. As a result, he winds up being trained by the United States government in the skills and arts of sabotage, killing, self-preservation, espionage, and ultimately how to be a first class jewel thief.

Ariel needed money, and Joseph Hortha had it. Bound by gratitude toward the late Chilean president and a persistent need to know whether murder or suicide ended his life during the 1973 coup, the two men embark on an investigation that will take them from Washington DC and New York, to Santiago and Valparaíso, and finally to London.

It’s 1947 when Sister Mary Agnes arrives in New Mexico. Her mission is to establish a monastery in the town of Roswell, where weeks before rumors of the crash landing of an unidentified craft have triggered a crisis of faith. Residents are drifting away from the divine, awed no longer by the heavens but rather the stars.

“Parola dopo parola ho creato la persona che sono e il paese inventato in cui vivo”. Come i personaggi di alcuni suoi romanzi memorabili, Isabel Allende, segnata dal dolore per l’esilio, torna con il ricordo alla sua gioventù e alle sue radici, a un paese ormai “inventato” e sfocato a causa della lunga distanza, dei traumi causati dal golpe, della diaspora della famiglia e della sua personale odissea, intessuta di passioni, drammi, successi. Dopo tanta vita e tanti abbandoni, tanti libri scritti e tanta nostalgia, Isabel torna al suo Cile.

La storia d’amore di una francese quindicenne con un giovane miliardario cinese, sullo sfondo di un ritratto di famiglia, nell’Indocina degli anni Trenta. Strade brulicanti di vita, il jazz, l’odore della pioggia e dei gelsomini. Racconti rivelazione di una lucidità struggente, di terribile e dolce bellezza, L’amante è l’opera che ha dato a Duras la consacrazione di un’immensa popolarità.

Born and raised in San Francisco Author John Kiramis is a retired police lieutenant and detective sergeant who served for 31 years and upon retirement went on to became Mayor of Foster City, California, a community within the realm of the Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Kate and their cats Chalmers and Anthony. John was born, raised, and educated in San Francisco up until he graduated from the Jesuit University of San Francisco with a degree in rhetoric and sociology.

Ein Schicksal, das über eine halbe Million Russland-Deutsche teilten. Nummer-1-Bestseller-Autorin Hera Lind erzählt die wahre Geschichte der Schwarzmeer-Deutschen Lydia, die erst 16 Jahre alt ist, als sie in einen sibirischen Gulag verschleppt wird. 1944 beginnt für die 16-jährige Lydia ein Alptraum, der nicht enden will: Als die Rote Armee auf ihr kleines Dorf bei Odessa in der Ukraine vorrückt, flieht die Familie. Sie schaffen es sogar bis nach Deutschland, doch sie werden zurückgeholt. Mit Mutter und vier Geschwistern wird Lydia bei minus 50 Grad nach Sibirien verschleppt.

An ordinary lad from Teeside becomes an actor by pure chance, is given a fabricated name, experiences inexplicable success and uncertain recognition, only to suffer a lifetime of chronic imposter syndrome.

The Rappahannock Line continues the story of Irish immigrant Daniel Ryan who serves in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. As the year 1862 draws to its close, the powerful Union army gathers its strength on the Rappahannock River in Virginia to renew its advance on the Confederate capital. Lee's army confronts it there bringing on a further bloody collision.

Den Kennern von H.P. Lovecraft dürfte der Künstler Richard U. Pickman ein Begriff sein. Der Maler morbider und monströser Werke soll sich durch seine exzellente Technik und den ungeheuren "Realismus" seiner alptraumhaften Werke ausgezeichnet haben. Wenig ist bekannt über das Leben dieses Ausnahmekünstlers und auch sein Werk ist, der außergewöhnlichen Qualität zum Trotz, in Vergessenheit geraten. Durch eine ebenso unwahrscheinliche wie bizarre Fügung bin ich in Besitz einer modrigen, wurmzerfressenen Kiste gelangt in welcher sich Tagebücher, Notiz- und Skizzenbücher Pickmans befinden.

De l'anonymat à la gloire, du pouvoir à la chute : suivez la vie de Napoléon Bonaparte via celle de Rosalie, une humble servante.En 1795, Rosalie trouve un emploi de servante dans un petit hôtel parisien et se retrouve face à un jeune officier récemment renvoyé de l’armée. Elle devient une des servantes de Joséphine qui lui lit d’une voix moqueuse les lettres enflammées de son amoureux fou de " Général en Chef des Armées d’Italie ".Au fil des années, Rosalie assiste aux évènements marquants de la vie de Napoléon.

Книгу Марии Конюковой можно считать одновременно и портретом на фоне эпохи, и описанием эпохи на фоне портрета. Герой романа — дед Марии, который большую часть жизни прожил в Советском Союзе. Существование в Советской империи превратило его, талантливого, умного человека, физика-ядерщика, в представителя особой породы людей, которую советский писатель Илья Эренбург именовал ужаснувшимися. В книге о жизни и выживании homo soveticus`а автор пытается осмыслить эпоху СССР 1970–80-х годов, к оценке которой мы только сегодня начали подходить.

1932 zieht Erna aus einem kleinen Ort im Weserbergland nach Berlin - in die Metropole voller Versprechungen. Doch dem neunzehnjährigen Mädchen bleibt nicht viel Zeit, um die Sehnsucht nach einem aufregenden Leben in der Großstadt zu stillen. Viel zu schnell müssen die unbeschwerten Stunden den Stunden der Angst und der Trauer weichen. Erna versucht ihre aufrechte Haltung im Angesicht der Tyrannei zu bewahren. Schwerverletzt überlebt sie den Krieg und findet zwischen Trümmern und Tod ein neues Leben.

Exklusive Auszüge und Sinnabschnitte gelesen von der Autorin. In ihrem berührenden Erzählband "Stapfenstreich" umkreist die Oldenburger Autorin Lina-Sophie Jacobs den frühen Tod ihres Vaters. Dafür verdichtet sie Erinnertes, Empfundenes und Erfundenes auf neuartige Weise und führt vor Augen, was uns der eigene Körper über Verluste erzählt - und was er uns verschweigt.

With cancer you play life on hard mode. What if you received the worst news of your life? Suddenly, you would be thrust into the world of a cancer survivor—the emotional rollercoaster of highs and lows, an endless regiment of chemotherapy drugs, and the looming specter of death. Would you be so upset that you would ignore everything around you or, perhaps, would you enjoy the ride? Cancerika takes the listener on a journey through interpersonal relationships, spiritual struggles, and the frustration of day-to-day living, all while fighting a deadly disease.

In this elegant work of literary fantasy, a young, 19th century attorney receives a strange birthday gift from his friend, Edgar Allan Poe, which requires him to make an arduous journey to an old Puritan town to defend a family at trial. Unbeknownst to him, it’s a journey through time; one from which, even if he survives—he may never return!

Though Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower is Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord, the invasion of France, he doesn’t have absolute power over the Allied forces. He fights with the Bomber Barons and Prime Minister Winston Churchill for control of the Allied heavy bombers to support the invasion. As D-Day approaches, Mother Nature interferes, and Eisenhower must decide whether to go forward, risking catastrophic defeat in stormy seas. After breaching Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, Eisenhower’s dueling prima donna generals Montgomery and Patton cause him unending headaches.

En mand bliver løsladt efter mange år i fængsel. Han flytter ind hos en gammel ven. Han er som et barn, uden pas, uden sundhedskort, uden NemID. Det eneste, han har, er en ide om at gå. Langt. Hele vejen til Verdens Ende.”Okay, tænker jeg. Jeg er ædru alkoholiker. Ikkeryger. Jeg er drabsmand. Jeg er far. Jeg er 52 år. Jeg vejer 75 kilo plus minus. Jeg er drabsmand. Jeg er far. Ikkeryger. Jeg er løsladt. Jeg er ædru. Jeg er clean. Jeg er drabsmand. Jeg er min ven Mikaels ven. Jeg er ikke ung. Jeg er nøgen. Plus minus. Jeg nikker derinde, nikker til mig selv i spejlet.

The Bestseller no. 1 in Germany: Poppy is a six-year-old girl who lives with her mother in a run-down suburban neighborhood. One day, they move into a luxurious mansion with her mother's new partner. Poppy's mother is happy. She can finally buy anything she wants. This new 'Daddy' or "Mr. Rich", as the young girl calls him, makes Poppy's every wish come true. He showers her with gifts, washes her hair three times a week and takes her on long journeys in his big car, just the two of them. He calls her his little wife.

Layla vive e respira música. É seu trabalho, e também seu hobby. Vicente Callalta, um de seus músicos favoritos, é a personificação desse amor tão grande. Assistir ao seu show é um de seus sonhos, finalmente realizado quando o cantor se muda para sua cidade. Entre marcações em posts e stories, o direct de Vicente acaba se tornando seu bloco de notas, um jeito prático e fácil de anotar lembretes. Tudo funciona até o dia em que uma mensagem de "visualizado" aparece na conversa. Vicente Callalta conhece agora sua existência e detalhes embaraçosos de sua vida.

Reyes Monforte regresa para retratarnos la apasionante vida de Adelina Patti, la mujer española que nació en una pensión y se convirtió en la mejor cantante de la historia.

Inspired by the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, this novel shows an artist intent on pursuing her art against all odds. As a young German-Jewish art student at The Berlin Art Academy during Hitler's rise to power in 1938, Charlotte's first place prize is denied because she is a Jew, her enrollment annulled. After Kristallnacht, she is sent from Berlin into exile with her grandparents.

Nach dem verheerenden Schul-Amoklauf, bei dem auch ihre beste Freundin getötet wurde, will Sina kein Abi mehr machen, einfach weg und nur vergessen. Selbst ihre enge Bindung zu Liam, ihr einziger Halt, gibt sie auf. Als sie Tom kennenlernt und sich verliebt, fühlt Sina sich wieder geborgen. Doch Toms Verhalten wird immer toxischer. Er kontrolliert und gaslightet sie, sodass absolute Wachsamkeit, um keinen falschen Schritt zu tun, zu ihrer Überlebensstrategie wird. Bis sie Liam nach Jahren wiedertrifft. Er macht ihr klar, dass Tom Gift für sie ist. Aber kann Liam sie noch so lesen wie früher?

Fatima Daas é o pseudônimo da autora deste livro. É também o nome de sua narradora. A última filha, livro de estreia da escritora, filha de argelinos e nascida na França, mescla ficção e relato autobiográfico, construindo uma intensa reflexão sobre identidade. Lésbica, muçulmana e periférica, a protagonista, narradora e (talvez) autora deste romance rememora sua trajetória familiar, afetiva e religiosa, em uma prosa fragmentária e cadenciada em que soam diversos ritmos, desde o rap até o Alcorão.

Regret. It is a feeling that knows no bounds, an emotion that transcends time, place, and the very limits of human achievement. In "Tears of the Titans," you are invited to embark on a groundbreaking exploration of the profound regrets that haunted the lives of some of history's most iconic figures. From the sorrowful reflections of Mahatma Gandhi on the partition of India to the soul-searching of Napoleon Bonaparte on his decision to invade Moscow, each story offers an intimate glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who shaped our world.