Historical Novels Reviews, Summaries, Synopses & Abstracts 3

Search over 250K Book summaries & reviews

Historical Novels				Search

This is the place for Historical Novels Reviews!
Looking for the Short Version? Well, we have it!

Start reading now and enrich yourself, or become a writer and earn royalties!

The Devil in the White City

(1 Ratings)

Author:Eric Larson Abstract by:HMcCormack

An amazingly rich historical piece. Full of familiar names, places, and objects that first appeared at the Chicago World's Fair in the late 1800s. Read Abstract

Published: June 25, 2009 Visits: 163 words : 300

The Kindly Ones

Author:Jonathon Littell Abstract by:HibernianScribe

Dr Max Aue, a totally imagined Sicherheitdienst (SD) intelligence officer imparts his wartime involvement in the Jewish holocaust. Read Abstract

Published: June 20, 2009 Visits: 17 words : 600

Black Death. Epidemics in Europe from antiquity to the present time

(1 Ratings)

Authors:Christopher Duncan; Susan Scott Summary by:Inkvisitor

The Black Death from time immemorial is forming a relationship with epidemic which led to the total, demographic paralysis on the Old Continent. He is Read Summary

Published: June 11, 2009 Visits: 96 words : 600

Why doe''s donkeys see the demons and cocks see the angels?

(40 Ratings)

(7 comments)

Author:Dr. Hesham Ahmed Taha Summary by:Mesho581

Donkeys see the demons and cocks see the angels, it is scientific miracle must not be overlooked and they correspond with what Muhammad God''''s blessin Read Summary

Published: June 9, 2009 Visits: 237 words : 600

The Reader

(1 Ratings)

Author:Herr Bernhard Schlink Abstract by:HibernianScribe

Former German judge describes the love of a teenage boy and an older woman. The generational guilt of an illiterate woman WW2 camp guard is explored. Read Abstract

Published: May 12, 2009 Visits: 32 words : 600

In Search of Spice and Christ

Author:Madhusree Chatterjee and Jay Akbar Summary by:Cmadhu

Leading Indian poet and short story writer Keki N. Daruwalla has woven his new novel around the 15th century spice trade and legend of Prester John Read Summary

Published: May 9, 2009 Visits: 55 words : 900

The Thorn Birds

(3 Ratings)

Author:Colleen McCullough Summary by:TojuEnofeDaniels

The thorn bird is a bird which sings only one song in its life. It sings this song while dying, but then outsings all other birds in its agony. Read Summary

Published: May 7, 2009 Visits: 240 words : 600