Biographical Fiction

The epic story of Rani Jindan Kaur, one of the most fierce and fearless women of the nineteenth century. An inspiration for our times. 'I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.' While we have all heard tales of Rani Lakshmi Bai and Padmavati, not many of us...

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....

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....

First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest speculators who ever lived....

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

A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich...

ബഷീറിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും മികച്ച കൃതിയായി എക്കാലവും വിലയിരുത്തപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുള്ളത് 'ബാല്യകാല സഖി' യാണ്. അദ്ദേഹം തന്നെ അവകാശപ്പെടുന്നതനുസരിച്ച് അത് ആത്മകഥാംശം ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന ഒരു ദു:ഖ പര്യവസാനിയായ പ്രണയകഥയാണ്.

When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems....

G.I. Gurdjieff allows the reader in these narratives to become acquainted with a person that is up to this day to many, who have for instance read his...

With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers....

The Dalai Lama's cat is back - older, a bit wiser and as curious as ever....

The politics of empire-building and the hypocricies, back-stabbings and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light....

In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. This is the story of Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey 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...

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....

Seventeenth-century India. Chhatrapati Shivaji's dominion has been firmly established over the Deccan peninsula. Troubled by the mounting European threat along the Konkan coast, the Maratha empire turns to Kanhoji Angrey, master mariner, excellent swordsman and astute strategist, to lead its...

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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner's Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do...

The Diary of Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype....

This remarkable book is the only novel by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the greatest German-language poet of his time. It is, in a sense, a true curiosity - dark and intense - and possesses, not surprisingly, strong elements of autobiography....

Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows a political terrorist who leads a group of nihilists....

"The others form the human being, I depict him; and here I present an individual who is quite poorly formed and whom I would certainly make...

My Struggle: Book One introduces American listeners to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation....

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! “A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”—People Magazine “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth...

A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Best Mystery! This program is read by actor Bessie Carter, best known for her role as Prudence Featherington on the Netflix series Bridgerton. "Narrator Bessie Carter...captures the personalities of the most famous women novelists of the golden age of detective...

Nell's dream of traveling on a transatlantic steamship is about to come true. Although not in the way she expected. Life is hard, and with only three women working amongst a crew of eighty, there are challenges Nell had not foreseen. While she struggles to cope with the constant attention of her colleagues, not to mention their criticisms, there are some who will do whatever they can to support her.

With one impatient phone call, a young Christopher Isherwood is drawn into the film industry. On the other end of the line is the brilliant yet temperamental Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann. Christopher’s job is to rescue the script of a saccharine love story set in nineteenth-century Vienna, a film called Prater Violet. Meanwhile, in the real Vienna of 1934, the Austrian right crushes a socialist uprising. Bergmann is distraught; his family is in danger in Vienna, while his prophecy of a coming war goes unheeded by his British colleagues.

Nevzrušené dětství na americkém Středozápadě. A také strach z nočních můr a fyzického násilí, halucinace a plačtivost. Záliba v rybaření, lovu, turistice a čtení. Prázdnota ústící v samotářská dobrodružství a vloupačky. Studium anglické literatury na prestižní americké univerzitě, kterou nenáviděl. Poflakování po Evropě, homosexuální pajzly. Po návratu domů život z renty, flinkání a psychoterapie. Z ní vyražen jako „nenapravitelný lhář". Příležitostná zaměstnání jako krysař, soukromý detektiv, výčepní, dělník. Život na hraně a návyk na drogy.

La vida de Coro Egurrola, una empresaria vasca de éxito, a punto de casarse, da un vuelco total cuando recibe un requerimiento notarial de una desconocida para la venta de una casa en una aldea castellana de la que jamás ha oído hablar. De esta manera tan sorprendente, Coro descubrirá la existencia de su verdadera abuela, Magdalena, y las tragedias que sufrió durante la guerra civil.

Deu anys després de la mort del seu pare, el narrador d'aquest llibre decideix escriure-la. Amb l'ombra del suïcidi que priva el dol, es pregunta: és possible trobar les paraules d'un comiat que no es va produir? Així, aquest relat personal i íntim esdevé una recerca per entendre com es forgen els vincles familiars, a què condemna el silenci, on s'amaga la veritat d'una història. Però l'escriptura falla, i l'autor recorre a les biografies d'escriptors que es van suïcidar i a les seves darreres notes per reconstruir un adeu possible, temptatiu.

Végre eljött a pillanat: New Yorkban megnyílik Frida Kahlo első önálló kiállítása – és elsöprő sikert arat, Manhattan művészvilága őt ünnepli. Ekkor találkozik a magyar fényképésszel, Nickolas Muray-vel, és szenvedélyes szerelem szövődik köztük. Miután művészként kilépett hűtlen férje, Diego árnyékából, Frida a szerelemben is a saját érzéseit akarja követni.

Riley und Zayn kennen sich nur flüchtig, bis sie eines Abends ein Gespräch führen, das die ganze Nacht anhält. Die immer tiefer werdenden Gefühle füreinander verändern nicht nur ihre Freundschaft, sondern auch ihr gesamtes Leben. Zayn respektiert als pakistanischer Moslem die Traditionen seiner Familie und weiß, dass die Regeln der westlich erzogenen Riley gegen alles verstoßen, was ihm beigebracht wurde. Obwohl Riley mit Schatten kämpft, die manchmal größer sind als sie selbst, ist sie stark, sieht direkt in Zayns Herz und glaubt an eine gemeinsame Zukunft.

Opowieść rozpięta jest między dwoma światami: dawnym – pełnym podróży, rodzinnego spokoju i radości z debiutu literackiego – oraz nowym, zamkniętym w ciasnej szpitalnej izolatce, przesyconym bólem, lękiem i niepewnością jutra. Plastyczne opisy przywołują miejsca, które bohaterka odwiedziła przed chorobą: rozgrzane uliczki Mostaru, nocne życie Florencji, norweskie fiordy, paryskie bulwary czy wietrzne wybrzeże Cabo da Roca.

"AN HOMAGE TO FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AND AMBITION." --LA TIMES They were an unlikely pair—a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously—but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national...

Sie hinterlässt drei Kinder und einen Bindestrich. Sie hinterlässt mir ihre Freundinnen, ihre Bibliothek, ihr Unbehagen. Ich schreibe ihr hinterher als vermissende Tochter, als wütende Frau, als verstummte Dichterin und wundere mich, wie wenig sie sich beschwören lässt, wenn ich es will. Ich schreibe über meine mannigfaltige Mutter, ihre Weisheit und Komik, ihren Mann, die Sache mit den Meerschweinchen und mich.

Der Roman begleitet Verdi auf seiner Reise nach Venedig im Jahr 1883. Dort begegnet er überall dem Schatten Richard Wagners, seines bedeutendsten künstlerischen Rivalen und Sinnbild einer neuen musikalischen Epoche. Wagners plötzlicher Tod erschüttert Verdi – und zwingt ihn, sich seiner eigenen künstlerischen Identität zu stellen. Werfel verbindet historische Realität, psychologische Tiefe und die emotionale Kraft der Oper zu einem faszinierenden literarischen Porträt.

Hamburg, 1913: Als Hedda ihre Stelle als Obergärtnerin bei der jüdischen Bankiersfamilie Clarenburg antritt, hat sie es nicht leicht. Auf dem parkähnlichen Anwesen oberhalb der Elbe ist sie die erste Frau auf diesem Posten und wird von den ausschließlich männlichen Kollegen entsprechend kritisch beäugt. Auch körperlich wird ihr viel abverlangt, denn das Anwesen über der Elbe ist riesig, und der Erste Weltkrieg fordert ihr gärtnerisches Können noch einmal besonders heraus.

Keen to get away from her abusive father, Lydia happily accepts the post of housekeeper at the Jackson family home. But when William senses romance in the air between Lydia and his son William-Wetherby, he is determined to put an end to it. For good.

""In her latest, Riley provides a fresh take on high seas adventure through the eyes of the courageous, swashbuckling, based-on-a-real-life female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. The research Riley has done on this 1600s saga is truly remarkable, second only to her depictions of the lush Caribbean...

Роман Александра Гефтера «Секретный курьер» во многом автобиографичен и повествует о полной опасностей работе белых подпольщиков в годы Гражданской войны. Роман посвящен памяти погибших секретных курьеров, «безвестных, как и их могилы». Это проникновенный рассказ об опасных похождениях моряка Балтфлота Келлера, сбежавшего из Петербурга во время революции. Его вербует британская разведка, и Келлер становится секретным курьером, осуществлявшим связь между Северной и Северо-Западной армиями Белых и белогвардейцами в Петербурге и Кронштадте.