Allende’s fluidly written saga conveys her deep familiarity with the events she depicts, and her intent to illustrate their human impact in a moving way. The scope spans most of the lives of Victor Dalmau, a Republican army medic in 1936 Spain, and Roser Bruguera, a music student taken in by Victor’s family and, later, his brother Guillem’s lover and the mother of Guillem’s child. The story follows them over nearly sixty years, beginning with the tumult of the Spanish Civil War. Guillem is killed fighting against the Fascists, news that Victor can’t bear to tell Roser initially. After surviving separate and terrible circumstances that leave them refugees in France, where authorities treat them with contempt and worse, the two marry for practical reasons in order to join Pablo Neruda’s mission transporting over 2000 Spanish exiles to Chile aboard the S.S. Winnipeg . In Santiago, the Dalmaus find many Chileans sympathetic to the Spaniards, while others make them unwelcome. With a poetic ...
Here's a collection of new and upcoming historical novels from British publishers, with their corresponding cover designs. Please note that the UK focus below reflects the publisher, not necessarily the author's nationality. Some of these twelve books will be appearing from North American presses later this year, while for others, I recommend Book Depository. I'll be traveling to the UK later this year and am hoping to find some of these in person.
A young woman in occupied Tuscany during WWII falls in love with a black American soldier. Bloomsbury, Sept. 2019. [see on Goodreads] Also published by Bloomsbury in the US.
Romantic historical fiction set amid the exuberance of post-WWI England, from the award-winning author of Letters to the Lost. Simon & Schuster UK, May 2019. [see on Goodreads] Also to be published by Thomas Dunne in the US in December.
A shift in historical era for the multi-faceted Harris, whose new thriller is set in a remote town in Exmoor, southwest England, in the 1460s. Hutchinson, Sept 2019. [see on Goodreads] Also to be published by Knopf in the US in November. Thanks to Sarah OL for mentioning this book in an earlier comment.
Another forthcoming historical set in medieval times. Based on a true story uncovered by the Flemish Belgian author, The Convert reveals the life of a young woman from Provence who converted to Judaism to marry the man she loved. Text, July 2019. [see on Goodreads]
I've enjoyed Hislop's novels set in Greece, including The Island, The Thread, and The Sunrise. Her newest also has a Greek setting, this time during the German occupation and the country's civil war, and four decades later. Headline, May 2019. [see on Goodreads]
Australian writer Jones intertwines the stories of two women, one English and one Chinese, during the quest for gold in 19th-century Australia. Head of Zeus, June 2019. [see on Goodreads]
This new offering from an Oxford-based small press is another medieval on the list; it centers on 13th-century mathematician and scholar Michael Scot and his travels on behalf of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Fairlight, Sept. 2019. [see on Goodreads]
African-born Susan, a servant in a Catholic household in late 16th-century England, is on a quest for her lost brother and her lost personal history. It's been blurbed by Miranda Kaufmann, the author of Black Tudors. Jacaranda, May 2019. [see on Goodreads]
Drama surrounding the trio of actor Henry Irving, actress Ellen Terry, and theatre manager (and author) Bram Stoker in Victorian London. Harvill Secker, June 2019. [see on Goodreads]
The final volume in Swift's trilogy about real-life women in the life and diary of Samuel Pepys; the protagonist here is musician-actress Elizabeth Carpenter. Accent, Sept. 2019. Not on Goodreads yet, but you can find it on Amazon UK.
A novel of family secrets kept and revealed, set in Scotland (as you can infer from the title) in the 1950s and decades later. Two Roads, June 2019. [see on Goodreads]
Love, friendship, art and obsession centering on students at the Bauhaus art school in 1920s Germany, from the author of Mrs. Hemingway. Picador UK, June 2019. [see on Goodreads]
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