Historical Fiction: France
Explore the best historical fiction books set in France. Dive into captivating tales of love, war, and revolution in Paris, Versailles, and beyond. Perfect for history buffs and fiction lovers alike!
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Greatest Knight, The: The Story of William Marshal
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Based on fact, this is the story of William Marshal, the greatest knight of the Middle Ages, unsurpassed in the tourneys, adeptly manoeuvring through the …
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The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
In seventeenth-century France, young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and …
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Twenty Years After
by Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the …
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The Vicomte de Bragelonne
by Alexandre Dumas
It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of …
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Louise de la Vallière
by Alexandre Dumas
"It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with …
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split …
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Joseph Balsamo
by Alexandre Dumas
Joseph Balsamo (written between 1846 and 1848) is part of the "Marie Antoinette" romances.
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The Queen's Necklace (1902)
by Alexandre Dumas
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and …
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The Countess de Charny
by Alexandre Dumas
This swashbuckling yarn is the continuation of the story in "Memoirs of a physician," "The Queen's necklace," and "Six Years Later."
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The Knight of Maison-Rouge
by Alexandre Dumas
A major new translation of a forgotten classic Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from …
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Through a Glass Darkly
by Karleen Koen
"A completely involving story...power, greed, family conflict, burning ambition and passion kindle the plot. Readers will be captivated "-- Publishers Weekly Karleen Koen's sweeping saga …
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Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling …
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The Last Cavalier
by Alexandre Dumas
Rousing, big, spirited, its action sweeping across oceans and continents, the last novel of Alexandre Dumas-lost for 125 years in the archives of the National …