Historical Novels in the Grand Sweeping Romantic Tradition
Discover the best grand historical novels in the sweeping romantic tradition. Explore epic love stories and rich historical settings with our curated list of timeless classics and must-reads.

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Push Not the River
by James Conroyd Martin
A panoramic and epic novel in the grand romantic style, Push Not the River is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700s--a time …

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Against a Crimson Sky
by James Conroyd Martin
The continuation of the sweeping story of young Countess Anna Maria, introduced in the epic PUSH NOT THE RIVER, as Poland picks up the pieces …


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Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
An epic novel of Russia before and during the Revolution.

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Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847, the year before the author's death …

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War and Peace
by graf Leo Tolstoy
Presents a new translation of the classic reflecting the life and times of Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars, in a book accompanied by an …