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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Gone with the Wind

 

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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 …