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Gute Buchempfehlungen im Bereich Geschichte?

ByFitnessmaster August 6, 2022February 27, 2025

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Neugier4711

2 years ago

I like the popular scientific book series by Will & Ariel Durant: “Cultural History of Humanity”.

I especially like James A. Michener on novels. He has written well-researched historical novels about many states in the world.

Excitingly written are the works of Gillian Bradshaw. The author is too wrong not as well known as it should be.

If you like criminals who play in the Middle Ages, I recommend Ellis Peter’s series on brother Cadfeal. The series was also filmed. But I only know the books.

If the criminals play in the Roman Empire, then the series “SPQR” by John Maddox Roberts is a must.

Ken Follett and Rebecca Gablé also write very exciting.

Neugier4711

2 years ago

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Thank you for the star.

seefeld115926

2 years ago

For German history in the previous century I find the youth novels of Klaus Kordon good. The novels by Peter Prange, which are thick but easy to read.

Historical novels certainly do not replace textbooks and are fictional stories. But you can reasonably convey a credible feeling of the life situation of the people at the time, are entertaining and interesting.

Bodesurry

2 years ago

2 years ago

Tobias Wilkinson “Ascending and Fall of Ancient Egypt”
Bernd Engelmann “We Untetanen” and “Agreement against Law and Freedom”
Joachim Fernau “Caesar lets greet “
Dieter Breuers “Ritter, Mönch und Bauersleut”

UbuRoi

2 years ago

The history novels of Lion Feuchtwanger. Maintenance and the social outer area is also described. In “Goya”, for example, the Spanish city society is described, the men the Majos (Machos), who were dressed like today the Toreros and the female Majas, which must be imagined as the tourist flamencot dancers. Each Majo has a knife and a lover who is gifted and who gets a scar on the face with the knife and the gifts are removed again when she was unfaithful. The wife’s gonna be ripped off with infidelity.