Fictional European countries

Description
e.g., "Ruritanian romances," stories set in (usually small) fictional countries, often monarchies, which make use of various common themes from European history.
1
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
9,019 members
157 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Set in the fictional country of Zembla
2
The Prisoner of Zenda
by Anthony Hope
2,959 members
95 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
3
The Tin Princess
by Philip Pullman
1,933 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Razkavia
4
Bend Sinister
by Vladimir Nabokov
1,832 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
5
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,728 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Orsinia. East-Central Europe; once a dependency of the Austrian Empire; after WWII located within the Eastern bloc.
6
The Mouse that Roared
by Léonard Wibberley
884 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Duchy of Grand Fenwick. English-speaking mini-state located in the Alps somewhere along the border between France and Switzerland.
7
Malafrena
by Ursula K. Le Guin
856 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Orsinia
8
Dirty Hands
by Jean-Paul Sartre
855 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Illyria
9
The Lost Prince
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
817 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Samavia
10
Royal Highness
by Thomas Mann
675 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Großherzogtum Grimmburg. A German-speaking kingdom with some similarities to Mecklenburg-Schwerin; specific location is not otherwise indicated.
11
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq
645 members
14 reviews
4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Orsenna
12
The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014 film]
by Wes Anderson
554 members
6 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
spiphany
13
Rupert of Hentzau
by Anthony Hope
496 members
13 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
14
Oliver VII
by Antal Szerb
183 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Alturia
15
The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy
by Avram Davidson
109 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
16
Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
103 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
17
The Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
5,724 members
173 reviews
½ 3.6
18
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
3,613 members
98 reviews
½ 3.6
19
King Ottokar's Sceptre
by Hergé
2,052 members
17 reviews
4.1
20
Sweet Danger
by Margery Allingham
1,018 members
25 reviews
3.8
21
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
by Lawrence Block
883 members
20 reviews
3.8
22
Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry
by Santo Cilauro
722 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
23
Figures of Earth : A Comedy of Appearances
by James Branch Cabell
518 members
8 reviews
3.8
24
The Terminal [2004 film]
by Steven Spielberg
503 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
25
The Mad King
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
435 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
26
Rates of Exchange
by Malcolm Bradbury
350 members
2 reviews
3.8
27
The Drackenberg Adventure
by Lloyd Alexander
348 members
3 reviews
3.8
28
Ruined City
by Nevil Shute
332 members
4 reviews
3.8
29
The Dark Frontier
by Eric Ambler
263 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
30
The Lady Vanishes [1938 film]
by Alfred Hitchcock
246 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
31
The Prince Commands
by Andre Norton
207 members
3 reviews
3.2
32
The Great Dictator [1940 film]
by Charlie Chaplin
197 members
9 reviews
½ 4.3
33
Daughter of Mystery
by Heather Rose Jones
175 members
7 reviews
4
34
Biggles Goes to War
by W. E. Johns
169 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
35
San Sombrero: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups
by Santo Cilauro
155 members
6 reviews
3.8
36
Duck Soup [1933 film]
by Leo McCarey
131 members
3 reviews
4.2
37
A Prize for Princes
by Rex Stout
112 members
3 reviews
½ 2.7
38
Savrola
by Winston S. Churchill
101 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
39
Beverly of Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
89 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
40
The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy
by Avram Davidson
84 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
41
Scott-King's Modern Europe
by Evelyn Waugh
81 members
2 reviews
3.1
42
Romanoff and Juliet
by Peter Ustinov
79 members
4 reviews
2.9
43
The Heart of Princess Osra
by Anthony Hope
64 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
44
Why Come to Slaka?
by Malcolm Bradbury
47 members
½ 3.3
45
Truxton King
by George Barr McCutcheon
40 members
2 reviews
4.1
46
White Horse, Dark Dragon
by Robert C. Fleet
40 members
3
47
The Emerald Crown
by Violet Needham
38 members
5 reviews
4
48
The Prince of Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
37 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
49
The Merry Widow
by Franz Lehar
27 members
1 review
4
50
Tiny Carteret
by Sapper
26 members
½ 3.5
51
A King in New York [1957 film]
by Charlie Chaplin
16 members
1 review
½ 3.5
52
The Grand Duke or The Statutory Duel
by W. S. Gilbert
16 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
53
The Inca of Perusalem
by George Bernard Shaw
14 members
1 review
2.8
54
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein [audio recording]
by Jacques Offenbach
12 members
3
55
The Sleeping Prince
by Terence Rattigan
12 members
56
The Princess Elopes
by Harold MacGrath
6 members
3
57
The prince of Balkistan
by Allen Upward
1 member
58
Penny Princess [1952 film]
by Val Guest
1 member