Book Events for Torla

1788-89 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1792 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1796 presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

17th century

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1600s)

1800 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1912

• A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson

2020 U.S. Presidential Election

• Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuiston

74th Annual Hunger Games

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Age of Anarchy

• Renegades (Exclusive Edition) by Marissa Meyer

American Revolution

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1783)

Apocalypse

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Armageddon

• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter by Neil Gaiman

B'Wa Kell Rebellion

• The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

Battle at Burning plains

• Eldest (Inheritance Cycle, Book 2) (The Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of Manhattan

• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Battle of the Bulge

• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1945-01-25)

Battle of the Hornburg

• The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

Battle of the Labyrinth

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Battle of Waterloo

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1815)

Bombing of Dresden

• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Bread Riot

• Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (247 H.E.)

Burr-Hamilton Duel

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1804)

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Calanmai

• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Constitutional Convention

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1787)

The Council of Elrond

• The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Day of Triumph

• Renegades (Exclusive Edition) by Marissa Meyer

Discovery of Fillory

• The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Discovery of Radium

• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

DomDaniel is Defeated

• Magyk by Angie Sage

The Duelem

• The Finisher by David Baldacci

Fate of the Labryinth

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

French Revolution

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1799)

Hamilton–Reynolds affair

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1797)

Hundred Days

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1815-07-08)

Iran-Iraq War

• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (1988)

Iranian Revolution

• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (1979)

July Revolution

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1830)

June Rebellion

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1832)

The King's Champion Contest

• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Knighting of Sir Gawain

• The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris

London season

• Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey

Napoleonic Wars

• Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey
• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1815)

The Noble Experiment

• The Never War by D.J. MacHale

Panic of 1792

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Papal Election

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Poisoning of Crops

• The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale

Prohibition

• The Never War by D.J. MacHale

Quasi-War

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1800)

Queen Elena's Quest

• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Rathana

• A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

Rebirth of Kronos

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

• The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey (1906-04-18)

Scorpio races

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Second Titan War

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 1) by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 3) by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 2) by Rick Riordan

Siege of Fowl Manor

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Siege of La Rochelle

• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1628)

Siege of Yorktown

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1781)

Summer Solstice

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 1) by Rick Riordan

Thirty Years' War

• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1648)

The Tri-Wizard Tournament

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Trojan War

• The Song of Achilles: A Novel by Madeline Miller

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Whisky Rebellion

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1794)

Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

• Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Winter Solstice

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 3) by Rick Riordan

World War I

• Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
• Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
• Unnatural Issue (Elemental Masters) by Mercedes Lackey (1918)

World War I, British Home Front

• Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey

World War II

• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1945)

Xenocide of the Formics

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)