Book Events for madsglen

14th century

• A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY. by Barbara W. Tuchman (1300s)

1769

• Home from the Sea by Mel Keegan

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

1800 US presidential election

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

1871

• The Lock-Keeper's Heart by Neil S. Plakcy

1905 Russian Revolution

• The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

20th century

• Boys Like Us by Patrick Merla

Accession of Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth The Great by Elizabeth Jenkins (1558-11-17)

Afghan Civil War

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

African-American Civil Rights Movement

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett

AIDS epidemic

• And The Band Played On - Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
• Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel by Carol Rifka Brunt

American Civil War

• West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express by Jim DeFelice
• Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor (1865)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (1865)
• Enemy Women : A Novel by Paulette Jiles (1865)
• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (1865)
• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (1865)
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (1861–1865)

American Revolution

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1783)
• An Echo in the Bone: A Novel (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon (1783)
• GEORGIANNA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman (1783)
• Someone Knows My Name: A Novel by Lawrence Hill (1775)
• John Adams by David G. McCullough (1775 ∙ 1783)

The Anarchy

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ( 1153)

Anglo-Spanish War

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1604)

Anschluss

• 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany by Steven Pressman
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman (1865-04-14)

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Assassination of Medgar Evers

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Astor Expedition

• Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier by Peter Stark

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws (1941-12-07)
• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1941-12-07)

Austro-Turkish War

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1791)

Babington Plot

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1587)

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Battle at Burning plains

• ELDEST: INHERITANCE BOOK TWO. by Christopher. Paolini

Battle of Bosworth Field

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
• The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer (1485-08-22)
• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (1485-08-22)

Battle of Britain

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham
• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1940)

Battle of Brunanburh

• The Abbot's Tale: A Novel by Conn Iggulden (937)

Battle of Edington

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of Halidon Hill

• Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

Battle of Maldon

• The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth

Battle of Munichia

• Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Battle of Saratoga

• An Echo in the Bone: A Novel (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon (1777)

Battle of Stamford Bridge

• The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth

Battle of Stoke Field

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Battle of the Bulge

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham

Battle of Waterloo

• Jonathan Strange&Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ([1815])

Battle of Yorktown

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Bible Riots

• A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History by Kenneth C. Davis (1844)

Birth of Margaret Norman

• Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy, Bk 2) by Deborah Harkness

Black Death

• The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
• World without end by Ken Follett
• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (1350)
• A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY. by Barbara W. Tuchman (1340s)

Black Friday

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

The Blitz

• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1940)

Bloody Sunday

• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1905)

Boxer Rebellion

• China: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

British Association for the Advancement of Science - founding and early years

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Broad Street Cholera Outbreak

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1854)

Burr-Hamilton Duel

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1804)

California Gold Rush

• West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express by Jim DeFelice
• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (1848–1855)
• Heyday by Kurt Anderson (1848–1855)

Chechen conflict

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel by Anthony Marra

Christmas

• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

COINTELPRO

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Cold War

• Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

Colonizing the New World

• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

Compromise of 1790

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Constitutional Convention

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1787)

Continental Congress

• John Adams by David G. McCullough

Convention of Versailles

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1756-05-01)

Coronation of Jahangir

• The Twentieth Wife: A Novel by Indu Sundaresan (24 November 1605)

Council of Trent

• Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

Crimean War

• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Crusades

• Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
• The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones

Cuban Missile Crisis

• Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

Cultural Revolution

• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie

Cádiz Raid

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1587)

D-Day, Normandy, France 1944

• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham

Death of Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Death of Catherine of Aragon

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1536-01-07)

Death of Katherine of Aragon

• Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel (John MacRae Books) by Hilary Mantel (1536-01-07)

Detroit Riot

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (1967)

Disaster: Explosion

• The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism by John U. Bacon

Discovery of Uranus

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (1781)

Divorce/annulment of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII

• Wolf Hall: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Hilary Mantel

Dunkirk Evacuation

• THE CHARIOTEER by Mary Renault (1940-06-04)
• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1940-06-04)

Dust Bowl Era

• The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

East End Cholera Outbreak

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1866)

Easter Rising, 1916

• At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

Election of 1800

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Elizabethan Era

• The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1603)
• Elizabeth The Great by Elizabeth Jenkins (1603)

End of the Third Age

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

England beat Australia at Cricket

• The Liar by Stephen Fry (1981)

English Civil War

• Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution by Peter Ackroyd
• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

English Reformation

• The King's Curse (Cousins' War) by Philippa Gregory
• Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
• Wolf Hall: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Hilary Mantel

Erie War

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

Establishment of Israel

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (1948)

Execution of Anne Boleyn

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1536-05-17)
• Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel (John MacRae Books) by Hilary Mantel (1536-05-19)

Execution of Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1587)

Execution of Perkin Warbeck

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Fall of France

• The Antoine De Saint-Exupery Collection (The Little Prince / Airman's Odyssey) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1940-06-22)

February Revolution

• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1917)

Federalist Era

• John Adams by David G. McCullough (U.S. history ∙ 1789 ∙ 1801)

First Hot Air Balloon Flights

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

First Opium War

• China: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

First Parition of Poland

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1772)

The Flood

• In the shadow of the ark by Anne Provoost (Genesis 6-9)

Frankenstein - writing of

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Freedom Ride

• Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

French Revolution

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1799)
• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1794)
• GEORGIANNA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman (1799)

The Frost Fair

• Frost Fair by Erastes (1814)

Georgian Era

• GEORGIANNA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman (1837)

Glorious Revolution

• Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution by Peter Ackroyd

Gordon Riots

• GEORGIANNA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman (1780)

Grand Ole Opry

• Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor

Great Depression

• The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Great Fire of London

• London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (1666)

Great Fire of Smyrna

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (1922)

The Great Stink

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1858)

Greco-Turkish War

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (1919-1922)

Gunpowder Plot

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1605)

Halifax Explosion, 6 December 1917

• The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism by John U. Bacon

Hamilton–Reynolds affair

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1797)

Hawaiian Revolution

• Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws

Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

• In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (1930-01-30)

Holocaust

• 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany by Steven Pressman
• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
• We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel by Georgia Hunter
• The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Ackerman Diane
• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1945)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer (1945)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (1945)

Hundred Years' War

• Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi
• A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY. by Barbara W. Tuchman ( 1453)

Invention of chronometer

• Longitude by Dava Sobel

Invention of Miner's Safety Lamp

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (1816)

Invention of the radio

• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

Irish Potato Famine

• All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship by Kathryn Miles (1852)

Italian Renaissance

• Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

Japanese occupation of Malaysia

• The Gift of Rain: A Novel by Tan Twan Eng

Jesus calls his disciples

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Jesus’ burial

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Jesus’ death

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Jesus’ resurrection

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

John Adams Presidency

• John Adams by David G. McCullough

Kindertransport

• The Last Train to London: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton

King Philip's War

• The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff (1676)
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (1676-08)

Kościuszko Uprising

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1794)

Lambert Simnel Rebellion

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

The Last Great Time War

• Who-ology: Dr. Who - the Official Mescellany by Cavan Scott, Wright, Mark (fictional)

Magna Carta

• The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones

Manifesto of Silence

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1763-06-04)

Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

• Wolf Hall: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Hilary Mantel

Massacre of St. Bricels Day

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

Moscow Plague Riot

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1771)

Munich Agreement

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

Napoleonic Wars

• Longbourn by Jo Baker
• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
• Jonathan Strange&Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1815)
• The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore (1815)

New Madrid Earthquake

• The River Wife by Jonis Agee (1811)

New York City Draft Riots

• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (1863-07-16)

Night of the Long Knives

• In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (1934-07-02)

Nineteen Year Winter

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ( 1154)

Norman Conquest of England

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood
• London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Northwest Ordinance

• The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

Nuisances Removal and Contagious Diseases Prevention Act

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1848)

October Revolution

• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1917)

Offa's Thirteith Jubilee

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

Olympic Games

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (1936)

Operation Barbarossa

• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (1941-12-05)

Operation Mincemeat

• Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor by Ben Macintyre

Orphan Train

• Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline

Osage murders

• Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Panic of 1792

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Panic of 1837

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

Panic of 1873

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

Peasants' Revolt

• The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer (1381)

Peloponnesian War

• Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Peninsular War

• Jonathan Strange&Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1814)

Pentagon Papers

• Personal History by Katherine Graham

Perkin Warbeck Rebellion

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Petit's walk on a wire strung between the World Trade Center Towers, Aug 7, 1974.

• Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann

plagues

• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd (Bubonic Plague)
• Year of Wonders: a novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks (Great Plague, 1665-1666)
• Last of the Wine by Mary Renault (Plague of Athens, 430-429)

Pony Express

• Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express by Christopher Corbett

Poor Law Acts

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1834)

powered flight

• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (1903-12-17)

Prohibition in the United States

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (1929)

Public Health Act

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (1848)

Pugachev's Rebellion

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1775)

Quasi-War

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1800)

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Red Stick War

• A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History by Kenneth C. Davis (1814)

Reign of Henry II

• Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir (1189-07-06)
• Mistress Of The Art Of Death by Ariana Franklin (1189-07-06)
• A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death) by Ariana Franklin (1189-07-06)
• Relics of the Dead: Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 3 by Ariana Franklin (1189-07-06)
• The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin (1189-07-06)

Reign of Henry VIII

• Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir (1547-01-28)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1547-01-28)

Revolt of Boadicea

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

Rise of Nazi power

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

Rise of the Third Reich

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

Roman Invasion/Occupation of Britain

• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

The Rule of the Thirty Tyrants

• Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Russian Revolution

• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
• The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore (1917)

Russo-Japanese War

• The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore (1905)

Sack of Nantes

• The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth

Salem witch trials

• In The Devil's Snare by Mary Beth Norton (1693)

Salem Witch Trials

• The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff (1692)

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

• Out of Oz : the final volume in the Wicked years by Gregory Maguire

Scottish War of Independence

• Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

Scramble for Africa

• King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

Secession Crisis

• The Tudor Secret (The Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles) by C. W. Gortner (1861)

Second Boer War

• HER LITTLE MAJESTY: The Life of Queen Victoria by Carolly Erickson (1902-05-31)

Second Crusade

• The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Pamela Kaufman
• Shield of Three Lions: A Novel by Pamela Kaufman
• Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir (1149)

September 11 Attacks

• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd (2001-09-11)

Seven Years' War

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1763)

Seventh Russo-Turkish War

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1792)

Shipwreck of Philip I and Joanna of Castile

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Sicilian Expedition

• Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Siege of Badon Hill

• In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood

Siege of La Rochelle

• Lempriere's Dictionary by Lawrence NORFOLK

Siege of Leningrad

• City of Thieves: A Novel by David Benioff (1944-01-27)

Siege of Oxford

• Winter Siege by Ariana Franklin (1141)

Siege of Yorktown

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1781)

Sinking of the Lusitania

• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Sinking of the Spanish Armada

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1588)

Sinking of the Sussex

• Ahab's Wife or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter NASLUND

Sixth Russo-Turkish War

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1774)

Soviet-Afghan War

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ([1979, 1989])

Spanish Armada

• The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer (1588)

Spanish Civil War

• The Antoine De Saint-Exupery Collection (The Little Prince / Airman's Odyssey) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1939)
• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1939)

Spring Offensive

• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1918)

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

• A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett (1572)

Stafford and Lovell Rebellion

• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Steamboat invention

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

Stock Market Crash

• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Third Anglo-Burmese War

• The Glass Palace: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh

Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1774-07-21)

Treaty of Saint Petersburg

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1762-05-05)

Treaty of Sistova

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1791-08-04)

Tudor Era

• Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel (John MacRae Books) by Hilary Mantel (1603)
• Elizabeth The Great by Elizabeth Jenkins (1603)
• Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir (1603)
• The King's Curse (Cousins' War) by Philippa Gregory (1603)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1603)
• The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer (1603)

United States occupation of Veracruz

• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1914)

US Civil War

• Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman

Vietnam War

• The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin

Viking Invasions

• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

Voyage of the HMS Endeavor

• The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Voyage of the Mayflower

• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (1620)

Wall Street Crash

• Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (1929)

War of 1812

• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

War of the Austrian Succession

• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie (1748)

Wars of the Roses

• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
• The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (1485)

Washington Presidency

• John Adams by David G. McCullough

Watergate Scandal

• Personal History by Katherine Graham

Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II, 1947

• The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

Wells Massacre

• The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff (1692-06-11)

Whisky Rebellion

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (1794)

Whitewater

• Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton

World War I

• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
• The Fallen Snow by John J Kelley
• Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
• Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by The Countess of Carnarvon
• The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
• A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (1918)
• The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore (1918)
• Fall of giants : first in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett (1914 ∙ 1918)
• The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey (1914-1918)

World War II

• The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith
• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
• The Glass Palace: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh
• Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
• The Last Train to London: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton
• The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel by Pam Jenoff
• MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II by Peter Eisner
• The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts
• Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
• Sisters of Night and Fog: A WWII Novel by Robuck
• The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
• The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin
• Warlight (Vintage International) by Michael Ondaatje
• When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan
• The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Ackerman Diane
• The Antoine De Saint-Exupery Collection (The Little Prince / Airman's Odyssey) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1945)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)
• THE CHARIOTEER by Mary Renault (1945)
• City of Thieves: A Novel by David Benioff (1945)
• Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King (1945)
• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham ( 1945)
• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1945)
• Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings (1945)
• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (1945)
• Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victor by Ben Macintyre (1945)
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer (1945)
• Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws (1945)
• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1945)
• The Women in the Castle: A Novel by Jessica Shattuck (1945)

World War II, Eastern Front

• City of Thieves: A Novel by David Benioff (1945-05-05)
• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (1945-05-05)

World War II, German Home Front

• Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

World War II, German Occupation of France

• Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King (1945)

World War II, Pacific Theater

• Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands by Gavan Daws (1945-09-02)
• Winter of the world by Ken Follett (1945-09-02)

WWII

• The Gift of Rain: A Novel by Tan Twan Eng