historical fiction

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Macbeth

a novel
2012
A fictional retelling of William Shakespeare's classic play "Macbeth," the story of a Scottish nobleman who plots to kill the king of Scotland in order to claim the throne for himself.

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

2013
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans to assassinate him on the Ides of March.

Berlin

a work of fiction
2008
In 1929 Berlin, after the May Day demonstration, people try to make sense of the political upheaval and escape daily life by taking part in the city's nightlife.

Berlin

a work of fiction
2004
A graphic novel set in the backdrop of Berlin at the beginning of the Weimar Republic, and follows the intimate relationship between a journalist and artist and the events that unfold over the course of five years.

Song of the exile

2000
Keo and Sunny meet in Honolulu just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and their developing love affair is ended when America enters into World War II.

Night of the Red Moon

1995
A fact-based story in which twelve-year-old Ming, on an errand for his father on October 24, 1871, witnesses a shooting in the frontier town of Los Angeles that leads to rioting throughout Chinatown and the deaths of eighteen Chinese men and women.

Water rat

2001
Fourteen-year-old Matt, a crippled orphan, runs away from the cruel beatings he has endured from the owner of the tavern where he has lived since his father's death, only to come face to face with a band of pirates.

The key to honor

1999
Young Nate Lawton, promoted to midshipman for bravery in combat aboard the "USS Constitution," bears the guilty secret that he hid for most of the battle with the "HMS Guerriere," but he gets a chance to redeem his honor when he is assigned to the "Chesapeake" just before one of the greatest engagements of the War of 1812.

Cromwell's boy

1978
A 13-year-old spy's wit and horsemanship make him invaluable to the Cromwell forces as they fight against King Charles.

White grizzly

2000
In 1845, when he leaves the Cheyenne village where he has been living and sets out from Bent's Fort along the Sante Fe Trail in search of his white grandfather, Julio faces danger from renegade Texans, the Pawnee Indians, and a grizzly bear, before finding where he truly belongs.

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