real people in fiction circumstances

Description
Real Person Fiction, where the real person is a major figure in the book. For instance Vargas Llosa's Dream of the Celt is about Roger Casement (and I'll put Casement in the explanation box)
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Les Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,696 membres
232 critiques
3.9
3 Members
nessreader, JuliaMaria, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
JuliaMaria: Virginia Woolf
2
Winnie and Wolf
de A. N. Wilson
129 membres
13 critiques
½ 2.7
3 Members
thorold, nessreader, JuliaMaria
Explications
thorold: Winifred Wagner, Richard Wagner, Adolf Hitler
3
Un été à Baden-Baden
de Leonid Tsypkin
620 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
nessreader, JuliaMaria, bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Fyodor Dostoevsky
4
Le livre du sel
de Monique Truong
1,229 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, JuliaMaria
Explications
aulsmith: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ho Chi Minh
5
Captive
de Margaret Atwood
11,835 membres
258 critiques
3.9
2 Members
nessreader, starbox
6
Le fil du rasoir
de W. Somerset Maugham
6,218 membres
115 critiques
4.1
2 Members
JuliaMaria, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
JuliaMaria: der Sprachphilosoph Ludwig Wittgenstein
7
Crimes à l'affiche
de Nicola Upson
798 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
nessreader, si
Explications
nessreader: Josephine Tey (wrote Daughter of Time)
8
Meurtre dans la cathédrale
de T. S. Eliot
3,091 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, nessreader
Explications
aulsmith: Thomas a Becket, Henry II
9
Jonathan Strange et Mr Norrell
de Susanna Clarke
26,960 membres
772 critiques
3.9
2 Members
si, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Lord Wellington, Byron, etc.
10
Selon Queeney
de Beryl Bainbridge
635 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.3
2 Members
nessreader, Dilara86
Explications
nessreader: Dr johnson & mrs thrale
11
La lune et soixante-quinze centimes
de W. Somerset Maugham
3,402 membres
62 critiques
3.9
2 Members
JuliaMaria, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
JuliaMaria: der französische Maler Paul Gauguin
12
Le cercle des initiés
de T.C. Boyle
1,360 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, JuliaMaria
Explications
aulsmith: Alfred Kinsey
13
The Lion in Winter
de James Goldman
672 membres
12 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
aulsmith, nessreader
Explications
aulsmith: Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart
14
Le Collectionneur de mondes
de Ilija Trojanow
614 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
nessreader, bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Richard Burton, linguist and explorer
15
Copenhagen
de Michael Frayn
1,106 membres
30 critiques
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, nessreader
Explications
aulsmith: Niels Bohr, Heisenberg
16
The Bearkeeper's Daughter
de Gillian Bradshaw
213 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Empress Theodora from Byzantium
17
Danseur
de Colum McCann
877 membres
25 critiques
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, JuliaMaria
Explications
aulsmith: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Erik Bruhn
18
Le monde du fleuve
de Philip José Farmer
3,692 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
aulsmith: Richard Burton, adventurer and linguist
19
L'agneau
de Christopher Moore
10,581 membres
415 critiques
4.2
2 Members
nessreader, ManWithAnAgenda
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Le rêve du Celte
de Mario Vargas Llosa
1,081 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Roger Casement, irish rebel + human rights activist
21
Milton in America
de Peter Ackroyd
363 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
thorold
Explications
thorold: Husband of the late Mrs Milton
22
The Head of Vitus Bering
de Konrad Bayer
47 membres
1 critique
½ 4.4
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Vitus Bering (as in Bering Strait)
23
Dreamers of the Day
de Mary Doria Russell
1,094 membres
129 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: lawrence of arabia is hero
24
The Regeneration Trilogy
de Pat Barker
797 membres
14 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
starbox
25
Tamburlaine Must Die
de Louise Welsh
359 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
si
Explications
si: Christopher Marlowe
26
The Night of the Amazons
de Herbert Rosendorfer
31 membres
1 critique
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Christian Weber (SS crony of Hitler's who took charge of Munich)
27
Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu
de Jean Anouilh
943 membres
16 critiques
4
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: Thomas a Becket, Henry II
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Moi, Fatty
de Jerry Stahl
219 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Fatty Arbuckle, early hollywood star
29
La solution a sept pour cent : d'après un manuscrit inedit du d watson
de Nicholas Meyer
1,813 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
si
Explications
si: Sigmund Freud
30
Being Emily
de Anne Donovan
121 membres
17 critiques
3.9
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Emily Bronte
31
La Tante Julia et le scribouillard
de Mario Vargas Llosa
2,650 membres
70 critiques
3.9
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Vargas Llosa, Julia Urquidi
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Burr. L'irrésistible ascension d'Aaron Burr, vice-président des États-Unis
de Gore Vidal
2,364 membres
52 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Aaron Burr
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L'Horreur du West End
de Nicholas Meyer
903 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
si
Explications
si: George Bernard Shaw
34
Lincoln
de Gore Vidal
2,619 membres
43 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Abraham Lincoln
35
Le Paradis, un peu plus loin
de Mario Vargas Llosa
1,016 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Gaugin; Vargas Llosa's grandmother
36
Wife to Mr. Milton
de Robert Graves
276 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: John Milton's wife.
37
This Is the Hour: A Novel About Goya
de Lion Feuchtwanger
258 membres
6 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: Der spanische Maler Goya
38
Peter and Alice (Oberon Modern Plays)
de John Logan
66 membres
3 critiques
5
Member
si
39
Mémoires d'Hadrien
de Marguerite Yourcenar
5,453 membres
125 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Emperor Hadrian
40
Les Femmes
de T.C. Boyle
1,607 membres
57 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: Der Architekt Frank Lloyd Wright
41
La Divine Comédie
de Dante Alighieri
21,727 membres
188 critiques
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: In addition to Dante himself, there is a laundry list of polticians, clergy, and other notable figures occupying Hell, Purgatory or Heaven.
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Two Girls Fat and Thin
de Mary Gaitskill
604 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: Ayn Rand
43
Le Roman de Léonard de Vinci
de Dmitri Merejkowski
578 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, etc.
44
Les aventures de David Balfour
de Robert Louis Stevenson
10,755 membres
116 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Alan Breck Stewart
45
Saturn
de Jacek Dehnel
26 membres
4
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: Der spanische Maler Goya 
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Catriona
de Robert Louis Stevenson
901 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Alan Breck Stewart
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Was
de Geoff Ryman
900 membres
15 critiques
4
Member
aulsmith
Explications
aulsmith: L. Frank Baum, Judy Garland
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The Glass Town Game
de Catherynne M. Valente
307 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: The Bronte siblings
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Plus ca change
de W. Somerset Maugham
499 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: Machiavelli
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London in Chains
de Gillian Bradshaw
69 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: John Lilburne, puritan radical in interregnum england
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Le Voyage de Mozart à Prague
de Eduard Mörike
419 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: der Komponist Mozart
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Night Blooming
de Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
190 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Charlemagne
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Romola, ou Florence et Savonarole. 2 tomes
de George Eliot
1,450 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
ManWithAnAgenda: Girolamo Savonarola
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Melancholia
de Jon Fosse
166 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: der norwegische Maler Lars Hertervig
55
Parnell: A Novel
de Brian J. Cregan
8 membres
1 critique
5
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Charles Stuart Parnell, irish parlimentary leader
56
Le Maître
de Colm Tóibín
3,101 membres
90 critiques
3.9
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: der Schriftsteller Henry James
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Saints and Scholars
de Terry Eagleton
86 membres
2 critiques
3
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Wittgenstein among others, early 20th century
58
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë
de Syrie James
319 membres
19 critiques
3.8
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: die britischen Schriftstellerinnen Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë
59
Le perroquet de Flaubert
de Julian Barnes
3,928 membres
73 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
JuliaMaria
Explications
JuliaMaria: der französische Schriftsteller Gustave Flaubert
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The Potter's Hand
de A. N. Wilson
97 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Josiah Wedgewood, 18th century porcelain man, England
61
Fever
de Mary Beth Keane
770 membres
61 critiques
3.8
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Typhoid Mary
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The White Seahorse
de Eleanor Fairburn
20 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Grace O'Malley, aka Granuaile, irish lady sea pirate, approx reign queen elizabeth tudor
63
King's Fool: A Notorious King, His Six Wives, and the One Man Who Knew All Their Secrets
de Margaret Campbell Barnes
206 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Will Somers, jester to Henry VIII
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Bone Wars
de Brett Davis
48 membres
1 critique
½ 2.4
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, US paleontologists
65
Me Cheeta: The Autobiography
de James Lever
294 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: errol flynn, david niven, johnny weissmuller, that era hollywood
66
Le rêve de Galilée
de Kim Stanley Robinson
838 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
nessreader
67
Muse
de Joseph O'Connor
338 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: j m synge (irish playwright)
68
The Giant, O'Brien by Mantel, Hilary New Edition (2010)
de Hilary Mantel
554 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Hunter, surgeon and Anatomist in early 19th century London
69
Sunnyside
de Glen David Gold
488 membres
24 critiques
3.2
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Chaplin
70
Kepler
de John Banville
505 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Johannes kepler scientist
71
A Dead Man in Deptford
de Anthony Burgess
878 membres
18 critiques
3.8
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Christopher Marlowe playwright
72
The Great Prince Died
de Bernard Wolfe
30 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Trotsky
73
The Fun Factory
de Chris England
7 membres
1 critique
5
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: Chaplin and music hall artists
74
Beatlebone
de Kevin Barry
307 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
nessreader
Explications
nessreader: John lennon goes west to ireland