https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/ products in category 17th & 18th Century en Berliner Zinnfiguren Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:08:12 +0200 Berliner Zinnfiguren info@zinnfigur.com (Hans-Günther Scholtz) https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/wave_bz/img/logo_pe.png https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/ https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Heitz-Markus-Die-dunklen-Lande.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:36 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_9919.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>A mercenary, dark forces and magic...<br><br>1629. The 30 Years War with its conflicts shakes Europe and rages especially mercilessly in Germany.<br>The young adventuress Aenlin Kane travels to the neutral city of Hamburg to discover the legacy of her famous father Solomon Kane. Together with her friend Tahmina, a Persian mystic, she gets caught up in the turmoil of war. They accept a momentous assignment from the West India Company: A ragtag troop is to make its way through the lines to southern Germany, all the way to Bamberg, where the cruelest witch trials keep the pyres burning - but much turns out differently. Too much for coincidence!<br>Aenlin and Tahmina know about the evil and demons that roam the earth and use the turmoil of war to their advantage. Soon there's more at stake than one of the company's missions.<br>And the troupe's leader, Nicolas, has a sinister secret...<br><br>"The Dark Lands" is set in one of the most defining, dark times in contemporary Germany and mixes the true with the fictional.<br><br>"Finely balanced blend of sophisticated horror elements, historical references and fast-paced action scenes." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger on "The Devil's Prayer Book" https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Heitz-Markus-Die-dunklen-Lande.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Der-wilde-Tanz-der-Seidenroecke.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_7120.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Pierre-Emmanuel de Siorac is already at the age of twelve the double of his successful father, a Huguenot nobleman in the diplomatic service at the court of Henry IV. He is educated, speaks English and Italian, knows how to wield a sword and, thanks to his father's clever upbringing, already has an eighteen-year-old soubrette in his bed at that same tender age, who teaches him all about love. His mother is the Duchess of Guise, an ex-passionate liaison of Siorac's father. And since King Henri himself baptised him, Pierre grows up surrounded by the court from the very beginning. This court amuses itself, fucks, dances, while in the background - a good thirty years after the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day - the dramatic conflict between Protestants and Catholics continues. Frivolity alternates with ice-cold power calculations, the sensuality of the one barely conceals the political fanaticism of the other. The internationally allied Catholic party can no longer stand the French king's policy of tolerance. And Pierre-Emmanuel, as Henri's young interpreter and confidant, witnesses how the idea of murder germinates and the regicide appears in the crowd. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Der-wilde-Tanz-der-Seidenroecke.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Noch-immer-schwelt-die-Glut.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:10:22 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_7119.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Pierre de Siorac, a newly qualified physician and Huguenot, has survived the massacre of St Bartholomew's Night through the help of friends and returns to Paris two years later. King Henry III appointed him personal physician, but soon he becomes above all his secret agent on delicate political missions. For France is still a deeply divided country, the Catholic League in the shape of the powerful Duke of Guise fronts against the king, who tries to mediate between Catholics and Protestants in the interest of the state. Spain is behind the one, England behind the other. The murderous duel between Henry and Guise determines French politics for over a decade.<br><br>Disguised as a cloth merchant, master plasterer, royal bodyguard, Pierre travels the country, passing through adventures, duels and assassinations, meeting spies and counter-spies. He travels to Henry of Navarre in the Huguenot south. He travels to Queen Elizabeth in London. But his feat: during a not entirely voluntary intercourse with the arch-Catholic Duchess of Montpensier, he steals a letter from Guise to the King of Spain and thus has the decisive proof of Guise's treason in his hands.<br><br>Robert Merle's series of novels "Fortune de France" is a colourful painting of one of the most dramatic periods in French history: the civil war between Catholics and Huguenots. At its centre is the Chevalier Pierre de Siorac, now a doctor and secret agent of King Henry III. The massacre of St Bartholomew's Night, which he barely escaped, happened two years ago. But the embers are still smouldering and are stoked anew by the "League" of the Duke of Guise, who has been challenging the king to a murderous power struggle for years. Pierre's charm, his perfect rapier and his good English on the international stage make him a hero par excellence in this dangerous confrontation.<br><br>"Robert Merle is one of the very few French writers who has won both popular success and critical respect." Le Figaro https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Noch-immer-schwelt-die-Glut.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Die-gute-Stadt-Paris.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_7118.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Summer 1572. The young Pierre de Siorac, son of a Huguenot nobleman from Périgord and a newly qualified physician, is forced to flee to the capital - threatened with the death penalty because of a duel - to beg the king's mercy. He is tolerant in his faith and quick-witted, cunning and intelligent in life, with an irresistible charisma for women - talents that are of great use to him in his perilous undertaking. He gets to know the Paris of the little people, but also the magnificent, gloomy Louvre. He courts high ladies who are true coquettes. He meets the favourites of princes and the great minds of the time. It is thanks to his skill that he is finally presented to the king and obtains his pardon. - But a murderous religious war between Catholics and Huguenots has been raging in France for ten years, reaching its bloody climax on the night of 24 August - the wedding night of the Catholic king's daughter Marguerite with the "heretic" Henri de Navarre. And Pierre de Siorac is also drawn into the maelstrom of Bartholomew's Night. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Die-gute-Stadt-Paris.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Fortune-de-France.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_7117.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>France in the 16th century - the religious war between Catholics and Huguenots is raging. The Christians of both parties are happily slaughtering each other: after all, it is so hard to put up with the other's faith. Still in the small world of Mespech Castle in Périgord, the young Pierre de Siorac senses the rift that runs through the country. His father, the baron, is a follower of the Reformed religion and forces the children and the servants to convert as well. The mother remains a papist, a never-ending source of conflict. And yet, for Pierre, the castle is the place where he feels safe. Here he learns to fence, to ride, to love and to develop the talents that he will one day - in the following volumes of the novel series - lend to the good King Henri Quatre.<br><br>"Fortune de France" - Destiny of France - is an entertaining and also precisely researched historical novel, "... and if I gathered the historical background information on my own, it was not out of Huguenot parsimony, but because it gave me great pleasure and I did not want to miss any of the many amusing, colourful, horrible or piquant details of which the memoirs of the period are overflowing." (Robert Merle) https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Merle-R-Fortune-de-France.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Chenonceau-C-C-Die-Gefangene-von-Ste-Marie.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6479.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>The Prisoner of Ste-Marie - Comtesse Catherine de Chenonceau. The historical novel 'The Prisoner of Ste-Marie' centres on Catherine, the daughter of a maharajah kidnapped by the pirate La Buse. Trapped among savages, she fights for survival on an island in the Indian Ocean. Whenever the brat, who has grown into a self-confident woman, thinks she has survived the worst, the next blow of fate hits her. She suffers from fever, is betrayed and raped, falls victim to the intrigues between the pirates and emotionlessly endures all the physical violence. The Prisoner of Ste-Marie is set at the beginning of the 18th century. The story is based on true events. It gives courage and shows that an unbroken will to persevere ultimately leads to the goal. For Katharina, it is a journey to herself and, despite all tragedy, a journey to freedom. "A grandiose tale of the urge for freedom and at the same time an ode to love. Gripping, sad, exciting, tragic and moving - the standout of the literary year!" (Adrian Stürm) https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Chenonceau-C-C-Die-Gefangene-von-Ste-Marie.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Daub-R-Schroetertod.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6476.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Historical novel about wine, love, Napoleonic rule, all kinds of crooks and the changing times. The novel is set in 1800 against the background of the so-called "French period" in the Palatinate. The invention of a wine pump threatens to deprive the guild of wine-scoopers, who are responsible for transporting the wine barrels, of their wages and bread. The great subject of wine is echoed here in historical garb. The story is both a portrait of the mores of the early 19th century and a suspenseful thriller, and not least a tribute to wine and the people who spend their lives making it palatable to us. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Daub-R-Schroetertod.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Passaler-C-Die-Geliebte-des-Dogen.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6434.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>A dark love in Venice.<br>Late winter 1755: Young Caterina longingly follows the hustle and bustle of the carnival in the alleys. Despite her mother's prohibition, she secretly sneaks into the palazzo of the English consul. At the consul's masquerade ball she meets the handsome Tron, who has a future as Doge. He is immediately fascinated by her beauty and her cleverness. But where there are powerful men, scheming women are not far away. And soon Caterina learns first-hand how disastrous it was to engage in his courtship... https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Passaler-C-Die-Geliebte-des-Dogen.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Balzer-de-Garcia-P-Die-Hoffnung-von-Tabarca.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6401.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>When pirates attack the city of Alicante in 1769, the siblings Ana and Joso lose their parents. At the same time, the Spanish king Carlos III decides to settle the island of Tabarca in the sea off Alicante. In this way, he wants to ward off pirate attacks and turn his idea of an "ideal city" into reality. Full of longing for a happier life, Ana and Joso set off for the island. But the new inhabitants have not only brought their hope with them, but also their past. And this threatens to break up the community... Petra Balzer de Garcia depicts the atmosphere of a bygone historical era. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Balzer-de-Garcia-P-Die-Hoffnung-von-Tabarca.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Doyle-S-A-C-Die-Abenteuer-des-Micha-Clarke.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6384.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>My story is such that it is well worth the trouble of committing it to memory and retelling it to others, for in the whole of our county of Hampshire, perhaps in all England, there is scarcely another man alive who could speak of these events from his own experience, or who would have played so distinguished a part in them as I have. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930<br>In 1685, James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and one-time commander-in-chief of the British army, undertook to lead a Protestant army of peasants, artisans and commoners to overthrow the Catholic James II from the English throne. Micah Clarke seizes his father's old sword, rushes to the banners of the rebel army and gets caught up in the bloody turmoil of his time. Conan Doyle's first great historical novel, here reissued in Robert Koening's translation for the first time in well over 100 years, was published in 1889 and paints a richly detailed portrait of the mores of 17th-century England, with impressive characters, great battle scenes and the no less great tussle of the minds of the time - which reach into today. Motives both selfish and altruistic collide, and the honour of the petty crook appears far superior to that of many a defender of the right faith. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Doyle-S-A-C-Die-Abenteuer-des-Micha-Clarke.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Galvani-G-Die-Seidenhaendlerin.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6366.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>A Fatal Masquerade.<br>Como 1797: In the turmoil of the Napoleonic occupation, Emilia Bossi slips into the role of her mysteriously deceased twin sister Serena. As a silk merchant, she must save the business by smuggling and confront the ideals of freedom of the time. She finds love in the Ticino publisher Francesco Agnelli. But he thinks she is Serena, and an admirer, rejected by her sister, seeks her life... A seductive epic of the beginning of a new, exciting age. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Galvani-G-Die-Seidenhaendlerin.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Guggenheim-A-Die-Malerin-des-Feuersturms.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6361.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>The day of the apocalypse seemed to have come. Almost half of the city was destroyed by the tragic explosion of the Delft ammunition depot in 1654. Ten years later, the city fathers now want to commemorate the great firestorm. The painter Sarah Meulemeester is to create a painting of the catastrophe. But she hesitates. She had experienced the disaster at close quarters and is still tormented by nightmares. Her friend and fellow painter Johannes Vermeer persuades her to accept the commission anyway. But on the morning of the memorial service, the painting suddenly disappears. And all of a sudden Sarah begins to doubt that the "Thunderclap of Delft" was just an accident. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Guggenheim-A-Die-Malerin-des-Feuersturms.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Guggenheim-A-Die-Malerin-von-Delft.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6360.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Delft, 1654: An explosion in the ammunition depot destroys almost half of the artists' town - the "Thunderclap of Delft" goes down in history. Ten years later, the painter Sarah Meulemeester is commissioned to paint a picture of the catastrophe. When the finished painting suddenly disappears, Sarah takes the search into her own hands. At some point she realises that the "thunderclap of Delft" was no accident at all ... Atmospherically dense and with a love of detail, Alexandra Guggenheim recreates 17th century Delft. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Guggenheim-A-Die-Malerin-von-Delft.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Gulland-S-Die-Sonne-des-Koenigs.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6359.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>When her father dies, Louise de la Vallière - too poor for the convent and marriage - is sent from the provinces to the magnificent court of the Sun King at Versailles. The young Louis XIV is immediately fascinated by the intelligent and natural girl who can ride like a man. A deep, sincere love grows between the two. Louise becomes his secret confidante and mistress and the mother of his children. But Louise's influence on the king is a thorn in the side of many at court - above all the Marquise de Montespan. It is she who finally makes Louise the target of a vicious intrigue. And Louise knows that her standing at court and in the king's heart is no longer secure and her life is in danger. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Gulland-S-Die-Sonne-des-Koenigs.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Kardonas-A-N-Die-Comtesse.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6346.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Historical novel about the 17th century, women, the king and his gardener.<br>"The Comtesse" tells the story of Héloise de Clement-Barentin, Comtesse de Bellefort. In 1660, Héloise travels to court as a lady-in-waiting to Marie-Thérèse, Infanta of Spain and Queen of France, and immediately enjoys the favour of Louis XIV, the young king who wants a prestigious palace outside Paris. His father's hunting lodge in the Val-de-Galie (Versailles) does not seem to offer the best conditions: Swampland surrounds the neat building, which is only a few decades old. But Louis has a vision, and to realise it he needs France's most experienced master builders: Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun and André Le Nôtre. In March 1661, events came to a head. Prime Minister Mazarin dies and Louis XIV takes over the reins of government - alone. Meanwhile, planning for the palace begins. Louis concentrates on the gardens and invites his 'gardener' to the summer festival at Fontainebleau. There André Le Nôtre meets the pretty Héloise and falls in love with her. Will this love have a chance? https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Kardonas-A-N-Die-Comtesse.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Klugmann-N-Die-Adler-von-Luebeck.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6340.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Lübeck 1602. After the mysterious death of the equally successful and hated shipowner and shipyard owner Rosländer, his wife Anna plans to build a ship even bigger than the legendary "Eagle of Lübeck". In the venerable Hanseatic city, this daring project meets with little approval. Only the midwife Trine Deichmann and her friends are on Anna's side. Their help comes at the right time, because strange things are happening at the Rosländer shipyard... https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Klugmann-N-Die-Adler-von-Luebeck.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Loehr-R-Der-Schachautomat.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6332.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>Romance about the most brilliant deception of the 18th century.<br>When court counsellor Wolfgang von Kempelen presents his chess-playing automaton at the Habsburg court in 1770, the machine-man is considered the greatest achievement of the century. But in fact there is a dwarf hidden inside the machine - and this human brain proves to be both deadly and mortal. From the lead chambers of Venice to the imperial court in Vienna, from the palaces of the Pressburg nobility to the alleys of the Jewish quarter - a thrilling historical novel about a legendary deception. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Loehr-R-Der-Schachautomat.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Vogel-N-Licht-in-Marburgs-Gassen.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6295.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>From the life of Jung-Stilling.<br>It is 1787. The citizens of the tranquil university town of Marburg are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new professor Jung-Stilling. Among them is Elise Coing, a bright young woman who feels constrained by the social conventions of the time. She is particularly looking forward to the arrival of the well-known professor, writer and ophthalmologist. When he finally arrives, however, she is disappointed because he does not meet her expectations at all. His wife Salome, on the other hand, becomes her best friend. Not least through her, Elise learns to understand the professor better - so well that in time she feels more for the fascinating man than is proper... But how can God allow her to develop such feelings for a married man? Then, one day, Salome makes a shocking request ... https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Vogel-N-Licht-in-Marburgs-Gassen.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Wolf-C-Shivas-Vermaechtnis.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6290.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>India, 1669, Grand Mogul Aurangzeb, a professing Muslim, has Hindu places of worship destroyed throughout the country. Even the oldest temple of Shiva in Benares is smashed and its priests massacred. But before his death, the last of them puts a curse on the blue diamond from the statue of Shiva there: it is to bring misfortune and death to its respective owners until it returns to Benares and Shiva. England 1902: The unconventional Robyn Fairbanks inherits the entire fortune of an aunt she does not know. But only if she first brings a family heirloom, a blue diamond, to India with her own hands. Together with her fiancé and the India expert Frank Kendell, who tells her the bloody, eventful history of the diamond across continents and centuries, the young woman sets off on her journey. But the journey is anything but smooth and Robyn only emerges unscathed from more than one perilous situation thanks to Frank's help. Nevertheless, in the end the diamond leads her not only to her destination, but also to herself. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Wolf-C-Shivas-Vermaechtnis.html https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Arlt-I-Die-Hure-und-der-Henker.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:31 +0200 <img src='https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/generated/product/1/390_245_75/5_6287.jpg' border=0 align='left' hspace=5>A gripping historical novel set during the Thirty Years' War. The powerfully told story of two women, as they could not be more different, in the struggle for survival against the clash of arms of the powerful. https://www.zinnfigur.com/en/Books-Media/Historical-novels/17th-18th-Century/Arlt-I-Die-Hure-und-der-Henker.html