Books like House of blazes by Dietrich Kalteis

xxix, 608 pages ; 21 cm

A Scottish tragedy set amid the 1745 Jacobite rising, The Master of Ballantrae follows two brothers whose rivalry is ignited by political conflict, inheritance disputes, and the looming threat of death.

Thomas of Hookton returns to England in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War to pursue the Holy Grail, confronting a ruthless Dominican Inquisitor and the lingering threat of a black rider who killed all he loved.

Set in 1703 Scotland, Sir Walter Scott’s historical romance follows the doomed love of Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton amid family feuds, political unrest, and power struggles, before the 1707 Union.

The Red Chamber's captivating tale of friendship and intrigue in the heart of 18th-century Beijing, weaving through layers of Chinese history and societal norms.

An exploration of the Harlem Renaissance through the eyes of its larger-than-life residents in a New York apartment building setting, with satirical characters and themes that intersect with Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alain Locke. This novel is a blend of historical fiction and satire, set in the vibrant world of the 1920s Harlem and bringing to life the era's vibrant culture and characters. The story is a celebration of the Harlem Renaissance's artistic and intellectual contributions, set against the backdrop of New York's vibrant cultural scene.

Adam Miller's love affair with a Jewish woman in post-war Venice is threatened by the dark underbelly of the Occupation and the murky past of the city itself.

Death and the Dervish is a first-person narrative told from the point of view of Sheikh Nuruddin, a dervish at a Sarajevo monastery in the eighteenth century during the Turkish occupation. The spiritual leader of a group of Moslems, Sheikh Nuruddin has deliberately removed himself from the day-to-day activities of society. This distance is shattered, though, by the arrest of his brother. As Sheikh Nuruddin attempts to find out what has happened to his brother and to intervene on his behalf, he is drawn into the Kafkaesque world of the Turkish authorities. As he does so, he begins to question his relations with society as a whole and, eventually, his life choices in general. A literary masterpiece that was hugely successful when published in Yugoslavia in the 1960s, Death and the Dervish appears here in its first English translation.

Last Hours follows an upper-class English family as they confront the Black Death and a strict quarantine in the midst of a devastating epidemic that threatens to upend their livelihood and social ties.