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CultureNL Libraries Great Bookish Menu - Historical Fiction
Welcome to the CultureNL Libraries Great Bookish Menu quiz on our theme 'Read a Work of Historical Fiction'. Test your knowledge and get some reading suggestions at the same time. Most of all have fun.
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'The Girl with Pearl Earring' by Tracy Chevalier is based around a painting by which Dutch artist?
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'The English Patient' by Michael Ondaatje is set during which war?
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In the novel by Alexander Dumas, name one of the 3 Muskeeters who befriend d'Artagnan?
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In Charles Dickens's 1859 novel 'A Tale of Two Cities', what are those two cities?
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Edinburgh and Madrid
Liverpool and Amsterdam
London and Paris
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What was the title of Robert Graves's fictional autobiography of a reluctant Roman Emperor?
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The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, through the stories of 5 Russian aristocratic families. Which novel does this describe?
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Which novel, set in 1327, featuring William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk, takes place in a Benedictine Monastery in Northern Italy?
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In the novel by Philippa Gregory, who was The Other Boleyn Girl?
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In the novel by Colson Whitehead, what is the purpose of the underground railroad?
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It was a method for slaves to try and escape.
It was used to transport coal.
It was the main method of transport in area.
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Which author wrote 57 bestselling historical novels including 'The Black Moth', 'Regency Buck' and 'The Reluctant Widow'?
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What was the name of Winston Graham's British Army Officer hero, in a popular series of books?
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In which novel is Count Alexander Rostov an unrepentant aristocrat, sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel, across from the Kremlin?
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