30+ Historical Survival Stories You Recommend
This giveaway asking for historical survival stories is sponsored by The Last Hours by Minette Walter.
When the Black Death enters England in 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is. Fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for wickedness.
But Lady Anne of Develish has her own ideas. With her brutal husband absent from the manor when news of this pestilence reaches her, she looks for more sensible ways to protect her people than daily confessions of sin. She decides to bring her serfs inside the safety of the moat that surrounds her manor house, then refuses entry to anyone else, even her husband.
The people of Develish are alive. But for how long?
Whether it’s a nonfiction account or a novel, historical survival stories are super compelling. So we wanted to know which ones we should check out! Got a good book about someone who outlasts a tumultuous period of history? Any great reads about someone who makes it out of a real-life natural disaster or pandemic? Those were our questions for this giveaway, and below are just some of your answers! Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett The Taster by V. S. Alexander Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read Into the Abyss by Carol Shaben Blizzard: A Story of Dakota Territory by Cindy Rinaman Marsch The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart Stranded by Melinda Braun Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Tales of the Mountain Men by Lamar Underwood A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke The Survivors by Kate Furnivall In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathanial Philbrick Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Dead Wake by Erik Larson Fire In Beulah by Rilla Askew The Lives They Left Behind by Darby Penney and Peter Stastny Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King Tamar by Mal Peet Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
When the Black Death enters England in 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is. Fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for wickedness.
But Lady Anne of Develish has her own ideas. With her brutal husband absent from the manor when news of this pestilence reaches her, she looks for more sensible ways to protect her people than daily confessions of sin. She decides to bring her serfs inside the safety of the moat that surrounds her manor house, then refuses entry to anyone else, even her husband.
The people of Develish are alive. But for how long?
Whether it’s a nonfiction account or a novel, historical survival stories are super compelling. So we wanted to know which ones we should check out! Got a good book about someone who outlasts a tumultuous period of history? Any great reads about someone who makes it out of a real-life natural disaster or pandemic? Those were our questions for this giveaway, and below are just some of your answers! Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett The Taster by V. S. Alexander Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read Into the Abyss by Carol Shaben Blizzard: A Story of Dakota Territory by Cindy Rinaman Marsch The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific by Alistair Urquhart Stranded by Melinda Braun Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Tales of the Mountain Men by Lamar Underwood A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke The Survivors by Kate Furnivall In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathanial Philbrick Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Dead Wake by Erik Larson Fire In Beulah by Rilla Askew The Lives They Left Behind by Darby Penney and Peter Stastny Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King Tamar by Mal Peet Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
