Revolution and Romance in Historical Fiction

In these passionate historical fiction novels, postwar Paris teems with restless youth and 1960s Oakland erupts in revolution. In The New Internationals, David Wright Faladé conjures a city alive with jazz, political awakenings, and cross-cultural desire, where young lovers chase both freedom and a future across fractured ground. In Kingdom of No Tomorrow, Fabienne Josaphat transports readers into the heart of the Black Panther Party, where a fierce romance collides with state surveillance, gender politics, and the unrelenting fight for justice. Both works illuminate the entanglement of love and liberation, revealing how intimacy sustains —and complicates— the pursuit of a new world.