Fictional European countries

Description
e.g., "Ruritanian romances," stories set in (usually small) fictional countries, often monarchies, which make use of various common themes from European history.
1
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
7,969 members
140 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Set in the fictional country of Zembla
2
The Prisoner of Zenda
by Anthony Hope
2,631 members
82 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
3
The Tin Princess
by Philip Pullman
1,774 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Razkavia
4
Bend Sinister
by Vladimir Nabokov
1,673 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
5
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,577 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Orsinia. East-Central Europe; once a dependency of the Austrian Empire; after WWII located within the Eastern bloc.
6
The Mouse that Roared
by Leonard Wibberley
809 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Duchy of Grand Fenwick. English-speaking mini-state located in the Alps somewhere along the border between France and Switzerland.
7
Dirty Hands
by Jean-Paul Sartre
807 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Illyria
8
Malafrena
by Ursula K. Le Guin
774 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Orsinia
9
The Lost Prince
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
717 members
16 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Samavia
10
Royal Highness
by Thomas Mann
600 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Großherzogtum Grimmburg. A German-speaking kingdom with some similarities to Mecklenburg-Schwerin; specific location is not otherwise indicated.
11
The Opposing Shore
by Julien Gracq
550 members
13 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Orsenna
12
The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014 film]
by Wes Anderson
455 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
13
Rupert of Hentzau
by Anthony Hope
444 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
14
Oliver VII
by Antal Szerb
170 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Alturia
15
The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy
by Avram Davidson
102 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
16
Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
97 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
17
The Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
5,251 members
162 reviews
½ 3.7
18
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
3,073 members
78 reviews
½ 3.6
19
King Ottokar's Sceptre
by Hergé
1,742 members
17 reviews
4.1
20
Sweet Danger
by Margery Allingham
928 members
21 reviews
3.8
21
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
by Lawrence Block
830 members
17 reviews
3.8
22
Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry
by Santo Cilauro
695 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
23
Figures of Earth : A Comedy of Appearances
by James Branch Cabell
479 members
7 reviews
3.8
24
The Terminal [2004 film]
by Steven Spielberg
422 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
25
The Mad King
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
403 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
26
The Drackenberg Adventure
by Lloyd Alexander
327 members
2 reviews
3.8
27
Rates of Exchange
by Malcolm Bradbury
322 members
2 reviews
3.8
28
Ruined City
by Nevil Shute
300 members
4 reviews
3.9
29
The Dark Frontier
by Eric Ambler
229 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
30
The Lady Vanishes [1938 film]
by Alfred Hitchcock
211 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
31
The Prince Commands
by Andre Norton
195 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
32
The Great Dictator [1940 film]
by Charlie Chaplin
164 members
7 reviews
4.2
33
Daughter of Mystery
by Heather Rose Jones
159 members
7 reviews
4.1
34
Biggles Goes to War
by W. E. Johns
152 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
35
San Sombrero: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups
by Santo Cilauro
147 members
6 reviews
3.8
36
Duck Soup [1933 film]
by Leo McCarey
115 members
1 review
½ 4.3
37
A Prize for Princes
by Rex Stout
105 members
3 reviews
½ 2.7
38
Savrola
by Winston S. Churchill
90 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
39
Beverly of Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
83 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
40
Scott-King's Modern Europe
by Evelyn Waugh
78 members
2 reviews
3
41
The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy
by Avram Davidson
77 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
42
Romanoff and Juliet
by Peter Ustinov
73 members
3 reviews
2.9
43
The Heart of Princess Osra
by Anthony Hope
52 members
3 reviews
3.9
44
Why Come to Slaka?
by Malcolm Bradbury
41 members
½ 3.3
45
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
38 members
2 reviews
4.1
46
White Horse, Dark Dragon
by Robert C. Fleet
35 members
3
47
The Emerald Crown
by Violet Needham
34 members
5 reviews
4
48
The Prince of Graustark
by George Barr McCutcheon
33 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
49
The Merry Widow
by Franz Lehar
24 members
3.8
50
Tiny Carteret
by Sapper
24 members
½ 3.5
51
A King in New York [1957 film]
by Charlie Chaplin
16 members
1 review
½ 3.5
52
The Grand Duke or The Statutory Duel
by W. S. Gilbert
14 members
2 reviews
3
53
The Inca of Perusalem
by George Bernard Shaw
13 members
1 review
3
54
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein [audio recording]
by Jacques Offenbach
12 members
3
55
The Sleeping Prince
by Terence Rattigan
12 members
56
The Princess Elopes
by Harold MacGrath
6 members
3
57
The prince of Balkistan
by Allen Upward
1 member
58
Penny Princess [1952 film]
by Val Guest
1 member