Query: 1961 historical novels
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Golden Goblet
The Old Men at the Zoo
Return from the Stars
Friedrich (novel)
Dawn Wind
Evidence from documents: The Golden Goblet: '''''The Golden Goblet''''' is a children's historical novel by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. It was first published in 1961 and received a Newbery Honor award in 1962.
The Old Men at the Zoo: '''''The Old Men at the Zoo''''' is a novel written by Angus Wilson, first published in 1961 by Secker and Warburg and by Penguin books in 1964. It was adapted, with many changes—nuclear bombing of London, not present in the novel, is added—into a 1983 BBC Television serial by the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin. The book deals with events before a nuclear attack on London during a (presumably) limited nuclear war, which results in the imposition of a later post-apocalyptic pan-European dystopian dictatorship, until rescue arrives for the prisoners at the zoo, transformed into a concentration camp.
Return from the Stars: '''''Return from the Stars''''' () is a science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem. Written in 1961, it is the story of a cosmonaut returning to his homeworld, Earth, after more than a century in Earth time, but just 10 years for him, finding it a completely different place, with many developments he dislikes
Friedrich (novel): It is by the author Hans Peter Richter. ''Friedrich'' was first printed in 1961.
Dawn Wind: '''''Dawn Wind''''' is a historical novel for children and young adults written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1961 by Oxford University Press, with illustrations by Charles Keeping.