Alois Jirásek (August 23, 1851, Hronov – March 12, 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice.
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Novels
- Old Bohemian Legends (1894, Staré pověsti české), including The Maidens' War (English translation), on the legend of Šárka
- Between the Currents (1887 – 1890, Mezi proudy)
- Against Everyone (1893, Proti všem)
- The Brethren (1899 – 1908, Bratrstvo)
- Darkness (1914, Temno, novel from post 1620 counter-reformation period)
- F. L. Věk (1888 – 1906, 5 volumes, about the beginnings of the Czech National Revival)
- The Philosophers' Story (1878, Filosofská historie, about the revolutionary year of 1848)
