Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 09:00     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!


+1. And +1 to the Aubrey-Maturin series, too. Dunnett and O'Brian are my two favorites, very different from each other, but absolutely top of the list for historical fiction written in the 20th century.

Another suggestion: if you've never read The Three Musketeers, it's WONDERFUL. 19th-c. historical fiction about the 17th c. It's a great romp. Dumas is a good choice for fans of Dunnett and vice-versa.


+2 for Dorothy Dunnet and Dumas.

Also highly recommend Aubrey-Maturin and Hornblower for age of sail and Georgette Heyer for same area female perspective.

The Scarlet Pimpernel and Captain Blood for less historically accuracy and more swashbuckling.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 08:52     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Kate Quinn books are epic.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 08:09     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!


+1. And +1 to the Aubrey-Maturin series, too. Dunnett and O'Brian are my two favorites, very different from each other, but absolutely top of the list for historical fiction written in the 20th century.

Another suggestion: if you've never read The Three Musketeers, it's WONDERFUL. 19th-c. historical fiction about the 17th c. It's a great romp. Dumas is a good choice for fans of Dunnett and vice-versa.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 07:39     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
I often read fiction to get insight into the past. Recent authors I’ve enjoyed include:
Willa Cather
Tolstoy
Dickens
Pearl Buck
Victor Hugo
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 07:26     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger

Paints a terrific picture of Chaucer's London
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 00:23     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Eugenia Price is the author of The Lighthouse, New Moon Rising and The Beloved Invader. (It's best to read them in that order.)
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 00:19     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 00:18     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Master and commander (and others in the series)
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 00:16     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote: +1 on Wolf Hall trilogy
Ragtime
The Alienist
Longbourn
The Mists of Avalon
The Matrix
The Marriage Portrait


Sorry, Matrix not "The Matrix"
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 00:16     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
+1 on Wolf Hall trilogy
Ragtime
The Alienist
Longbourn
The Mists of Avalon
The Matrix
The Marriage Portrait
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 22:18     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Ken Follett’s books are great.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 22:13     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Love books by Kate Morton
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 21:39     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy
Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 21:35     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Below the Salt by Thomas Costain
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2022 21:33     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Would love recs !