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100 Must-Read Historical Novels

4th list from Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides, written solely by Nick Rennison. Covering everything from Ancient Rome to WWI, several have been filmed as movies or mini-series. Many of the authors, including some of the same books, were featured on my last list for prize winning novels. Like every book in the series, each entry lists tvor movie adaptation, other books by the author & books by other authors on a similar theme. Also has several lists of similar-themed books covering children's historical works(like "The Eagle of the Ninth"), Old (American) West, Ancient Greece & Rome, the Renaissance, etc. Enjoy, & check out my other lists too! Cheers!
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Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golum (Peter Ackroyd)
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golum
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Peter Ackroyd
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
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Margaret Atwood
Master Georgie
Master Georgie
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Doctor Copernicus (John Banville)
Doctor Copernicus
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John Banville
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
5
Pat Barker
The Voyage of the Narwhal (Andrea Barrett)
The Voyage of the Narwhal
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Andrea Barrett
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
7
Thomas Berger
An Ice-Cream War
An Ice-Cream War
8
Credo (Melvyn Bragg)
Credo
9
Melvyn Bragg
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
10
Geraldine Brooks
Midwinter (John Buchan)
Midwinter
11
John Buchan
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
12
A.S. Byatt
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
13
Caleb Carr
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
14
Willa Cather
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
15
Tracy Chevalier
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
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James Clavell
Sharpe's Eagle
Sharpe's Eagle
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The Silver Pigs
The Silver Pigs
18
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
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Charles Dickens
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
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E.L. Doctorow
The White Company (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The White Company
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
22
Alexandre Dumas
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
23
Daphne Du Maurier
Niccolo Rising (Dorothy Dunnett)
Niccolo Rising
24
Dorothy Dunnett
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
25
Umberto Eco
The Book of the Heathen (Robert Edric)
The Book of the Heathen
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Robert Edric
St. Agnes' Stand (Thomas Eidson)
St. Agnes' Stand
27
Thomas Eidson
Romola (George Eliot)
Romola
28
George Eliot
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
29
Michael Faber
The Seige of Krishnapur
The Seige of Krishnapur
30
Firedrake's Eye (Patricia Finney)
Firedrake's Eye
31
Patricia Finney
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower
32
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
33
Ken Follett
The Fifth Queen (Ford Madox Ford)
The Fifth Queen
34
Ford Madox Ford
The Happy Return (CS Forester)
The Happy Return
35
CS Forester
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
36
John Fowles
Flashman
Flashman
37
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
38
Charles Frazier
The Memoirs of Cleopatra (Margaret George)
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Margaret George
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
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William Golding
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