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66 Years of Reading: Historical Fiction

I learned to read at age 6. In the subsequent 66 years books and reading have informed every aspect of my life - professional, personal, and recreational - and I now find myself surrounded by books of all kinds and genres. Here are the books of historical fiction that I have enjoyed immensely , ever since my elementary school librarian showed me something called "The Egyptian Necklace " and I was hooked.
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Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
1
Walter Scott
The Talisman (Walter Scott)
The Talisman
2
Walter Scott
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
3
Charles Dickens
Taras Bulba (Nikolai Gogol)
Taras Bulba
4
Nikolai Gogol
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
5
Alexandre Dumas
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
6
Leo Tolstoy
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
7
Lew Wallace
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
8
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
9
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
10
Robert Louis Stevenson
Catriona (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Catriona
11
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
12
Robert Louis Stevenson
The White Company (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The White Company
13
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
14
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
15
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
16
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Men Against the Sea (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Men Against the Sea
17
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Pitcairn Island (Nordoff and Hall)
Pitcairn Island
18
Nordoff and Hall
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
19
Willa Cather
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
20
Kenneth Roberts
Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D. Edmonds)
Drums Along the Mohawk
21
Walter D. Edmonds
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
22
Margaret Mitchell
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
23
Daphne Du Maurier
Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)
Frenchman's Creek
24
Daphne Du Maurier
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
25
November 1916 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
November 1916
26
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
March 1917 (Solzenhitsyn)
March 1917
27
Solzenhitsyn
Napoleon Symphony (Anthony Burgess)
Napoleon Symphony
28
Anthony Burgess
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
29
Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
30
Umberto Eco
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
31
Umberto Eco
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
32
Michael Shaara
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
33
Stephen King
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
34
Anthony Doerr
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
35
Madeline Miller
Morality Play (Unsworth)
Morality Play
36
Unsworth
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
37
Arthur Miller
Becket (Jean Anouilh)
Becket
38
Jean Anouilh
The Lion in Winter (James Goldman)
The Lion in Winter
39
James Goldman
April Morning (Fast)
April Morning
40
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