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Gillian T's Top History and Historical Fiction

History has always been my passion, here are some of my favourites- both fact and fiction. I really love this list and hope you enjoy it
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The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (Charlotte Mosley)
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
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Charlotte Mosley
Aristocrats (Stella Tillyard)
Aristocrats
2
Stella Tillyard
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family (Juliet Barker)
The Brontes, Wild Genius on the Moor: The Story of a Literary Family
3
Juliet Barker
King John: Treachery, Tyranny, and the Road to Magna Carta (Marc Morris)
King John: Treachery, Tyranny, and the Road to Magna Carta
4
Marc Morris
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England (Marc Morris)
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England
5
Marc Morris
Wait for Me! (Deborah Cavendish)
Wait for Me!
6
Deborah Cavendish
Nancy Mitford (Selina Hastings)
Nancy Mitford
7
Selina Hastings
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill (Sonia Purnell)
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
8
Sonia Purnell
That Woman (Anne Sebba)
That Woman
9
Anne Sebba
Mrs Miniver (Jan Struther)
Mrs Miniver
10
Jan Struther
Pompeii (Mary Beard)
Pompeii
11
Mary Beard
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) (John Keats)
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
12
John Keats
The Whalebone Theatre (Joanna Quinn)
The Whalebone Theatre
13
Joanna Quinn
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People (Dan Jackson)
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People
14
Dan Jackson
Winter King (Thomas Penn)
Winter King
15
Thomas Penn
Katherine of Aragon: the True Queen (Alison Weir)
Katherine of Aragon: the True Queen
16
Alison Weir
Katherine (Anya Seton)
Katherine
17
Anya Seton
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess (Alison Weir)
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
18
Alison Weir
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Chaucer: A European Life (Marion Turner)
Chaucer: A European Life
20
Marion Turner
Charles Dickens (Claire Tomalin)
Charles Dickens
21
Claire Tomalin
The Invisible Woman (Claire Tomalin)
The Invisible Woman
22
Claire Tomalin
Effie Gray (Suzanne Fagence Cooper)
Effie Gray
23
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man (Claire Tomalin)
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
24
Claire Tomalin
Napoleon & Josephine: An Improbable Marriage (Evangeline Bruce)
Napoleon & Josephine: An Improbable Marriage
25
Evangeline Bruce
Napoleon the Great (Andrew Roberts)
Napoleon the Great
26
Andrew Roberts
The Quest for Queen Mary (James Pope-Hennessy)
The Quest for Queen Mary
27
James Pope-Hennessy
Mary Shelley (Miranda Seymour)
Mary Shelley
28
Miranda Seymour
In Byron's Wake (Miranda Seymour)
In Byron's Wake
29
Miranda Seymour
Devil Water (Anya Seton)
Devil Water
30
Anya Seton
The Silver Pigs (Lindsey Davis)
The Silver Pigs
31
Lindsey Davis
Shadows in Bronze (Lindsey Davis)
Shadows in Bronze
32
Lindsey Davis
Three Hands in the Fountain (Lindsey Davis)
Three Hands in the Fountain
33
Lindsey Davis
The Jupiter Myth (Lindsey Davis)
The Jupiter Myth
34
Lindsey Davis
Saturnalia (Lindsey Davis)
Saturnalia
35
Lindsey Davis
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
36
Ken Follett
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty (Elizabeth Norton)
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
37
Elizabeth Norton
William Wilberforce (William Hague)
William Wilberforce
38
William Hague
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece (Anne-Marie O'Conner)
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece
39
Anne-Marie O'Conner
Jerusalem: The Biography (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Jerusalem: The Biography
40
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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