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Jim's Favorite Historical Fiction - Page 2

Here are 105historical novels and series that I have found to be both historically accurate and compelling as stories. As always, I define historical fiction as having been consciously set by the author in a time period other than their own. Hence, Conan Doyle's "The White Company" is here, but Sherlock Holmes is not.
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
41
Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
42
Umberto Eco
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
43
Umberto Eco
Morality Play (Unsworth)
Morality Play
44
Unsworth
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Sharon Kay Penman)
When Christ and His Saints Slept
45
Sharon Kay Penman
The Reckoning (Sharon Kay Penman)
The Reckoning
46
Sharon Kay Penman
The Sunne in Splendour (Sharon Kay Penman)
The Sunne in Splendour
47
Sharon Kay Penman
We Speak No Treason (Rosemary Hawley Jarman)
We Speak No Treason
48
Rosemary Hawley Jarman
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
49
Hilary Mantel
The Man on a Donkey (H.F.M. Prescott)
The Man on a Donkey
50
H.F.M. Prescott
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
51
Kenneth Roberts
Citizen Tom Paine (Fast)
Citizen Tom Paine
52
Fast
April Morning (Howard Fast)
April Morning
53
Howard Fast
The Unvanquished (Fast)
The Unvanquished
54
Fast
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
55
Esther Forbes
Mutiny on the Bounty (Nordoff & Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
56
Nordoff & Hall
Men Against the Sea (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Men Against the Sea
57
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Pitcairn Island (Nordoff and Hall)
Pitcairn Island
58
Nordoff and Hall
Mutiny (Frank Tilsey)
Mutiny
59
Frank Tilsey
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
60
Forester
Lieutenant Hornblower (Forester)
Lieutenant Hornblower
61
Forester
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Forester)
Hornblower and the Hotspur
62
Forester
Hornblower During the Crisis (Forester)
Hornblower During the Crisis
63
Forester
Hornblower and the Atropos (Forester)
Hornblower and the Atropos
64
Forester
Beat to Quarters (Forester)
Beat to Quarters
65
Forester
Ship of the Line (Forester)
Ship of the Line
66
Forester
Flying Colours (Forester)
Flying Colours
67
Forester
Commodore Hornblower (Forester)
Commodore Hornblower
68
Forester
Lord Hornblower (Forester)
Lord Hornblower
69
Forester
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Forester)
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
70
Forester
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
71
Michael Shaara
Shiloh (Shelby Foote)
Shiloh
72
Shelby Foote
The Horse Soldiers (Harold Sinclair)
The Horse Soldiers
73
Harold Sinclair
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
74
Charles Frazier
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
75
James A. Michener
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
76
Caleb Carr
The Angel of Darkness (Caleb Carr)
The Angel of Darkness
77
Caleb Carr
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
78
Mark Helprin
Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)
Fall of Giants
79
Ken Follett
Winter of the World (Ken Follett)
Winter of the World
80
Ken Follett
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