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The English Teacher's List of Great Historical Fiction - 2020 Update - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast updates a previous list of great historical fiction. For the purpose of this list, he defines historical fiction as fiction that is consciously set in an historical epoch other than that in which the author is writing., and that makes a serious attempt at being historically accurate. Under this definition, "A Tale of Two Cities", for example, is historical fiction While "Bleak House" is not. It is for that reason that works like "The Grapes of Wrath" and the Sherlock Holmes series are not included.
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Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
41
Esther Forbes
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian
42
Gore Vidal
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
43
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
44
Michael Shaara
King Hereafter (Dorothy Dunnett)
King Hereafter
45
Dorothy Dunnett
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
46
Mary Renault
The King Must Die
The King Must Die
47
The Last Legion (Valerio Massimo Manfredi)
The Last Legion
48
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Leaving Berlin (Joseph Kanon)
Leaving Berlin
49
Joseph Kanon
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
50
Thomas Berger
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
51
Larry McMurtry
The Long Ships (Frans Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
52
Frans Bengtsson
Los Alamos (Joseph Kanon)
Los Alamos
53
Joseph Kanon
March 1917 (Solzenhitsyn)
March 1917
54
Solzenhitsyn
The Mask of Apollo (Mary Renault)
The Mask of Apollo
55
Mary Renault
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
56
Men Against the Sea (Nordoff and Hall)
Men Against the Sea
57
Nordoff and Hall
A Mirror for Witches (Esther Forbes)
A Mirror for Witches
58
Esther Forbes
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
59
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
60
Barry Unsworth
Mutiny (Frank Tilsey)
Mutiny
61
Frank Tilsey
Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall)
Mutiny on the Bounty
62
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
63
Umberto Eco
Napoleon Symphony (Anthony Burgess)
Napoleon Symphony
64
Anthony Burgess
Night Soldiers
Night Soldiers
65
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
66
Kristin Hannah
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
67
Kenneth Roberts
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun
68
November 1916 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
November 1916
69
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Once an Eagle (Anton Myrer)
Once an Eagle
70
Anton Myrer
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
71
Gabriel García Márquez
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
72
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Pillar of the Sky (Cecelia Holland)
Pillar of the Sky
73
Cecelia Holland
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Pillars of the Earth
74
Ken Follett
Pitcairn Island (Nordoff and Hall)
Pitcairn Island
75
Nordoff and Hall
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
76
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rabble in Arms (Kenneth Roberts)
Rabble in Arms
77
Kenneth Roberts
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
78
E.L. Doctorow
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
79
Anita Diamant
Royal Hunt of the Sun (Peter Schaffer)
Royal Hunt of the Sun
80
Peter Schaffer
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