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The English Teacher's Short List: 25 Favorite Historical Novels

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast lists 25 of his favorite books of Historical Fiction. The list is purely personal, and it's compiler makes no claim that it is authoritative or a "best of..." list. He just likes the books.
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The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
1
Caleb Carr
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
2
Anthony Doerr
The Aubrey-Maturin Novels
The Aubrey-Maturin Novels
3
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
4
Citizen Tom Paine (Howard Fast)
Citizen Tom Paine
5
Howard Fast
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
6
Mika Waltari
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire
7
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
8
Margaret Mitchell
Horatio Hornblower (Series) (C.S. Forester)
Horatio Hornblower (Series)
9
C.S. Forester
The Horse Soldiers (Harold Sinclair)
The Horse Soldiers
10
Harold Sinclair
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
11
Michael Shaara
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
The Last Englishman
12
Hebe Weenolsen
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
13
Victor Hugo
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
14
Bengtsson
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
15
Barry Unsworth
Mutiny (Frank Tilsey)
Mutiny
16
Frank Tilsey
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
17
Umberto Eco
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
18
Kenneth Roberts
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
19
Ken Follett
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
20
E.L. Doctorow
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
21
Rafael Sabatini
Spartacus (Howard Fast)
Spartacus
22
Howard Fast
Sword at Sunset (Rosemary Sutcliff)
Sword at Sunset
23
Rosemary Sutcliff
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
24
Charles Dickens
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
25
Leo Tolstoy
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