Exceptional Historical Fiction
Discover the best exceptional historical fiction books. Immerse yourself in captivating tales of the past with our curated list of must-read novels.
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Lady of Hay
by Barbara Erskine
So well researched and so well written that it is almost impossible to put down. The novel has everything that readers of racy fiction could …
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Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The second book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. “A triumph! A powerful …
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When Christ and His Saints Slept
by Sharon Kay Penman
The acclaimed author of The Sunne in Splendor and Falls the Shadow now begins a new trilogy, set in medieval England, during a time of …
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Here be Dragons
by Sharon Kay Penman
"A masterful picture of Wales in the 13th century...vivdly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn and mystic." THE SAN DIEGO UNION Thirteenth-century Wales …
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Greatest Knight, The: The Story of William Marshal
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Based on fact, this is the story of William Marshal, the greatest knight of the Middle Ages, unsurpassed in the tourneys, adeptly manoeuvring through the …
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The Scarlet Lion
by Elizabeth Chadwick
William Marshal's prowess and loyalty as a knight in the English royal household has been rewarded by marriage to Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great …
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Innocent Traitor
by Alison Weir
I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction …
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Desiree
by Annemarie Selinko
Perhaps the most successful historical romance since GONE WITH THE WIND, DESIREE is the bestselling novel of Napoleon's first love. All the passions and intrigues …
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Legend of the Celtic Stone
by Michael R. Phillips
Tale about the roots of Scotland, from Celts, Bards, Druids, to Saints.
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Avalon:
by Stephen R. Lawhead
It has been foretold: In the hour of Britain’s greatest need, King Arthur will return to rescue his people. In Portugal, the reprobate King Edward …
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The Ringed Castle
by Dorothy Dunnett
Francis Crawford leaves Scotland for Muscovy to become an advisor in the court of Ivan the Terrible, but forces at home hope to use him …
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Checkmate
by Dorothy Dunnett
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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads …
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The Templar Legacy
by Steve Berry
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union The ancient order of the …
