great historical fiction thrillers
Discover the best historical fiction thrillers with our curated list of gripping books. Dive into suspenseful tales set in the past, perfect for fans of mystery and adventure.
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Snow Wolf
by Glenn Meade
It is 1953. Joseph Stalin is teetering on the edge of insanity, and is about to plunge the world into nuclear chaos. Only one man …
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City of Thieves
by David Benioff
Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to …
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War of the Rats
by David L. Robbins
For six months in 1942, Stalingrad is the center of a titanic struggle between the Russian and German armies—the bloodiest campaign in mankind's long history …
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A Gathering of Spies
by John Altman
In 1943, America thought it had rounded up all the German spies on its soil. Now Germany's greatest weapon - a woman with special talents, …
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The Odessa File
by Frederick Forsyth
A group of SS survivors is planning to carry out Hitler's "final solution" 20 years after his death.
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Five Past Midnight
by James Stewart Thayer
Escaping from Germany's Colditz Castle where he was being held as a prisoner of war, Captain Jack Cray fights his way to Berlin in April …