My Favourite Historical Fiction Books
Discover my top picks for the best historical fiction books! Explore captivating tales of love, war, and adventure from different eras in this curated list of must-read novels.
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The Marsh King's Daughter
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Driven into a convent by her stepfather, Miriel Weaver is rescued by a mercenary, but their eventual parting will bring bad fortune on both of …
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Lords of the White Castle
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Based on a remarkable true story of honour, treachery and love spanning the turbulent reigns of four great Mediaeval kings. Award-winning author Elizabeth Chadwick brings …
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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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The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
A historical novel that re-creates the life of Richard III in fifteenth-century England, presenting the monarch as a gifted man and romantic hero who was …
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Falls the Shadow
by Sharon Kay Penman
"A marvelous literary and historical achievement...Impossible to put down." THE BOSTON HERALD This is Simon de Montfort's story--and the story of King Henry III, as …
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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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The Reckoning
by Sharon Kay Penman
"Penman's characters are so shrewdly imagined, so full of resonant human feeling that they seem to be on the page....Most compelling is the portrait of …
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Time and Chance
by Sharon Kay Penman
In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all the deceit, danger, and drama of Henry II’s ascension to …
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The Woman from Browhead
by Audrey Howard
The heroine is Annie Abbott, daughter and only child of a poverty-stricken hill farmer and his downtrodden wife, who runs away with a theatrical group …
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The Shadowed Hills
by Audrey Howard
Katy Andrews, born to wealth and position, has never been thwarted or curbed by her gentle mother or her indulgent father. When she sets her …
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When Morning Comes
by Audrey Howard
An unforgettable story of a star-crossed marriage, set amid the Lake District's fells.
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Beyond the Shining Water
by Audrey Howard
Set in the slums of 19th-century Liverpool, this novel tells the story of a girl's journey from riches to rags. When Lily's father dies her …
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Promises Lost
by Audrey Howard
Alice Hamilton is determined to use marriage to advance her social standing, and is appalled when her younger sister, Sara, falls in love with Jack …
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Angel Meadow
by Audrey Howard
Nancy Brody is different from the rest of the folk in Angel Meadow, the appalling slum where her drunken mother Kitty was a prostitute before …
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Echo of Another Time
by Audrey Howard
Celie Marlow begins working in the Latimers' kitchen when she is only ten, learning her art from Mrs Harper. By the age of 18 she …
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Tilly Trotter
by Catherine Cookson
An epic trilogy set during the reign of Queen Victoria, which follows the fortunes of a young girl from a small village in Tyneside, to …
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The Glass Virgin
by Catherine Cookson
Growing up amid the strict mores and stultifying traditions of Edwardian England's Redford Hall, Annabella Lagrange is forced to hide her father's terrible secret and …
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The Black Candle
by Catherine Cookson
Bridget Dean Mordaunt was a woman of consequence in her own part of the world. Inheriting her father's businesses at the age of nineteen, by …
