Try these great historical fiction selections
Explore captivating historical fiction books with our curated list of top selections. Dive into rich, immersive stories that bring the past to life—perfect for history lovers and avid readers.
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The Tale of Murasaki
by Liza Dalby
The Tale of Murasaki is an elegant and brilliantly authentic historical novel by the author of Geisha and the only Westerner ever to have become …
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The Book of Saladin
by Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali's second novel in The Islam Quintet is a rich and teeming chronicle set in twelfth-century Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem.
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Dark Eagle
by John Ensor Harr
Meticulously researched, "Dark Eagle" is a fictionalized story of Benedict Arnold's career, his heroism, his military exploits, and his May-September romance with Peggy Shippen, who …
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The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes
by Stephen Marlowe
Here is the novel that readers and critics have found as bountiful as its main character's own deathless creation, DON QUIXOTE. Stephen Marlowe gives us …
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Justinian
by H. N. Turteltaub
Born to the throne of Byzantium--the new Rome--Justinian II was determined to bow to no man. Headstrong and stubborn, he fought with the very nobles …
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Julian
by Gore Vidal
The remarkable bestseller about the Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's …
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The Pillar of the Sky
by Cecelia Holland
Here is the story of Moloquin, the unwanted child. Outcast sister-son of the chief of Ladons tribe, he is adopted instead by the wise-woman Karella, …
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The Black Rose
by Thomas Bertram Costain
Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired …