Do you have any suggestions for any historical fiction???thanks x.
Do you have any suggestions for any historical fiction???thanks x.
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Do you have any suggestions for any historical fiction???thanks x.
Poldark saga by Winston Churchill
I did not hear about it … Can you tell me what this book is about?
@Sonja hmm it is a 12 book series following an 18th c not so rich gentleman called ross poldark. He comes back from the American war of independence, to beautiful Cornwall where the books are set, (he is British) to find that the woman he loved and believed to be betrothed to, is marrying his cousin Francis. And you follow his life, and that of others who over the course of the books you get to know, both gentlemen and common people, for 12 really really good books. I love his writing. It draws you in and unlike some books, knows how much detail to provide and when to stop. I love the characters. They are alive to me. I feel then everyday even now. Some books.. The characters live in me always.
There is also a tv series. Both an old and new one. New is better but the books are 100x better!
Sally by J. Schlenker
what is this book about?
Inspired by the life of Sally Ann Barnes 1858-1961 born into slavery. Sally tells her story to her nurse in the old folks home who keeps a journal about it. Her granddaughter years down the road discovers the journals in the attic and goes on a search herself about Sally’s life and her relationship to her grandmother who was white.
Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantell are superb.
@Tim I have both of these on the shelf waiting for me to read!
Salt to the Sea. Crimson Petal and the White. The Hours. The Reader. New York by Edward Rutherford, and his Dublin Saga. Ken Follett, all his stuff is pretty great. The Alienist. Murder As a Fine Art.
@Lysa oh yes CPATW is brilliant!
@Tim I stumbled upon it in a used book store, liked the writing, bought it. I didn’t think I’d love it as much as I did, I love random happy buys like that
CPATW is one of my favorite books, so good.
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
what does this book say because I’ve heard a lot about it …
@Sonja its about a women who can time travel back in time but never knows when. It’s so good and has good twists, funnt and hard to put down
The Asian Saga Series by James Clavell.
Anything by Margaret George
The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews is one of my favorite all time!!!!!
…And the Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmeyer is absolutely the best historical fiction I have read.
I just finished The Gown by Jennifer Robson. Great story.
@Lauren I’ve been thinking about that one. I’ll have to add to my TBR!
Leila Meachum….Roses and Somerset (prequel).
Kate Morton…I’ve enjoyed every book except her newest one.
JoJo Moyes….The Girl You Left Behind
Margaret Mitchell……Gone With the Wind
The Secret River by Kate Grenville and Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield.
The Hidden Legacy is my recently published novel with dual storylines in WWI France and modern day Midwest America. It’s available on Amazon in ebook and paperback.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
I think the Outlander series is historical fiction. I could be wrong though
All books by Susanna Kearsley are amazing!❤️
Paula McLain’s books
The Stalking Jack the Ripper series!
Alison Weir’s & Phillippa Gregory’s.
Every few weeks this question gets posted, and often there are the same old suggestions. This particular post has lots of different suggestions! It’s why I love this page so much! ❤️ Here’s my recommendation that is regularly repeated on here, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
It is worth?
Sonja Lila worth reading? Most certainly! I loved it!
Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City. Edward Rutherford novels.
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Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series and Emperor series …both brilliantly written
The Girl from Munich (Tania Blanchard)
The Betrayal (Kate Furnivall)
The Girl You Left Behind (JoJo Moyes)
The Ship of Brides (JoJo Moyes)