Looking for recommendations: historical fiction or biographies
Looking for recommendations:
historical fiction or biographies
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Looking for recommendations:
historical fiction or biographies
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox. Great book.
Anything by Philippa Gregory!
I was reading The White Queen but gave up half-way through.
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook.
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Wolf Hall
Historical fiction, you say? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073WCW7Z9
White Rose Black Forest, Lilac Girls,The Nightingale.
Loved Lilac Girls
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or Shadow of the Wind or Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody series, Anne Perry, Kerry Greenwood, Rhys Bowen, Ellis Peters for a start.
Loved Geurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!!
Outlander
Outlander for sure
All quiet on the western front
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (anything in the Kingsbridge series)
The Fool’s Tale by Nicole Galland (light, fluffy historical fiction with some romance and some tears)
Nefertiti or the Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran (Ancient Egyptian historical fiction that is pretty awesome and not too dense)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (haven’t read it but really, REALLY want to. Gay historical fiction)
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I love Pillars of the Earth!! ?
I just started book 3 of Follett’s century trilogy. Historical fiction at it’s best. Highly recommend. Follett is such as great writer
Yes!!!!
The passion of Dolssa
The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah.
The Book Thief.
Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys are excellent.
Salt to the Sea is very good
The Book Thief
C S Sansom
Kristin Hannah’s latest, The Great Alone, is set in the recent past (70’s) and excellent. Otherwise I’d go with Centennial or Chesapeake by Michener.
The Alice Network
Allen Eckert
Thank you for the link! ?
Wedlock by Wendy Moore. The Biography of the first woman to obtain a divorce in eighteenth century Britain. It will make you cry but ultimately make you cheer for this heroic woman
Sounds interesting…
Have you read the Ceridwen series? by Octavia Randolph.
Never heard of them. I’ll check them out!
I loved the series…it is set in the late 9th century England. I couldn’t stop reading them!!
@Jean Sounds right down my alley! 🙂
For History Bio’s….. The First and the last Adolf Galland, Ding Ho! Clarie Lee Chanult….boss of the AVG. Dont shoot iyts only me.. Bob Hope……..Fly For Your Life…..Sir Standford Tuck, Brittish Ace, WWII. Yes I like WWII.
The Notorious RBG!
Orphan Train; Lilac Girls
The Help, Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, Grapes of Wrath.
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira…set during the Civil War and her sequel, Winter Sisters, set abt 12 years after….both very good books…
I like Isaacson’s books.
Devil in the White City
I know of at least two:
Song at Dawn by Jean Gill
A Stranger Came Among Them – sexy historical cowboy romance (by Donald Montano)
Last Days Night! Same author who wrote the screenplay for the imitation game. Super interesting! Only like 300pg
Oh, sounds interesting! I’ll check it out!
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
“The Secret Chord” by Geraldine Brooks
“1901” by Robert Conroy
“Rocket Boys” (aka “October Sky”) by Homer Hickam
I enjoyed Ken Follet’s The Pillars of the Earth recently – 12c Britain.
And lots of other British history covering 14c, 15c, 16c, and 19c.
Which period where are you looking for?
Basically any period of history.
The Muse by Jessie Burton (Historical fiction)
Libby Fischer Hellmann has WWII ones.
The Century Trilogy
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell (Biography)
Somewhere in Heaven, A Remarkable Love Story of Christopher and Dana Reeve by Christopher Andersen. I have an ebook of this which I can share if you wish.
https://www.amazon.com/Unspoken-Truth-Memoir-Lisa-Zarcone/dp/1535601485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520512283&sr=8-1&keywords=Lisa+Zarcone
MY PERSONAL MEMOIR
@Leta and @Colleen have written excellent historical novels!
Thanks for the kind words, Doranne.
Historical Romance I’ve read ! Just let me know if you’re interested!
Historical fiction wise you can’t go wrong with the Shardlake series by C.J Sansom! Great series set in king Henry 8ths era about a hunchback lawyer who investigates murder, among other things on the orders of Thomas Cromwell! Fantastic series, one of my faves
please check out our blog! HF is a favorite genre for us to read/review! Happy Reading!! http://www.twogirlsandabookobsession.com/
Try Catherine Coulter. Also, Jane Ann Krentz.