2006-09-04 11:25:45 · 12 answers · asked by Delphine F 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is a very well done novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Alienist by Caleb Carr has alot of detail about New York and the US in the last part of the 19th century although its plot and theme is dark and depressing to me.
Larry McMurtry also writes great historical fiction, especially his westerns such as Lonesome Dove.
You can find a list of historical novels at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_novels
2006-09-04 13:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by Trinfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irving Stone was the master of the biographical historical novel. He had a huge research staff for each of his books. He wrote about Michelangelo ("The Agony and the Extacy"), Van Gogh, Heinrich Schleimmer ( "The Greek Treasure" ( he discovered Troy)), Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln, John and Abigail Adams, and Sigmund Freud, just to name a few. His books are great because he frames a story around the historical facts.
2006-09-04 11:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Jakes wrote a series of books starting with The Bastard. He also wrote a civil war book called North and South.
James Michener wrote some incredible historical fiction.
More recently Caleb Carr wrote a couple of historical mystery thrillers titled "The Alienist" and "Angel of Darkness"
Another good one is "The Dante Club" by either Daniel or Matthew Pearl, not sure of the first name.
2006-09-04 15:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sarum or London by Edward Rutherfurd
Anything by Sharon Kay Penman
Anything by Pauline Gedge
The 'Merlin' series by Mary Stewart (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment,The Wicked Day)
Anything by Norah Lofts
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Most books by Margaret George
2006-09-06 18:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
H. Rider Haggard and Talbot Mundy are famous for their historical novels. The Wanderer's Necklace is very nice. B.
2006-09-10 09:42:35 · answer #5 · answered by Brian M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a great one titled -
The Book of Factions
2006-09-09 02:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by peterwayne007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historical fictions are my favorites too. Any recommendations are always nice. I prefer good, solid story lines in a historical setting, but absent the 'obligatory' love scenes that don't seem to fit.
2006-09-04 11:46:26 · answer #7 · answered by nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Mitchner. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
2006-09-04 11:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sea-going fiction of Patrick O'Brien about Captain Jack Aubrey and his best friend, doctor and part-time spy and bird-watcher Stephen Maturin.
You get war, politics, history, sociology, a little love and a lot of travelling the world. Not just books for boys, I'm female and I love them to bits.
2006-09-05 05:12:11 · answer #9 · answered by UKJess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read 'Flashman And the Great Game' by George MacDonald Fraser for funny, tongue in cheek, yet an accurate portrait of British colonial Victorian history. Its a novel.Then read the rest of the Flashman series. This series has a cult following & you'll see why once you read one of them.
2006-09-08 05:33:25 · answer #10 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋