Or even non fiction, if its good and interesting to read
Please recommend! I'm desperate for a really good book. Haven't read one in a while.
2006-11-11 15:24:22 · 19 answers · asked by stretchyrubberband 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon --- it is very long but fascinating. I did not like the sequels as much as I liked the first one.
It is set in Scotland - perhaps the 1700s. It is an unlikely but riveting love story.
2006-11-11 15:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by Lily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Outlander Series---Diana Gabaldon
East of the Sun---Barbara Bickmore
The Morland Dynasty---Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Captain Alatriste---Arturo Perez-Reverte
Vampire Chronicles---Anne Rice
Bonner Saga---Sara Donati
Catherine Coulter
http://www.catherinecoulter.com/text/historical_series.htm
Victoria Thompson
http://www.victoriathompson.com/
2006-11-11 15:39:22 · answer #2 · answered by arenee1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
2. Ancient Evenings (Norman Mailer)
3. The Road To Wellville (T Coraggesan Boyle) ...Funny! also made into a movie w/Anthony Hopkins
4. The Epic of Gilgamesh ... written in Babylon around 2700 BC, possibly the 1st fictional story ever written! In the first written language on earth! Can't get more historical than that. Also, a great story ...
2006-11-11 15:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by shanghaiduck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eugenia Price wrote a series of books, titled
The Lighthouse
Beloved Invader
New Moon Rising
They are historical fiction based on a small island just off the coast of Georgia in civil war times. I loved the books.
2006-11-14 13:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by donnabellekc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are some of the best historical fiction I have read:
Matthew Pearl's "The Dante Club" and "The Poe Shadow"
Tracy Chevalier's "Girl With a Pearl Earring"
Tobsha Learner's "The Witch of Cologne"
Kathryn Lasky's "Beyond the Burning Time" and "Blood Secret"
Elizabeth George Speare's "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
2006-11-11 23:15:10 · answer #5 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Historian Willaim Forstechein collaborated on a serious of books about the Civil War - Gettysburg is the first and a good read.
They are alternate history books, what would have happened if...
2006-11-12 00:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by jerry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. Medieval Norway woman's life. Undset won the Nobel Prize in large part because of this work.
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni, set in 17th century Italy. Sometimes more Romantic than Historical, but still very great.
2006-11-11 17:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by Blaargh_42 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Camulod Chronicles By Jack Whyte.
The author took real Roman history and entwined the legend of King Arthur. Really great books!
2006-11-11 21:16:08 · answer #8 · answered by chimera725 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you purely like the era of Henry VIII you want to study Antonia Fraser's The better halves of Henry VIII and the youngsters of Henry VIII. Alison Weir has also written some spectualr artwork about the era. those are non fiction. in case you want fiction attempt Phillipa Gregory the different Boleyn female, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Contant Princess. I also loved Carolly Erickson's 2 maximum recent novels The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and The very last spouse of Henry VIII.
2016-11-29 01:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by bartow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are of age, the Outlander novels by Diana Gabaldon are excellent. The Didius Falco mysteries by Lindsey Davis are great too, and humorous. Rosemary Sutcliff writes great fiction, but her books can be hard to find, as many are out of print.
2006-11-11 15:33:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋