A good book?

Last year I was really into the historical fiction genre... The Secrets Of Jin-Shei, by Alma Alexander, is a beautiful story, set in medieval China...and it's my favorite book. I loved it.
Otherwise you could try The Birth of Venus and In The Company Of A Courtesan both by Sarah Dunant.
In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin (I really enjoyed this one).
Also Mirror Mirror and Confession's of an Ugly Stepsister both by Gregory Maguire were pretty good.
These are the historical fictions I liked most...Good luck!

2007-02-18 03:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by LittleItaly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

My favorite Historical fiction books:

Young Adult, but enjoyable for adults as well.
Beyond the Western Sea, by Avi (two books)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
A Murder for Her Majesty, Hilgartner
The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Shades of Gray, Reeder
Underground Man, Milton Meltzer
Biographies by Albert Marrin

Adult fiction
Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Dolly, Rita Mae Brown
Civil War, Rita Mae Brown
Books by James Michener

2007-02-18 03:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by RobReads 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

You can go to Amazon.com and search:
"Lost from Atlantis Book 1" - Book 2 is coming out soon, Book 3 is in editing and will be out soon too.
"Death by Murder David Lindsay" - you have to search that way. There's a lot of sex in it.
and "Super Spaghetti."

They're all available for free right now through Kindle Unlimited, which you can get with a free trial - Google how to get it. Then you can read it online or with a free Kindle phone app if you don't have a Kindle.

2016-04-05 06:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by thedavecorp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Check out:
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"
Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code"
Arturo Perez-Reverte's "The Flanders Panel" and "The Club Dumas"
Katherine Neville's "The Eight"
Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose"
Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's "The Rule of Four"

2007-02-18 00:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Anything by Philippa Gregory or Susannah Gregory. PC Docherty's historical whodunnits are great fun too. Best of all, for a novel, if you haven't read Georgette Heyer you don't know what you're missing.

2007-02-18 07:50:23 · answer #5 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth - traces the building of a cathedral throughout several generations. Great historical fiction.

2007-02-18 00:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by Catalina 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋

Depends what you like really. I'd recommend:
Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper (or any of hers)
Cecelia Ahern - PS I Love You (or any of hers)
Alice Sebold - Lovely Bones.
Craig A Lewis - Testimony.
Ben Elton - Inconceivable.

Sorry none of these are historical but they are brilliant reads!

2007-02-19 03:58:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Anything done by Phillippa Gregory. She wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, and a few others....I think the newest out is The Constant Princess. Happy Reading!!

2007-02-18 01:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Any of Robert Louis Stevenson's novels. They're historically accurate and the stories are interesting. I didn't read them til I was an adult and I found them interesting.

2007-02-18 00:06:52 · answer #9 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Victoria Halt is OK. she writes very interesting novels about women in England through the whole historical period since Henry VIII
Coleen McCullough (not sure about spelling)
Julian Rathbone "Kings of Albion" - I liked it immensely
Mary Stuart's trilogy about Merlin and king Arthur

2007-02-18 00:04:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

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