I'm looking for some good historical fiction novels. I really enjoy books about the Reconstruction Era in England and books dealing with England and Ireland in general. Thanks!
2007-06-28 10:09:42 · 16 answers · asked by Sydney 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
historical romance would be nice too
2007-06-28 11:11:30 · update #1
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCort
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
The Price of Murder by Bruce Alexander
2007-06-28 10:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ralph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Girl With a Pearl Earring, Burning Bright, and The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Blood Secret and Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky
The Witch of Cologne by Tobsha Learner
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
2007-06-29 01:55:40 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are Tudor England but very good.
Philippa Gregory:
The Virgin's Lover(QE1)
The Queen's Fool(Bloody Mary)
The Boleyn Inheritance and The Other Boleyn Girl
Carolly Ericksson: The LAst Wife of Henry VIII
Margaret George:
The Autobiography of Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles(its fiction)
Henry VIII
2007-06-28 10:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by chellyk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roberta Gellis wrote a lot of historical romances, where the history of the times really affected what was happening in the relationships. Her myth-based books aren't historical, but the newer mysteries are.
2007-06-29 05:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are willing to consider Alternate History Novels, Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series takes a single premise (what if superstitions were real) and runs with it in an early American Setting (right around the time of the Civil War, if I recall right).
2007-06-28 10:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A Tale of Two Cities," by Charles Dickens. Wonderful Historical Fiction.:-)
2007-06-28 10:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Ophelia by Lisa Klein
Pirates! by Celia Rees
Fever 1793
Those are a few of my favorites, I love historical fiction!
2007-06-28 10:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by Hello there 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try authors Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher, Beverly Lewis, Irene Hunt, Richard Paul Evans, Richard Peck, Daphne DuMaurier, and Charles Dickens.
2007-06-28 12:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The devil in the white city...its placed in america during victorian times. very good historical fiction novel though.
2007-06-28 10:34:05 · answer #9 · answered by sophia Grace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the goddess of yesterday, which is about a young princess who witnesses her parents death on her homeland and escapes to become a servant for the beautiful helen, her husband and children. Later on the girl goes through complete turmoil. Helen falls in love with paris and creates the plan of escaping with him back to troy. Helen carries the girl servant off with her to be the nanny of helens baby. The story goes on but tht is just the begining.
Shakespeare's Daughter, a story about Sussanah Shakespeare (ws' daughter) running of to london to get to know her father (ws) better and what he does for work. Sussanah loves to sing and also sees london as an oppurtunity to turn her dream into reality.
2007-06-28 10:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by lippypout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋