2007-07-03 11:59:06 · 12 answers · asked by EvilFairies 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Bernard Cornwell rocks. Try the Warlord chroniches about king Arthur, or the Starbuck chronicles about the American civil war.
2007-07-03 12:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by randall flagg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have sone stable innovations already. Sir Walter Scott almost invented the historic novel. attempt one. Nathaniel Hawthorne's the domicile of the Seven Gables is a huge historicl novel, besides the undeniable fact that this is no longer approximately Clark and his six brothers. Stephen Crane's The crimson Badge of braveness must be the final American historic novel. something by skill of Kenneth Roberts. Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper and Joan of Arc. Then there are 3 or 4 remarkable novels that deconstruct the historic novel kind: Joseph Heller's Cagch-22. this is approximately conflict, yet anti-conflict. John Barth's The Sot-Weed element; Thomas Berger's Little huge-guy and the entire Flashman sequence by skill of George MacDonald Fraser.
2016-11-08 02:17:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really liked Colleen McCullough's series on the Roman Republic from Marius to Julius Caesar. They're historical novels, but they are extremely accurate and well-documented. She also wrote the Thorn Birds which is another historical novel based in Australia.
2007-07-03 12:05:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dave1001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Other Boylen Girl was really really good, also Memoirs of a Geisha, both are amazing but are actually historically accurate. Also A Bell for Adorno is really good, about WWII Happy Reading!
2007-07-03 12:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by shannon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time and Again by Jack Finney(NY 1880s)
Grant Goes East by Newt Gingrich(Civil War)
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow(early 1900s)
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet(WW2)
2007-07-03 12:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Vandat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run down to your local library and ask the counter girl. You can let her know what your interests are and she will give you a better recommendation than I could without knowing your preferences. The Library is interesting these days because of computer advances and the occasional guest speaker etc. Give it a try. You might have fun and its free.
2007-07-03 12:04:23 · answer #6 · answered by Traveler 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gone with the Winds (
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Love's tender Fury ( about identured servitude)
2007-07-03 12:21:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Diary of a young Girl
Numbering All the bones
Or give me death
Sky
Roll of thunder hear My cry
2007-07-03 12:31:21 · answer #8 · answered by basketballgirl1090 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animal Farm - Orwell (also of '1984').
Treasure Island - Stephenson.
Brideshead - Waugh.
2007-07-03 12:08:06 · answer #9 · answered by upyerjumper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything written by Alexander Kent.
2007-07-03 12:11:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋