eight_gregorys Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hello, everyone. I love...love...love historical fiction. I've finished all of Phillippa Gregory's books and I'm working on Elizabeth Chadwick now. I'm making a list of books I want to read next. So who are your favorite historical fiction authors? (Time period doesn't matter.) Blessings, Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Patrick O'Brian Simon Scarrow Anne Perry Jean M. Auel Elizabeth Peters I am all over the place in my time periods and genres (some of the above are dramatic - some comic/detective!, and from prehistoric times to Roman era to Napoleonic Wars to Victorian times and even Egypt 100 years ago or so. :-) If you want to go just 80 years or so ago in rural England try the books by Miss Read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Brock & Bodie Thoene. They have a marvelous series or two that covers the period from WWII through the founding of Israel. They've written much more but I haven't read everything. I also like Gilbert Morris, I find that his stuff is a bit lighter reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Rosalin Miles. I have a thing for a good queen story. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I absolutely LOVE books by Anya Seton. She wrote one called The Winthrop Woman and it is fabulous. She used the actual historical accounts as the spine for her story, so it is very accurate as to dates, who married who, what children each person had, etc. but she fills in the story. I just finished one she wrote called The Eagle and the Hearth about the history of Marblehead, MA. She started the story when she was researching her own family history. The characters are fictitious, but the events are real. Her books are just great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Orson Scott Card wrote three books featuring women from the bible. You can read the first chapters online Sarah Rebekah Rachel and Leah I loved every one of these books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eight_gregorys Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Thanks for all the great recommendations. They should keep me busy for quite a while. Blessings, Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I have to pipe up and add Robert Graves' Claudius books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 George MacDonald Frasier - Flashman Series (not for children as there is some small degree of raunch, but fantastic series about a British Officer during the Victorian Era) Forester - Hornblower Sharon Kay Penman - As close to actual history as you can get while still remaining "fiction" Wilbur Smith - Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Margaret George: The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles, Henry VIII... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Diana Gabaldon and Elizabeth Peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Dorothy Dunnett and Alan Furst are among my favorites. Dunnet's books on 15th and 16th century Europe (the Lymond Chronicles and the House of Niccolo) are probably the best historical fiction one can find. I encourage you to buy the handbooks that go with the series to explain the nuances. Alan Furst writes espionage books which take place during WWII. They are not set on the battlefields but in Paris, Warsaw, wherever the spies have gathered. Tremendous window into the backdrop of the war! Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyK Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Jeff Shaara and Michael Shaara (Civil War novels) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyK Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I second Margaret George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinmom Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I second Bodie and Brock Thoene! Their stuff is just fantastic. I particularly enjoyed their series on the Holocaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 James Clavell, and you can't beat Marion Zimmer Bradley's version of the story of Troy ('The Firebrand') for romance... :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Georgette Heyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apiphobic Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Margaret George: The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles, Henry VIII... YES! Hear, hear! I wanted to post this but ... well, let's just say I've been a little hesitant to post much lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I haven't read anything else by Ken Follett, but I enjoyed his Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 What a great thread! I LOVE historical fiction, many already mentioned, but some I've never heard of....Thanks for giving me lots to do by the fire this winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori in MS Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Francine Rivers Her series on Rome is fabulous! I can't think of the name of the Trilogy. Brock and Bodie Thoene I love their A.D. Chronicles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TXMomof4 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Francine Rivers Her series on Rome is fabulous! I can't think of the name of the Trilogy. The Mark of the Lion is the name of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I actually like Scott O'Dell. Is that too young? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Margarite Yourcenar and Robert Graves. Yourcenar's most famous work is the Memoirs of Hadrian, but I like The Abyss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5%92uvre_au_noir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hands down, this is my favorite historical romance author. I found most of her books at second hand stores, but they are now being reprinted. They are worth the hassle to find. They are about Regency England, not sexual but highly romantic. I'd hand them to my teen in a flash, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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