Great historical novels (and series)
Discover the best historical novels and series that bring the past to life. From epic sagas to gripping tales, explore top-rated books that history lovers can't miss.
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Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared …
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The Right Hand of Amon
by Lauren Haney
When Kings Walked As Living Gods It is the eighteenth dynasty of Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, divine ruler of a sun-seared realm. And blood flows as …
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The Mask of Ra
by P. C. Doherty
When Pharaoh Tuthmosis II falls dead before the sun god, Amun-Ra, his widow and the Chief Judge must find a killer covering his tracks with …
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Shinju
by Laura Joh Rowland
When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden …
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Sharpe's Tiger
by Bernard Cornwell
"It was a bloody awful shot," Sharpe said. "My mother could lay a gun better than that." "I didn't think you had a mother," Private …
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SPQR I: The Kings Gambit
by John Maddox Roberts
Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome. In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence …
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Under the Eagle
by Simon Scarrow
A crack Roman legion invades Britain in this brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue and reckless heroism.