Historical Fiction You Need Series 1
Discover the best historical fiction series with our must-read list! Dive into captivating tales of the past with these top book recommendations for history lovers.
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Hornblower and the Hotspur
by C. S. Forester
April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower-who, at age …
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Beat to Quarters
by C. S. Forester
With rations running dangerously low, Captain Hornblower fears that the lure of the South Sea islands may entice the crew to mutiny.
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Flying Colours
by C. S. Forester
Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower now bides his time as a prisoner in a …
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Commodore Hornblower
by C. S. Forester
These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", …
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Lord Hornblower
by C. S. Forester
Hornblower is tasked with a dangerous rescue mission in this "enthralling" chapter (New York Times) in C. S. Forester's beloved naval adventure series. Weary of …
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The Hornblower Companion
by C. S. Forester
Forester wrote this beautifully illustrated book to explain the naval incidents his fictional hero Hornblower experienced during his adventures in the Royal Navy.
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The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
by C. Northcote Parkinson
A fictional biography chronicling the rise of Horatio Hornblower from a midshipman in 1794 to a revered admiral of the fleet in 1847. Northcote Parkinson …
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The Good Shepherd
by C. S. Forester
Reprint. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1955.
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Rifleman Dodd
by Cecil Scott Forester
"Separated from his company ... during a skirmish with the French, Rifleman Dodd finds himself behind enemy lines. Somehow he must pass through the French …
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The Captain from Connecticut
by Cecil Scott Forester
Describes the exploits of a typical U.S. frigate cruising at sea during the War of 1812.
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Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
The beginning of the sweeping Aubrey-Maturin series. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of …
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Post Captain (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
"Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them...a brilliant book." —Mary Renault "We've beat them before and we'll beat them …
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H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
Capt. Aubrey and his friend Maturin sail to the Indian Ocean to save the British merchant fleet from the French.
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The Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
During the Napoleonic wars, British naval captain Jack Aubrey, charged with capturing the French islands of Reunion and Mauritius, must first cope with his fellow …
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Flash for Freedom!
by George MacDonald Fraser
A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade …
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Flashman at the Charge
by George MacDonald Fraser
Begins with Flashman trying to avoid a transfer to the Crimea but failing miserably. He is made guardian of one of Queen Victoria's cousins and …
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Arundel
by Kenneth Lewis Roberts
A young innkeeper in Maine tells of the terrible journey made by Colonial Benedict Arnold and his soldiers through the wilderness to Quebec, many months …
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Hell Bent For Santa Fe
by Jack Purcell
The Republic of Texas claimed all the Mexican territory west to the Pacific Ocean. President Mirabeau Lamar sent these 300 bravos to enforce the boundary. …