I’ve recently finished “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles and “The Rose Code” by Kate Quinn and I absolutely loved both of them. I’m looking for something similar.
I’m also an enormous lover of Ken Follett books. The Century Trilogy and Kingsbridge series are among my all time favourites.
I’m looking for some historical fiction that is well-written and articulated, with deep, likeable characters. Bonus if it has some heartwrenching scenes (no spoilers please!).
Thanks in advance!
by TheLightningBook
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Hornblower books by C.S.Forester
Patrick O’Brian’s [Aubrey-Maturin series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40333-aubrey-maturin) is really good!
The Bloody Jack series
The Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom is wonderful if you like things set in the Tudor dynasty.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon; Jacobites, then the American Revolutionary War, and so much more in between.
Have you tried anything by Bernard Cornwell? His Sharpe novels were written because he wanted to do a land version of Hornblower. It
If you liked the Rose Code, Kate Quinn’s Borgia novels are great as well.
Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir have both written great books on the Tudors and Plantagenets.
“The Exiles” by Christina Baker Kline. Great audiobook narration.
Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. 12th century monk solves mysteries in kind of a Sherlock Holmsian way. Runs into troubles with the prideful prior and prior’s lackey.
Code Name Verity, Scottish female spy and British aviatrix behind enemy lines in Nazi occupied France, heart wrenching doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Circle of Ceridwen series by Octavia Randolph
Ken follett has a new Kingsbridge book that just came out a few weeks ago “the armor of light” I am loving it so far!
Babel by R.F kuang ticks all these boxes and you’ll 101% love it
The Quincunx by Charles Palliser : a Dickensian novel about families, treachery, inheritances,…
Very nice !