Conqueror, series by Conn Iggulden about Genghis Khan
Athenian & Golden Age, both series by Conn Iggulden about Ancient Greece, which vaguely follow eachother so should be read in that order
The Falcon Of Sparta, standalone by Conn Iggulden about Spartans in Ancient Persia
Azincourt, standalone by Bernard Cornwell about the Battle Of Azincourt
The Crusades Trilogy, series by Jan Guillou about medieval Sweden and The Crusades
Warrior, standalone by Simon Scarrow about a Celtic warrior in Roman Britain
Revolution Quartet, series by Simon Scarrow about Napoleon & Viscount Nelson
Stonehenge, standalone by Bernard Cornwell about the construction of Stonehenge
Warlord Chronicles, series by Bernard Cornwell about King Arthur
Saxon Stories, series by Bernard Cornwell about Saxon / Daneland Britain (which has been made into one of my favourite TV shows of all time, The Last Kingdom)
Ancient Egypt, series by Wilbur Smith about Ancient Egypt
ZaphodG on
Tai Pan. Clavell’s Hong Kong book. Then Noble House. Set in the 1960s Hong Kong.
My personal favorites are Captain From Castle and Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger
The Cicero trilogy by Robert Harris. Also Pompeii.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
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*The Year of the French* by Thomas Flanagan. Probably the best historical novel I’ve ever read. It’s about Ireland during the French revolutionary wars.
Pat Barker’s Regeneration series is right up there with Flanagan. The British poets of the First World War, early research into what we now call PTSD, etc.
J. G. Farrell’s *The Siege of Krishnapur,* if you’d be into something solidly historical but also lightly satirical. The end of the East India Company.
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Edward Rutherfurd has some great ones. I like New York, Sarum and London
The Winds of War/ War and Remembrance are excellent on WWII
The Century Trilogy by Follet (and Pillars of the Earth which I already saw mentioned)
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Conqueror, series by Conn Iggulden about Genghis Khan
Athenian & Golden Age, both series by Conn Iggulden about Ancient Greece, which vaguely follow eachother so should be read in that order
The Falcon Of Sparta, standalone by Conn Iggulden about Spartans in Ancient Persia
Azincourt, standalone by Bernard Cornwell about the Battle Of Azincourt
The Crusades Trilogy, series by Jan Guillou about medieval Sweden and The Crusades
Warrior, standalone by Simon Scarrow about a Celtic warrior in Roman Britain
Revolution Quartet, series by Simon Scarrow about Napoleon & Viscount Nelson
Stonehenge, standalone by Bernard Cornwell about the construction of Stonehenge
Warlord Chronicles, series by Bernard Cornwell about King Arthur
Saxon Stories, series by Bernard Cornwell about Saxon / Daneland Britain (which has been made into one of my favourite TV shows of all time, The Last Kingdom)
Ancient Egypt, series by Wilbur Smith about Ancient Egypt
Tai Pan. Clavell’s Hong Kong book. Then Noble House. Set in the 1960s Hong Kong.
My personal favorites are Captain From Castle and Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger
The Cicero trilogy by Robert Harris. Also Pompeii.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
*The Year of the French* by Thomas Flanagan. Probably the best historical novel I’ve ever read. It’s about Ireland during the French revolutionary wars.
Pat Barker’s Regeneration series is right up there with Flanagan. The British poets of the First World War, early research into what we now call PTSD, etc.
J. G. Farrell’s *The Siege of Krishnapur,* if you’d be into something solidly historical but also lightly satirical. The end of the East India Company.
Edward Rutherfurd has some great ones. I like New York, Sarum and London
The Winds of War/ War and Remembrance are excellent on WWII
The Century Trilogy by Follet (and Pillars of the Earth which I already saw mentioned)
The Physician series (Noah Gordon)