I love Ken Follett. I would like historical fiction recommendations. More interested in everyman history than kings and whatever. I’m open to any time period
The Shardlake books by CJ Sansom. A hunchbacked lawyer solving crimes in Tudor England. Cracking mysteries with historical detail.
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Brother Cadfael mysteries
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**Q**, by Luther Blissett
Follows a random guy who somehow keeps getting swept up in various peasant revolts, idealistic religious splinter movements etc etc over about 30 years of the Reformation…and Q, a spy and heretic hunter from the Vatican who’s following these movements around trying to keep tabs on them all.
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
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Cecilia Holland is my favorite author of historical fiction.
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The Shardlake books by CJ Sansom. A hunchbacked lawyer solving crimes in Tudor England. Cracking mysteries with historical detail.
Brother Cadfael mysteries
**Q**, by Luther Blissett
Follows a random guy who somehow keeps getting swept up in various peasant revolts, idealistic religious splinter movements etc etc over about 30 years of the Reformation…and Q, a spy and heretic hunter from the Vatican who’s following these movements around trying to keep tabs on them all.
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Cecilia Holland is my favorite author of historical fiction.
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco