Reading List: Historical Fiction: A - G


Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.


Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in history, showing historical figures dealing with actual events while depicting them in a way that is not recorded in history. Other times, the historical event or time period complements a story's narrative, forming a framework and background for the characters' lives. Sometimes, historical fiction can be for the most part true, but the names of people and places have been in some way altered.  For the sake of definition, I have included novels set up to the 1950s.



Victor Aaron
Memoirs Of Conspiracy


James Aitcheson
The Harrowing


Edoardo Albert
Edwin: High King of Britain (The Northumbrian Thrones #1)
Oswald: Return of the King (The Northumbrian Thrones, #2)
Oswiu: King of Kings (The Northumbrian Thrones #3)



Grea Alexander
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book II: Book of Hawara
Amarna Book III: Book of Raia


Piers Alexander
The Bitter Trade


Vanessa Alexander
The Love Knot


Christine Ambrosius
A Pinch of Nutmeg 



Valerie Anand
King of the Wood (Norman Quartet, #4)


Laura Anderson
The Boleyn King (The Boleyn Trilogy, #1)

Poul Anderson
The Last Viking Trilogy:
The Golden Horn, The Road of the Sea Horse, and The Sign of the Raven


Iris Anthony
The Ruins of Lace


Aileen Armitage
The Tudor Sisters


Dan Armstrong
The Eyes of Archimedes


Terri Arthur
Fatal Decision: Edith Cavell WWI Nurse


Jayne Lindsay Ashford
The Woman on the Orient Express


Melissa Ashley
The Birdman's Wife


Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives
The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits


KM Ashman
A Wounded Realm (The Blood of Kings #2)
The Warrior Princess (The Blood of Kings #4) 



Elizabeth Ashworth
The Lady of Haigh


Jean M Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)

Fiona Kai Avery
The Crown Rose


Margaret Ball
Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor


Autumn Bardot
The Emperor's Assassin


Sandra Julian Barker
The Frenchman 



Louis Bayard
The Black Tower


Tania Bayard
In the Presence of Evil (A Christine de Pizan Mystery Book 1)
n the Shadow of the Enemy (Christine De Pizan Mystery #2)
In the Company of Fools (Christine De Pizan Mystery #3)


Albrecht Behmel
The Stronghold: A gripping historical adventure


Frans G Bengtsson
The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age


James R Benn
The Devouring (Billy Boyle World War II, #12)


Mary Bennett
Jane Shore


Vanorra Bennett
Blood Royal 

The People's Queen


Nancy Bilyeau
The Chalice (Joanna Stafford, #2) 



Stewart Binns
Crusade
Conquest
Anarchy
Lionheart


Derek Birks
Feud (Rebels & Brothers 1)


Benjamin Black
Prague Nights 



Samuel Black
The Ground Is Burning


Dylan Blacklock
Pankrantion


RD Blackmore
Lorna Doone


Richard Blake
The Curse of Babylon (Aelric, #6)


Kim Taylor Blakemore
The Companion


Moonyeen Blakely
The Assassin's Wife


Christopher Bland
Cathar


Nancy Blanton
The Earl in Black Armor


David Blixt
Her Majesty's Will
The Master of Verona (Star-Cross'd #1)
Colossus: Stone and Steel 



DL Bogdan
The Forgotten Queen (Tudor Court #4)


Rolfe Boldrewood

Robbery Under Arms


Robert Bolt
A Man For All Seasons


Alma H Bond
Lady Macbeth: On the Couch


Jane Borodale
The Book of Fires


Fabrice Bourland
The Baker Street Phantom 

The Dream Killer of Paris


Marjorie Bowen
Dickon


Sarah Bower
Sins of the House of Borgia 

The Needle in the Blood


Geoff Boxell
Woden's Wolf


Patricia Bracewell
Shadow on the Crown (The Emma of Normandy Trilogy #1) 



Barbara Taylor Bradford
A Woman of Substance


Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lady of Avalon (Avalon, #3)
Priestess of Avalon (Avalon, #4)
The Firebrand


Benet Brandreth
The Assassin of Verona (William Shakespeare Thriller #2)


Chad Brecher
The Lost Book of Wonders 



Jean Briggs
The Flame of the Borgias


Geraldine Brooks
Years of Wonder


Karen Brooks
The Locksmith's Daughter


Ray Bryant
Warriors Of The Dragon Gold


Pearl S Buck

Pavilion of Women


Christopher Buckley
The Judge Hunter


David Bunn
The Pilgrim



Anthony Burgess
A Dead man In Deptford


Douglas A Burton
Far Away Bird



Margarat Butler
The Lion of England


Dino Buzzati
The Tartar Steppe


Lord Byron
Don Juan


Rachel Caine
Prince of Shadows


Christian Cameron
The Ill-Made Knight (Chivalry, #1)
The Long Sword (Chivalry, #2)
The Green Count (Chivalry #3)


Margaret Campbell Barnes

The King's Bed


Emma Campion
A Triple Knot



Albert Camus
The Plague


Victor Canning
The Crimson Chalice


Patrick Carleton
Under the Hog


SA Carney
Granada Gold



Philippa Carr
The Miracle at St. Bruno's (Daughters of England, #1)


Clare Carson
The Canary Keeper


Ellen Carsta
The Draper's Daughter



Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote


Elizabeth Chadwick
The Winter Mantle

The Greatest Knight
The Scarlet Lion


Karen Charlton
The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries, #1)


Suzy McKee Charnas
The Unicorn Tapestry


Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales


Tracey Chevalier
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Lady and the Unicorn


Annelisa Christensen
The Popish Midwife



Alex Christie
Gutenberg's Apprentice


David Churchill
Devil (Leopards of Normandy #1)
Duke (Leopards of Normandy #2)
Conqueror (Leopards of Normandy #3)


Alys Clare
The Devil's Cup (Hawkenlye Mysteries, #17)


Cassandra Clark
The Hour of the Fox



Marcus Clarke
For the term of His Natural Life


John Cleland
Fanny Hill


Rory Clements
Martyr (John Shakespeare, #1)



Alfredo Colitto
Inquisition


Evan S Connell
Deus Lo Volt!: A Chronicle of the Crusades


Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim


Lexie Conyngham
Tomb for an Eagle (Orkneyinga Murders, #1)



James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans



Eleanor Cooney & Daniel Altieri

The Lion Court


Gary Corby
Death on Delos (The Athenian Mysteries, #7)


Nicola Cornick
The Phantom Tree


Major Victor Cornwall
Scoundrels
Scoundrels: The Hunt for Hansclapp


Bernard Cornwell
The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom, #10)

Stonehenge


Laurel Corona
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice


Joanna Courtney
The Constant Queen (Queens of Conquest #2)


Glenn Craney
The Spider and the Stone: A Novel of Scotland’s Black Douglas


John Edward Crocket

A Knight's Tale


Alexandra Curry
The Courtesan: A Heartbreaking Historical Epic of Loss, Loyalty and Love


Vincent Czyz
The Christos Mosaic


Richard Dale
Murder in St Paul's: Justice and Vengeance in Tudor London



Vasant Dave
Trade Winds To Meluhha


Fiona Davis
The Dollhouse



Michael Dax
The Powder Treason


Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Moll Flanders


Eleanor de Jong
Delilah


RF Delderfield
A Horseman Riding By


Reinaldo DelValle
The Valentine Circle (A Silas de San Michel Mystery #1)


Laurie Devine
Crescent



Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol


Frank Dickens
Act of Treason


Paul Doherty
The Templar (Templars, #1)
The Death of a King
Dark Queen Waiting (Margaret Beaufort Mystery #2)
Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1)
The Crown in Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #2)
Spy in Chancery (Hugh Corbett, #3)
The Prince of Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #5)
Corpse Candle (Hugh Corbett, #13)
The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1)
The House of the Red Slayer (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #2)
The Field of Blood (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #9)
The Mansions of Murder (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #18)
The Hangman's Hymn (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #5)


Denise Domning
Season of the Raven (Servant of the Crown Mystery, #1)
Season of the Fox (Servant of the Crown Mystery, #2)
Lost Innocents (Servant of the Crown Mystery, #3)


Angus Donald
Blood's Game (Holcraft Blood, #1)

Blood's Revolution (Holcroft Blood, #2)
Blood's Campaign (Holcroft Blood, #3)


Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Nigel and the White Company
The White Company
The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)


Maurice Druon
The Iron King
The Strangled Queen
The Poisoned Crown
The Royal Succession
The She-Wolf
The Lily and the Lion
The King Without A Kingdom


Daniel Duffield
Niall and the Irish Pirates


Stella Duffy
The Purple Shroud (Empress Theodora, #2)



Alfred Duggan
Count Bohemond
God & My Right


Ann Dukthas
In the Time of the Poisoned Queen (Nicholas Segalla, #4)


Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (The D'Artagnan Romances, #1)
The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. I: The Borgias And The Cenci
The Borgias
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.4)
Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois (The Last Valois, #1)
The Prince of Thieves (Tales of Robin Hood by Alexandre Dumas #1)


Sarah Dunant

In the Name of the Family
In the Company of the Courtesan
Blood & Beauty


JS Dunn

Bending the Boyne: A Novel of Ancient Ireland


Wendy J Dunn

The Light in the Labyrinth


Lawrence Durrell

Pope Joan


Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose


Rhoda Edwards
Fortune's Wheel



Peter Elbling
The Food Taster


Christy English
To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Queen's Pawn



Michael Ennis
The Malice of Fortune


Per Olave Enquist
The Royal Physician's Visit


Carolly Erickson
The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots


Barbara Erskine
Child of the Phoenix
Lady of Hay
Kingdom of Shadows
The Warrior's Princess
Daughters of Fire
Sleeper's Castle

River of Destiny


Woldram von Eschenbach
Parzival


Karen Essex
Kleopatra (Kleopatra, #1)
Pharaoh (Kleopatra, #2)
Leonardo's Swans


Jemahl Evans

The Last Roundhead (Blandford Candy, #1)
This Deceitful Light (Blandford Candy, #2)


MJL Evans
No Quarter: Dominium - The Complete Series


Anna Faktorovich
The Great Love of Queen Margaret (The Wars of the Undying, #1)


Ildefonso Falcones
Cathedral of the Sea


Margarete Von Falkensee
Blue Angel Secrets


Richard Falkirk
Blackstone
Blackstone's Fancy
Beau Blackstone
Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe
Blackstone Underground
Blackstone on Broadway


James R. Farr
A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century France 



Robert Farrington
The Killing of Richard III (Henry Morane, #1)
Tudor Agent (Henry Morane, #2)
The Traitors of Bosworth (Henry Morane, #3)


John Faunce

Lucrezia Borgia


Jessica Fellowes
The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1)
Bright Young Dead (The Mitford Murders #2)
The Mitford Scandal (Mitford Murders #3)


Marc Fernandez
Mala Vida: A Novel


Mick Finlay
Arrowood (Arrowood #1)
The Murder Pit (Arrowood, #2)
Arrowood & the Thames Corpses (Arrowood #3)


Patricia Finney
Firedrake's Eye (David Becket and Simon Ames, #1)
Unicorn's Blood (David Becket and Simon Ames, #2)
Gloriana's Torch (David Becket and Simon Ames, #3)



Mary Frances Fisher
Paradox Forged in Blood

F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby

Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary


Ian Fleming
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)


Eric Flint
1636: The Vatican Sanction


Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)


Ford Madox Ford
The Fifth Queen


James Forrester
Sacred Treason


Jonathan Forth
Sir Humphrey's Last Stand
Plague



John Fowles
The French Lieutenant's Woman

June Francis
Beloved Abductor


Ariana Franklin
The Winter Siege
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)
A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4)
The Assassin's Prayer (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4)


George MacDonald Fraser
The Reavers
The Pyrates


R Austin Freeman
The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories


Meelis Friedenthal
The Willow King


Andrew Gaddes
Those Who Go by Night



Nicole Galland
Godiva
Revenge of the Rose


Laurien Gardner
Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour



Elizabeth Garrett
The Sweet Trade


George Garrett
Entered From The Sun: The Murder Of Marlowe


Ginger Garrett
Reign: The Chronicles Of Queen Jezebel (Lost Loves of the Bible #3)


Catherine Gaskin
Sara Dane


Rozsa Gaston
Anne and Louis: Rulers and Lovers


Margaret George
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Helen of Troy
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles


David Gilman
Gate of the Dead (Master of War, #3)



Kathleen Givens
Rivals for the Crown (Highland, #2)


Rumer Godden
Black Narcissus


Alan Gold
Jezabel


Oliver Goldsmith
She Stoops to Conquer


Adrian Goldsworthy
Vindolanda (Vindolanda #1)


Anne Golon
Angelique and the King


CW Gortner
The Last Queen

The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia


Hitoshi Goto
The Labyrinth of the Scriptorium


Luke Gracias
The Devil's Prayer


Posie Graeme-Evans

The Innocent


David Grann
The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession


Robert Graves
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)


Clio Gray
Legacy of the Lynx
Deadly Prospects (Scottish Mysteries, Book 1)
Burning Secrets (Scottish Mysteries #2)



Thomas Greanias
The Chiron Confession (Dominium Dei, #1)



Nigel Green
The King's Dogge: The Story of Francis Lovell



Roger Lancelyn Green
The Adventures of Robin Hood


Kerry Greenwood
Medea (Delphic Women, #1)


Philippa Gregory
The White Queen
The Red Queen
The Kingmaker's Daughter
The White Princess
The King's Curse
The Lady of the Rivers
The Other Boleyn Girl
Three Sisters, Three Queens


Susanna Gregory -
A Plague On Both Your Houses
An Unholy Alliance



Victoria Grossack
Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus


Stephen Grundy
Rhinegold
Attila's Treasure
Beowulf


Geoffrey Gudgion
Saxon's Bane


Jan Guillou
The Road to Jerusalem (The Knight Templar, #1)
The Templar Knight (The Crusades Trilogy, #2)
The Kingdom at the End of the Road (The Crusades Trilogy, #3)


Robert van Gulik

Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Judge Dee #1)


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