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There's also historical fiction which can combine both worlds if done well. Robert Harris comes to mind.
by golem14 3y ago
There's also historical fiction which can combine both worlds if done well. Robert Harris comes to mind.
- walterbell 3y agoR.A. Lafferty's Fall of Rome.
- sateesh 3y agoHillary Mantel's book on Cromwell too are top notch historical fiction.
- billfruit 3y agoI think they are just about middling historical fiction, compared to War and Peace or even Ivanhoe or Gore Vidal's novels about American History like Burr.
- sateesh 3y agoThat's your personal opinion, ain't it. I haven't read the books you mentioned, will give a try. War and Peace is there in my reading list since long.
- fnordian_slip 3y agoThe master and commander books by Patrick O'Brian are great also, well researched descriptions of naval warfare during Napoleon's wars. The best historical fiction I've ever read, and the audiobooks by Patrick Tull are also really good.