> I find that history contains many more surprises than authors can get away with in fiction. There are however some brilliant authors that combine the two gen

> I find that history contains many more surprises than authors can get away with in fiction. There are however some brilliant authors that combine the two genres, sometimes more on the site of history, sometimes more on the site of fiction. Some random recommendations: Tolstoi: "War and Peace", Solzhenitsyn: "The Red Wheel" cycle, Yourcenar: "Memoirs of Hadrian", Brecht: "The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar", Foote: "The Civil War: A Narrative" (non-fictional narrative history).