My Favourite Historical Novels

this is a novel that I read quite a few years ago but that has really stayed with me

this is an incredible novel set in 17th century England and America looking at kind of the aftermath of the restoration

a wonderful work of historical fiction set in the Victorian period set around a woman's prison

the beholders is an incredible thrilling pacy novel set in the late Victorian period

I didn't really get on so well with pip Williams next novel The Book binder of Jericho but I did really love the dictionary of lost words

this is a wonderful wacky weird novel set in the early 19th century in mayorca when the real historical figures George sand and Frederick shopan arrive

which is an incredible historical novel looking at Thomas Hardy you know the writer real historical figure Thomas Hardy in the days in weeks after the death of his wife

This is a book I read last year and completely fell in love with this a bit like news of the Dead by James Robertson is a book that is really about history

this is an incredible novel about music set in the 1970s and follows the rise and fall of a band

I do think glorious exploits is one of the best books I have ever read and it is an incredible work of historical ction

I love how this book looks at music I think it looks at War fantastically

I think homegoing is so incredible I know it's one of those books that like a lot of people spoke about and it had a lot of hype when it came out a few years ago but I genuinely think all the hype is deserved

this is the book that I mentioned earlier where I feel like whether this is a work of fantasy or a work of historical fiction or both is complicated

this is a complete Delight of a book it is a wonderful novel set in the regeny period following a young widow

not about Jane Austin but about Jane Austin's sister Cassandra with chiefly following her in the 184 40s quite a long time after her sister Jane Austin has died

a wonderful work of historical fiction this is a multistranded book looking at the history of a fictional place called Glen conic in Scotland from the Anglo Saxon period to 2020 2021

this is an incredible novel set in the early 19th century in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars

this is set in the Victorian period and looks at various characters who are all kind of tied together by the river temps

the queen of fives is a wonderful novel set in the late 19th century following a con artist who is trying to con a fortune out of a dukee

this is an incredible work of historical fiction set before during and after the second world war

the square of sevens is a wonderful novel set in the 18th century it's a Coming of Age story about a girl called red

this is a fantastic atmospheric Gothic jire Vibe novel set in the Georgian period

this is a wonderful novel that spans from the late Victorian period through the Edwardian period through the first world war and looks at so many different historical events

this is a wonderful complicated glorious novel oh I just love natas pulley so much

this is a fantastic novel that I absolutely love reading

this book is set primarily in the 1950s but we also spend time in the 1930s and the kind of interwar period

the 30 tale is my favorite modern novel it's my favorite book that's not from the 19th century

I thought the tol story state was just such a fantastic book and it's one of those ones that has really stayed with me

so the Wonder is set in the 19th century in Ireland and we're following a nurse who has come to this small Irish village

which is a wonderful work of historical fiction set in the late 19th century mostly in Britain with a few little bits in Japan

this is an incredible novel that spans from the beginning of the 20th century through to the second world war following multiple generations of one family