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Need some historical fiction recs
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:07 pm
Im into history and kings. Stuff like Roman empire, English kings, Spain. Was wondering if yall had any suggestions.
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:35 pm to Boo Krewe
I'm not normally in to historical fiction, I've kind of had the "why not just read actual nonfiction books" mentality. I did however just get done reading Shogun and thought it was fantastic, might make me reconsider my earlier thoughts on the genre.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:38 pm to DukeSilver
Roma bu steven saylor if youre bored.
doesnt have to be what if , im trying top find books about king george 3
doesnt have to be what if , im trying top find books about king george 3
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:42 pm to Boo Krewe
Bernard Cornwall Saxon Chronicles is pretty good.
Ken Follet Pillars of the Earth series is good as well
Ken Follet Pillars of the Earth series is good as well
Posted on 8/13/18 at 3:38 pm to Boo Krewe
R.W. Peake. Marching With Caesar. It is set in Caesar's Legions. Multiple books to keep you occupied.
Bernard Cornwell. I've read many of his books. You will like those too.
Bernard Cornwell. I've read many of his books. You will like those too.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 5:37 pm to Boo Krewe
quote:The books are like James Bond set in the 19th century -- and hilarious to boot. Flashman experiences (always against his will) The Charge Of The Light Brigade (which he somehow ends up leading!), The Sepoy Mutiny, the Taiping Rebellion, Little Big Horn and other great moments of history, all the while getting mixed up with Queen Victoria, Bismarck, Wild Bill Hickok, Lola Montez, Lincoln, The Empress of China, Oscar Wilde, John Brown the abolitionist and other such immortal personages.
Brigadier-General Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE is a fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser, but based on the character "Flashman" in Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857), a semi-autobiographical work by Thomas Hughes.
In Hughes' book, Flashman is the notorious bully of Rugby School who persecutes Tom Brown, and who is finally expelled for drunkenness. Twentieth century author George MacDonald Fraser had the idea of writing Flashman's memoirs, in which the school bully would be identified with an "illustrious Victorian soldier": experiencing many 19th century wars and adventures and rising to high rank in British army, acclaimed as a great soldier, while remaining by his unapologetic self-description "a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and oh yes, a toady." Fraser's Flashman is an antihero who runs from danger or hides cowering in fear, betrays or abandons acquaintances at at the slightest incentive, bullies and beats servants with gusto, beds every available woman, carries off any loot he can grab, gambles and boozes enthusiastically, and yet, through a combination of luck and cunning, ends each volume acclaimed as a hero.
My favorite book in the series is the third, Flash For Freedom (which takes place in pre-Civil War NO and Mississippi), but I'd start out with the first, Flashman. After that you can really read them in any order. There are 12 books in the series; I reread them every 4 or 5 years.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 5:39 pm to Boo Krewe
Sharon K Penman. Start with The Sunne in Splendour. You can thank me later.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:16 pm to Boo Krewe
The religion. Tim Willocks.
Also the Ethan Gage series by William Detrich.
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May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. The largest armada of all time approaches the Knights' Christian stronghold on the island of Malta. The Turks know the Knights as the "The Hounds of Hell." The Knights call themselves "The Religion." In Messina, Sicily, a French countess, Carla la Penautier, seeks a passage to Malta in a quest to find the son taken from her at his birth twelve years ago. The only man with the expertise and daring to help her is a Rabelaisian soldier of fortune, arms dealer, former janissary, and strapping Saxon adventurer by the name of Mattias Tannhauser. He agrees to accompany the lady to Malta, where, amidst the most spectacular siege in military history, they must try to find the boy - whose name they do not know and whose face they have never seen–and pluck him from the jaws of Holy War.
Also the Ethan Gage series by William Detrich.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 8:45 pm to Kafka
thanks for all the recommendations everyone. i know i should be offended, but that indian girl has me hotn bothered.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 11:04 pm to Boo Krewe
Last Kingdom. I read one on King George. Can't remember.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 3:57 am to Kafka
Could not agree more about the Flashman novels. In fact I just ordered the first one in a new leather bound edition.
If you read some of the archived reviews from the 70’s several respected book reviewers thought The Flashman Papers was real.
To me the most refreshing thing about them is how non-PC they are. They’re like Blazin Saddles but much smarter.
If you read some of the archived reviews from the 70’s several respected book reviewers thought The Flashman Papers was real.
To me the most refreshing thing about them is how non-PC they are. They’re like Blazin Saddles but much smarter.
Posted on 8/22/18 at 12:41 am to Boo Krewe
I always recommend Bernard Cornwell. His Saxon series (Last Kingdom) is great but he’s also got a phenomenal Arthur trilogy. It’s gritty and realistic, not fantasy. Set in medieval Britain. His standalone books Agincoirt and 1356 were both pretty good.
I’ve read some others but Cornwell is by far my favorite. I liked Anvil of God by Boyce Gleason. It was clearly intended to be the first in a series but I’m not sure if book 2 ever came out. It’s set in France shortly after Charles Martel dies.
Gates of Fire by Stephen pressfield is popular. Thermopylae.
The Ten Thousand by Michael Ford was pretty good. About the 10k Greek mercenaries who marched out of Persia.
Giles Kristian is a popular writer of Viking books.
The Parthian by peter darman was pretty good. About a Parthian prince who ends up in Spartacus’ army. The protagonist is somewhat of a bore but the rest of the story is good.
I’ve read some others but Cornwell is by far my favorite. I liked Anvil of God by Boyce Gleason. It was clearly intended to be the first in a series but I’m not sure if book 2 ever came out. It’s set in France shortly after Charles Martel dies.
Gates of Fire by Stephen pressfield is popular. Thermopylae.
The Ten Thousand by Michael Ford was pretty good. About the 10k Greek mercenaries who marched out of Persia.
Giles Kristian is a popular writer of Viking books.
The Parthian by peter darman was pretty good. About a Parthian prince who ends up in Spartacus’ army. The protagonist is somewhat of a bore but the rest of the story is good.
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