Learn History with novels

Get something by Mika Waltari

>>7846684
I, Claudius
also that one that was really popular a few years ago about building a cathedral

War and peace

>>7846684
Les Mis

>>7846684
Check out Henryk Sienkiewicz

Gore Vidal is brilliant with his historical novels based on the history of USA

les Mis, War and Peace, are definitely two solid starts

And far and away the most famous

>>7847147
plus he buttfucked Kerouac

The Dream of the Celt by Mario Vargas LLosa paints a solid picture of the 'Scramble for Africa,' the Dutch invasion for rubber and other resources, King Leopold II, etc. etc.

Anything by Llosa really.

>>7847013
Yeah, because 'Livia killed everybody' will get him far with his historical knowledge.

I really liked I,Claudius but its just fiction in a historical setting.

The Golden Ass - Apulieus

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>>7846684
the Asterix books

- Jack High's Eagle Trilogy
- The Accursed Kings Saga by Maurice Druon

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>>7847108
this, f am

>>7847147
>based on the history of USA
>the history of USA
>history of USA
>USA
>history

Considering all of the 5 minutes of American history, those novels must be pamphlets

>>7846684
Have you considered reading "popular" history? Stuff like Holland's "Rubicon," Goldsworthy's "Caesar: Life of a Colossus," written as nonfiction based heavily on primary sources, but written in modern prose and marketed to a relatively casual audience.

Something settled in the middle age?

You can't learn all of history, nor will you ever read all of history.

This may sound pleb but I get a basic understanding of a time period by watching documentaries. Mankind, America story of us, etc. Find something interesting out of all of that then I find a specific book about that Era, dynasty, family, hierarchy, war, etc. read that and then learn that history. But I wouldn't read something like War and Peace only to get an understanding of napoleonic era.

>>7847847
The Name of the Rose

Montanelli