Historical Fiction thread?

Good effort lads

>>8452053
>responds to lack of replies with sarcasm

this is why you have no friends, history cuck autist. chew your herbs.

>>8452170
Good effort lad

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I've just finished plowing through some of Vidal's work and I found Burr and Julian to be fantastic historical fiction.

Also, I'm known to recommend Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy, particularly The Persian Boy. They're so beautiful and well-written that I feel as if a part of me died in that time period when I finished reading those books.

The Legionary series is really good ancient Roman military fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR_series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Sub_Rosa

Both of those series are really great, but not as good as Masters of Rome.

Any good fiction about ww1 or ww2? Preferably from a british pov.

Why doesn't more historical fiction make the canon?

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>>8451875
Going to begin reading Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell today. Pretty excited.

http://www.bernardcornwell.net/azincourt-extract
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3276012-azincourt

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>>8454420
To The Last Man and The Rising Tide by Jeff Shaara

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>>8455062
That is a standalone novel right? Just read some of the extract and seems interesting. I remember a while back reading a different novel about the Battle of Agincourt and liking it.

Have you read The Last Kingdom?

>>8452810
old billy redface ovah theah

Haven't read very much historical fiction at all, but Mary Renault's stories set in Ancient Greece are fantastic.

>>8453030
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Sub_Rosa
Roman Blood was pretty gud.
The Triumph of Caesar was dogshite.

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The Flashman series is a lot of fun.

>>8451875
Graves' Cl cl cl Claudius books

Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson

>>8452810
I'm going to read Vidal's Julian soon as well as the play by Ibsen. He is a fascinating character. Apparently, Hitler loved that play and in his life there are many parallels to Ibsen's Julian.

>>8455042
Howard Fast's Spartacus is bretty good

>>8455695
that's a pretty decent show desu

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>>8455695
>That is a standalone novel right?
Correct.

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>>8455062
If you like Azincourt you should check out The Archer's Tale by Cornwell

Couple of adventures books:
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez Reverte

>>8455062
Cornwell is GOAT historical fiction. Stonehenge is also pretty good. The warlord chronicles, even though its more fiction than history I guess, is his best series

King Solomon's Mines t b h

>>8455800
I read his book about Belisarius and found it really boring.

I was impressed by Wolf Hall tbqh

>>8457382
I've read The Winter King and it was great.
You're saying the sequels are just as good?
Sounds good to me!

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I highly recommend Gates Of Fire.