His-Fic

Mary Renault

>>9173942
Masters of Rome

Penelope Fitzgerald

Patrick O'Brian

Thanks!

War and Peace

The Iliad (&c.), Beowulf, Arthur, the Paladins

Macbeth, Lear, Hamlet, Othello

Il Nome Della Rosa

>>9173945
This is the first time I've seen someone else suggest Mary Renault. Seconded.

The Long Ships by Bengtsson

>>9174056
More like bore and peace

Hendrik Conscience :The Lion Of Flanders (De Vlaamse Leeuw)

>>9174092
didn't he fight next to jeanne d'arc?

>>9174071
Of all the shit bursting out of that book, boredom isn't one of them.

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Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn might have your interest. It is set in fictional Japan during the Samurai era and deals with feudalism, religion and social inequality.

The story follows a boy who becomes involved with the Otori; a powerful family associated with regional conflicts. It follows the story of a boy who becomes a highly skilled assassin, pulled into conflicts which reach to the highest ranks of Japan rulers

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>>9173942
Bernard fucking Cornwell.

>>9175207
Oh. Interest piqued.

>>9175266

yes give it a try! highly addictive story with mature themes and awesome charachter development.

books are found easily online and they're also available as audiobooks.

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>>9175291
I will!

>>9173942
The Long Ships, Pillars of Earth, I Claudius, Shogun... uhm, Renault's generally good.

>>9175345
>>9173945
>>9174070
The THIRD TIME. I have NEVER seen her recommended before, and now twice in one thread? This is crazy.

Sorry, it's just, I've been on here for years and this has never happened. I just feel so validated.