What are some essential historical novels to read?
I thoroughly enjoyed Shogun, are the other books in the series just as good?
The Cossacks by Tolstoy made me want to drop everything, move to the Caucasus, and join a Cossack village
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Check out Musashi
The Name of the Rose. Definitely Umberto's best.
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I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves
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You should read Tai-Pan by James Clavell too, I really liked it.