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Well-written historical fiction with lush settings to transport you to another time
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items A list of my favourite historical fiction books, for readers that love well-written, literary, or character driven fiction that still has a beautifully evoked historical setting.
Amazingly written, literary character study of the incredibly turbulent divorce of Henry VIII, told through the perspective of his wily, intelligent, enigmatic right-hand-man, Thomas Cromwell. Wolf Hall literally got me into my obsession with histori...
Wolf Hall
The sequel to Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - this work is equally as satisfying for anyone vaguely interested in history. It tracks the fall of Anne Boleyn, again through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, and utterly evokes a sense of the Tudor court.
Bring Up the Bodies
Amazingly well written, character led mystery set in Iceland. Utterly evokes the desolate beauty of Iceland and slowly unfolds the mystery of why the book's heroine is condemned to die. Absolutely brilliant.
Burial Rites
Fierce, evocative story about the Trojan war from the perspective of the women. Absolutely brilliant for placing the women centre-stage, with loads of lush detail that totally evokes a setting of the world of Ancient Greece.
The Silence of the Girls
A tour de force of transportive writing, this heart-wrenching meditation on grief and family beautiful captures the world of Elizabethan England as one both modern and living in tandem with nature's rhythms, with descriptions so lush it's a treat to ...
Hamnet
Absorbing mystery set in a mining town in 1800s New Zealand - one to curl up with on a dark stormy night and totally get lost in.
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton