Over 5000 Historical Novels
Listed by Time and Place
Including more than 100 Reviews
Why do you read historical novels? Most of us read fiction for pleasure, but some of us gravitate especially to works about the past. People have been enjoying historical fiction since 800 BC when Homer wrote about the Trojan War in the Iliad. It carries us out of our own time and place into worlds that may seem utterly different from ours. And yet these worlds really existed. A deep understanding of them can help us understand our own time and our own motivations better.
It is often said that those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it. By blending history and fiction, a good historical novel lets us do more than simply read history: it lets us participate in the hopes, fears, passions, mistakes and triumphs of the people who lived it. It gives us an emotional as well as an intellectual understanding of the past.
Over 100 book reviews are included, and more are being added on a regular basis. My goal is to enrich your appreciation of historical fiction by helping you find books that thrill you, move you, disturb you - but above all, awaken your mind and imagination.
I have not tried to make a comprehensive listing of historical romance novels, because many good websites already serve romance readers. Check the Resources page for my favorite.
- Margaret Donsbach
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