Authors of Historical NovelsRElizabeth Redfern writes thrillers set in seventeenth and eighteenth century London. Mary Renault wrote contemporary and historical fiction but is best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Article about Mary Renault Abigail Reynolds is the author of a series of novels inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Website Jean Rhys was born and grew up in the West Indies and wrote mostly contemporary fiction, but is best known for her historical novel Wide Sargasso Sea inspired by the mad wife in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Wikipedia Entry Anne Rice is best known for her vampire novels, which incorporate historical settings, but has also written straight historical fiction; her most recent novels are historical fiction based on the life of Jesus. Website Frederic Richaud is the author of a novel about the gardener at Louis XIV’s Versailles Carme Riera is the author of a novel set on the Spanish Island of Majorca during the Inquisition. Judith Merkle Riley writes novels set in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Website Francine Rivers writes Christian-themed historical novels. Website Candace Robb writes mysteries set in medieval Scotland and England. Website John Maddox Roberts writes the SPQR mystery series set in ancient Rome. Wikipedia Entry Judson Roberts is the author of a series of novels set in Viking Denmark. Website Tony Roberts is the the current author (beginning with book #25) of the Casca series begun by Barry Sadler. Website Lucia St. Clair Robson writes historical novels set in various times and places from feudal Japan to the American Old West. Website Caroline Roe is the pen name of Canadian author Medora Sale, who writes a mystery series set in fourteenth century Spain featuring a blind Jewish physican as sleuth. Martha Rofheart wrote a novel about Richard the Lionheart. Melodie Romeo is the author of an historical novel about Prince Vlad the Impaler. Rosemary Rowe is the pen name under which Rosemary Aitken writes a mystery series set in Roman Britain. Website Laura Joh Rowland writes historical novels, including a mystery series set in seventeenth century Japan. Website Mary Doria Russell writes literary science fiction and historical fiction. Website Edward Rutherfurd writes sweep-of-history style novels set in England, Russia and Ireland. Website
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