Authors of Historical Novels

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Frank Yerby wrote historical novels set in various times and places, including the post-Civil War South, Dark Age Europe and ancient Greece; he died in 1991

Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born literary author of contemporary and historical fiction, best known for her novel Memoirs of Hadrian, set in ancient Rome; she died in 1987

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