Historical Fiction
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Adult
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy - French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - French Revolution
Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell - American Revolution
Pompeii by Robert Harris - Mt. Vesuvius eruption
Lady Macbeth by Susan King - 11th Century Scotland
Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy - Queen of England
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen - World War II
The Thrall's Tale by Judith Lindergh - Viking Greenland
A Midnight Clear by William Wharton - World War II
The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye - British India, Afghan wars
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor - era of Charles II, King of England
Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger - Spanish Inquisition
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara - Civil War
Katherine by Anya Seton - Duchess of Lancaster, 14th Century
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter - early America
The Drowning Room by Michael Pye - 17th Century New York
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - World War I
True Grit by Charles Portis - American West
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
A Break With Charity: a Story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi
My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi - Civil War
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson - Philadelphia epidemic
April Morning by Howard Fast - American Revolution, Battle of Lexington
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli - World War II, Poland
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - World War II