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Historical Fiction Novels

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  1. Sai

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    Anyone a reader of this genre? For a while I liked to read about the Jews throughout the dark ages, medieval era and others because it was an enjoyable way to get acclimated to periods of history during the Times of the Gentiles. Please make any recommendations (it doesn’t have to relate to the Jews).
     
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    Brothers https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385293283/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lNpfFbXDHEKVN

    Probably my favorite. The Russian conscription that killed many Jewish youths during the pogroms was unbelievably cruel. Most who survived did not pass on their experiences because of the guilt associated in surviving and the deaths of their families and villages upon completion of their service. Bernice Rubens tells their story in this novel of two brothers who survived the ordeal just in time to be swept up into the nazi era.
     
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    The Last Confession of Vlad was good
     
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    Historical fiction is a genre I generally avoid, too easy for me to confuse it with general history.

    I’ve been reading “The Book Thief” on and off for months now, it might fit into the category broadly, narrated by the personification of death.

    Rob
     
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    Thanks
     
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    London by Rutherford traces two fictional families and their descendants from when Caesar looks to the island up to WWI. Great way to familiarize one’s self with the history of Britain.
     
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    Eric Flint's The Ring of Fire and its follow-ons.
     
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    The Killer Angels, Gettysburg, The Last full measure.
     
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    Great thx!
     
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    1. If you're interested in Roman history I would recommend Colleen McCullough's seven-volume The Masters of Rome series, which begins with Marius and Sulla and ends with the victory of Octavian to become first emperor. The series spans the late Republic, the fall of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire. If your knowledge of Roman history begins with Romulus and Remus being raised by wolves and skips to Julius Caesar, it's an accessible way to catch up on a lot.

    2. Robert Graves' I, Claudius; Claudius the God and his Wife Messalina; and Count Belisarius. The latter is about Justinian's great general; Graves is no fan of Justinian, the last emperor to rule over both halves of the empire, but IMO the plague had more to do with Justinian's woes than anything he did personally.

    3. Two novels by Gore Vidal: Burr, in which Burr and not Hamilton is the hero; and Lincoln. Vidal also wrote other historical fiction, but I found them boring and preachy.

    4. I've only read two of Jeff Shaara's books — Gods and Generals and The Glorious Cause, but I expect to read more.
     
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    Yes, Rome is definitely an interest. I’ll head over to amazon. Thx
     
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    I've read only one of Rutherfurd's books, Russka, whose plot seems very much like that of London. It's an interesting introduction to Russian history, but I thought the modern families were not very interesting compared to their forebears.
     
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    Yes. Except England has so much that was part of America. I liked them both. Thx!
     
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