What are some good historical fiction books, mainly in the periods of: early 18th century, mainly naval affairs and pirates. Medieval times, war politics etc. Mid-late 19th century america, cowboys lawmen etc. Any recomendations?
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You can't go wrong with Don Quixote & dante's Inferno to get a good Medieval feeling.
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Pirates! By Celia Rees is sooooooo good. Its about two girl pirates name Minerva and Nancy. Heres an amazon page on it http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Teens-Top-10-Awards/dp/1582348162... It is REALLY hard to get your hands on a copy if you are a canadian, actually I probably never would have read it if my teacher didn't have it.
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For naval fiction, especially 19th century, Patrick O'Brian is excellent -- Master and Commander series dealing with Napoleonic era. For European Medieval times, especially dealing with the rulers of those times, Jean Plaidy has written many series, including series about the Norman kings, the Plantagenets, the Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Georgian era, plus a few of other European figures. Her books tend to do more telling than showing, and are somewhat repetitive, but the books are very accurate as to the historical facts. Other authors I've heard of, though haven't read yet, include Sharon Kay Penman (several historical fiction series of Medieval times from about 1100 to 1500 A.D.) and Bernard Cornwell.
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Texas by James Michner starts about 1600 and follows the history up to 1990s.
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Some old, but good authors are Frederick Marryat for Sea novels, and Robert Louis Stevenson. His Treasure Island is the classic of the genre of Pirate stories. He did other great, dark stories, too. And check out Ambrose Bierce.
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I love the Hornblower books by C S Forester - early 18th century naval and, in my opinion, spellbinding. For mid 19th century war stories from all over the world, try the Flashman books by George Macdonald Frazer.
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