# Historical Fiction for reading  list .....need answer fast

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**Created:** [June 29, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124 "2017-06-29T11:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124/21 "2017-07-02T15:44:00Z")

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Sharon Kay Penman good reads about Llewelyn the Great and King John…

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124/22 "2017-07-05T07:47:24Z")

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If you read _ **I, Claudius** _, you have to follow it up with _ **Claudius the God** _. The edition I have (Penguin, I believe) has both in one book.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124/23 "2017-07-05T08:37:28Z")

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Only a novella but **[The Fireflies of Port Stanley](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fireflies-Port-Stanley-Marc-Jones-ebook/dp/B00COBGLLA)** is a good read. Not fiction, but again a short and good read is **[A.C.A.B All Coppers are Bastards](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DFB2YTG)**.

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124/24 "2017-07-05T10:53:39Z")

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Hilary Mantel - _Wolf Hall_ and _Bring up the Bodies_

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**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124/25 "2017-07-06T04:00:21Z")

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You could do a lot worse than Ken Follett’s _The Pillars of the Earth_. (And possibly the follow-up, _World Without End_, though I haven’t read that yet.)

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