# Historical fiction recommendations, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-recommendations-please/493939 "2009-04-22T03:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-recommendations-please/493939/41 "2009-04-23T15:58:40Z")
I haven’t finished it yet, but so far I’m quite enjoying _The Virgin Queen’s Daughter_ by Ella March Chase. It’s in a similar vein as Phillipa Gregory’s work, but I like Chase’s prose a great deal - it’s descriptive without being “purple” and her analogies are pretty original. There are a few emotional “I’m OK, you’re OK” -type moments that somehow seem a bit anachronistic to me (don’t know why I can’t envision Elizabethan courtiers engaging in soul-searching therapeutic dialogues, but I just can’t). Otherwise, it’s a good story so far and I’m interested seeing more from her in the future. If your interest extends back to the Roman Empire, Steven Saylor has a neat detective series called Roma Sub Rosa, which kicks off near the end of Sulla’s reign. And of course there’s the mighty Lindsey Davis! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-recommendations-please/493939/42 "2009-04-23T16:22:43Z")
Another vote for Patrick O’brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-recommendations-please/493939.md?page=2)