# Yet Another Book Recommendation Thread: Historical Fiction

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-book-recommendation-thread-historical-fiction/307129 "2005-06-06T14:23:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-book-recommendation-thread-historical-fiction/307129/61 "2011-09-21T08:31:02Z")

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Have you read any of Morgan Llywelyn’s books? She fits your criteria. I started with The Bard and have now read most of her books.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-book-recommendation-thread-historical-fiction/307129/62 "2011-09-21T13:41:35Z")

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While they are aimed at adolescents, I like the [Dear America](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_America) series and all its spin-offs.

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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:** [September 21, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-book-recommendation-thread-historical-fiction/307129/63 "2011-09-21T19:41:53Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Gary Jennings’s huge but highly readable novel Aztec (1980). It is simply outstanding. It follows Mixtli, a young Aztec peasant with a knack for languages as he becomes in turn a scribe, a soldier, a merchant, a courtier, and a translator for the Revered Speaker, Moctecuzoma. Mixtli is the envoy sent to meet the Spanish when they land, and over his lifespan sees the Aztec “empire” at every level of society, from the height of its power to its utter defeat by the conquistadors.
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> Lots of sex, adventure, combat, intrigue, sex, revenge, sex, human sacrifices, and conquest. Did I mention sex?
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> Highly recommended.

Along with Journeyor and Spangle by Jennings. First one about Marco Polo second one about a traveling circus after the US Civil War.

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**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-book-recommendation-thread-historical-fiction/307129/64 "2011-09-21T21:08:26Z")

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Thank you for reviving this thread! My Amazon wish list has just doubled in size.

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