Favourite Historical Fiction Ever 20-11

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @BooksWithBenghisKahn
    @BooksWithBenghisKahn 4 месяца назад +1

    It’s absolutely bonkers how much great hist fic you’ve read from so many authors 🔥🔥🔥
    I’ve gotten into hist fic only recently through Cornwell with Warlord, Sharpe, and the first couple Last Kingdom books and desperately need to get into all these series that you are gushing about! I already have the Iggulden ones and Wolf Hall and an omnibus for the Cicero trilogy so they’re patiently waiting their turn on the shelf.

  • @MargaretPinard
    @MargaretPinard 4 месяца назад +2

    I think people who don't usually read historical fiction will be surprised to learn there are so many series!! Good that you've found some key authors to love. If I had to go back through the Maisie Dobbs series and rank them... well, I'd have to reread them all! 🥰

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад +1

      I think they definitely would! Historical fiction is a genre with such a wide variety of subgenres and forms and lengths. Hahah, a good excuse for a reread!

  • @Phoenixyellowback
    @Phoenixyellowback 4 месяца назад +2

    Love your videos ❤

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад

      That is so lovely to hear! Thank you so much for watching :).

  • @stevehoran6011
    @stevehoran6011 4 месяца назад +1

    I read Yellow Sky Revolt at your recommendation and loved it and a couple more in the series

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад

      That is beyond awesome to hear! So glad you also loved Yellow Sky Revolt! I need to catch up with the series....

  • @MacScarfield
    @MacScarfield 4 месяца назад +1

    I am actually planning to read “Lustrum” this month! “Imperium” is in my top 3 reads this year, so I am excited to hear your praise!
    Hope to get to “Lancelot” and maybe “Wolf’s Den” this coming Winter, and loved the “Wolf Hall” TV adaptation, so that one is definitely also on my Longterm TBR list! Cheers!

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад +1

      So many books on your list I wish I could read for the first time again! Thanks for watching.

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 4 месяца назад +1

    Happy reading to you!! 😊

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching, and happy reading :).

  • @Vinteractive
    @Vinteractive 4 месяца назад +1

    Great list! I recommend The Hild Sequence by Nicola Griffith (Book 1: Hild; Book 2: Menewood)

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks so much for the recommendation! I'll check it out :).

  • @mariodominguez3366
    @mariodominguez3366 4 месяца назад +1

    Ufff, really nice!

  • @playermartin286
    @playermartin286 4 месяца назад +1

    I couldn´t get into for whom the bell tolls at all. The characters were so frustrating haha

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад

      Shame it did not click with you! Have you tried out any other Hemingway?

    • @playermartin286
      @playermartin286 4 месяца назад

      @@williamgwynne yeah i really enjoyed the old man and the sea. I’m gonna try farewell to arms next

  • @joelharris4399
    @joelharris4399 4 месяца назад +2

    Hilary Mantel is a regular favourite, no surprise there. What about Gore Vidal, if I might ask, he would easily make it into any list that caters to historical fiction. He was one of the best writers in that genre and for a long time, too bad not a soul these days talk about him on BookTube.

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад +1

      I have not read any Vidal as of yet. Any particular work you recommend I begin with?

    • @joelharris4399
      @joelharris4399 4 месяца назад

      @@williamgwynne To wet your beak, you can start with Julian (1964) or "Creation" (1981) which is about the Axial Age when the major religions first leapt on the historical scene

    • @MargaretPinard
      @MargaretPinard 4 месяца назад +1

      I read 1876 by Vidal and found it fairly dense, and not as good a source as I was hoping for Reconstruction information...then also I found his nonfiction, Perpetual War, to be plain and obvious, rather the other direction. 🤷🏻‍♀

    • @joelharris4399
      @joelharris4399 4 месяца назад

      @@MargaretPinard Yes, he had a reputation for being aloof, comes with the intellectual territory. Compared to Harold Bloom, Vidal is a breeze 🤣

  • @thebrothersgwynne
    @thebrothersgwynne 4 месяца назад +1

    Boooo! Wolf Hall!! Booooo!
    Great list though. Need to read For Whom The Bell Tolls.
    Ed

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад

      Oi, no disrespect allowed! I think you’d love For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • @karolyseregi6888
    @karolyseregi6888 4 месяца назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @ericneff9908
    @ericneff9908 4 месяца назад +1

    For Whom the Bell Tools is one of the few books that made me outright bawl. Loved it so so much!

    • @williamgwynne
      @williamgwynne  4 месяца назад +1

      Has a way of tugging on the heartstrings! Have you read any other Hemingway?

    • @ericneff9908
      @ericneff9908 4 месяца назад

      @@williamgwynne Yes. 3 novels total, plus The Old Man and the Sea. I think I liked this one best though. I remember finishing it on a sunny day in my front yard in high school and just losing it. BTW, If you're ever in the States, I recommend a side trip to his house in Key West, FL. Many ancestors of his famous six-toed cats still live on the property. And the nearby nightlife is pretty cool too. Cheers!