Dude! Thank you for this! I’m an audiobook junkie. Listen during driving, cleaning, etc. getting harder and harder to find good ancient history fiction at audible - they don’t do a good job of letting you find this sub genre using their filters. Your list has several that I have enjoyed and several I haven’t tried. Going to start with Boudica now.
HAVE to restart The Pillars. Follett's Key to Rebecca very good. Love historical fiction. Older folks enjoy Solzhenitzyn --Gulag. Michener--The Source, Centennial. The Covenant, many others. Clavell,--Shogun, HW Brands The Age of Gold. Many of his Biographies, Ron Cherno's bios.
Excellent list, thank you for the video. May I add the Flashman series by George Macdonald Fraser. Action, humor and well researched history in one packet.
*Pats self on the back* - There was so much here but I think the stand outs to me would be "The Conqueror series" Temujin is always such an interesting character. But then "The Oathsworn series/The adventures of Odysseus/The Kingmaking" just because of that real life integration or inspiration elements to the idea of myths and legends that people tell really interests me.
Yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard but I love all these books and I didn't feel I could leave any out! Any of those would be a great read. I really like the kind of story that digs into the potential basis for myths and legends, so interesting! I hope you feel inspired to check them out (although I've got a feeling 'The Kingmaking' might be tricky to get hold of, it's pretty niche interest I think, but a great book)
Great list of recommendations! Apparently we have the same reading habits 😆 The one author you need to read if you enjoyed the bricks by Ken Follett are those of Ildefonso Falcones. Great hisctorical novels set in medieval Iberia zooming in on both Catalonian and Moor culture. They are also really well translated into english. "Cathedral of the Sea" is your starting point.
Thanks for doing this, I'm just getting into this genre and tbh was not sure where to start. I've read a few by debut authors from around the 17th century but were female/feminist centred and not really my thing. I've found relying on Amazon reviews can be misleading because I'm never sure that they are authentic. So i'll have a look at some of yours. Could do with a few easy read paper turner to get me going.
Good choice, the Anglo-Saxon period is a personal favourite of mine and, along with the Last Kingdom series, Harffy's is some of the best I've read. Definitely an easy read and plenty of action to keep you hooked. I hope you enjoy it!
This is by far the most satisfying review of HF I’ve seen. The other dozen I watched were almost exclusively women’s fiction.
Love the historical fiction videos
Excellent list. Hands down, excellent.
Haha your accent made me chuckle! It’s so quaint . . .
Dude! Thank you for this! I’m an audiobook junkie. Listen during driving, cleaning, etc. getting harder and harder to find good ancient history fiction at audible - they don’t do a good job of letting you find this sub genre using their filters. Your list has several that I have enjoyed and several I haven’t tried. Going to start with Boudica now.
Just bought the Boudicca series (audiobooks) based on your recommendation. I listen as I drive because I hate the radio. Thank you.
Excellent reviews. Thank you Looking forward to reading all you have suggested
The master of Rome series by Colleen McCullough is a masterpiece. Amazing suggestions!
I love pillars of the earth so much! Great recommendations, thanks man :)
These are the recommendations I've been looking for mate. Thanks a lot 🗡️👍 cheers from North Carolina, usa
Thanks for the great list of recommendation... Will definetely checkout those, Greeting from Srilanka..😊
HAVE to restart The Pillars. Follett's Key to Rebecca very good. Love historical fiction. Older folks enjoy Solzhenitzyn --Gulag. Michener--The Source, Centennial. The Covenant, many others. Clavell,--Shogun, HW Brands The Age of Gold. Many of his Biographies, Ron Cherno's bios.
Excellent list, thank you for the video.
May I add the Flashman series by George Macdonald Fraser.
Action, humor and well researched history in one packet.
*Pats self on the back* - There was so much here but I think the stand outs to me would be "The Conqueror series" Temujin is always such an interesting character. But then "The Oathsworn series/The adventures of Odysseus/The Kingmaking" just because of that real life integration or inspiration elements to the idea of myths and legends that people tell really interests me.
Yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard but I love all these books and I didn't feel I could leave any out! Any of those would be a great read. I really like the kind of story that digs into the potential basis for myths and legends, so interesting! I hope you feel inspired to check them out (although I've got a feeling 'The Kingmaking' might be tricky to get hold of, it's pretty niche interest I think, but a great book)
Great list of recommendations! Apparently we have the same reading habits 😆 The one author you need to read if you enjoyed the bricks by Ken Follett are those of Ildefonso Falcones. Great hisctorical novels set in medieval Iberia zooming in on both Catalonian and Moor culture. They are also really well translated into english. "Cathedral of the Sea" is your starting point.
Loved both Cathedral of the sea, and the sequel, though I found them a bit more of a slow read than the Kingsbridge series by Follett.
You might check out "The Archer's Tale" by Cornwell if you haven't already yet. Awesome list. Thank you.
Great choices,I've read most of your choices. Another good series is The Australians by William Stuart Long.
Checkout Aztec by Gary Jennings. Also birds of prey or river god by Wilbur Smith. Amazing
I met Wilbur Smith in 1960 when I was a medical student.
He was a highly respected renal physiologist.
GOOD TASTE, THANKS!
Recommend Troy series by David Gemmell
Thanks for doing this, I'm just getting into this genre and tbh was not sure where to start. I've read a few by debut authors from around the 17th century but were female/feminist centred and not really my thing. I've found relying on Amazon reviews can be misleading because I'm never sure that they are authentic. So i'll have a look at some of yours. Could do with a few easy read paper turner to get me going.
Think I will go for the Bericia books.
Good choice, the Anglo-Saxon period is a personal favourite of mine and, along with the Last Kingdom series, Harffy's is some of the best I've read. Definitely an easy read and plenty of action to keep you hooked. I hope you enjoy it!
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You should check out A burnable book by Bruce Holsinger, set in 1385, London.