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Recommend me a good historical fiction books (lemmy.world)
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I am looking for recommendations for some good historical fiction books. I am mostly interested in books about mediaeval times or even earlier, as I find it fascinating to understand the struggles of the people back then, but I am also open to any suggestions if worthy.

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[โ€“] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Conn Iggulden's Emporer series is a great fictional retelling of Caesar's life.

Or

Conn Iggulden's The Wars of Roses series is a real page turner and does a great job of condensing a convoluted war into an easy to understand format.

James Clavell's Shogun is also good.

[โ€“] tpyoman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There's also a series on Genghis khan which I really liked from the same author.