HISTORICAL FICTION MAJOR AUTHORS

Kate Alcott Pat Barker Geraldine Brooks Elizabeth Chadwick Tracy Chevalier Bernard Cornwell Daphne du Maurier Barbara Erskine Michael Faber Margaret Forster Diana Gabaldon Amitav Ghosh C. W. Gortner Sandra Gulland Conn Iggulden Kazuo Ishiguro John Jakes Ben Kane Hilary Mantel Colleen McCullough James Michener Edith Pargeter/Ellis Peters Sharon Kay Penman Kate Quinn Mary Renault Edward Rutherfurd C. J. Sansom Rose Tremain Jack Whyte Gore Vidal

RESOURCES

Sarah L. Johnson. Historical Fiction: a guide to the genre. Sarah L. Johnson. Historical Fiction II: a guide to the genre. Lynda G. Adamson. World Histori-cal Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults ———————————- Historical Novel Society historicalnovelsociety.org Historical Novels.Info www.historicalnovels.info Reading the Past readingthepast.blogspot.ca Passages to the Past www.passagestothepast.com The Detective and the Toga histmyst.org Historical Fiction for Children & Young Adults bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html A Brief History of Historical Fiction www.readersadvisoronline.com/

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READER GUIDE

Read Alikes

If you like Jo Beverley...try Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick, Claire Delacroix, Deborah Hale, Georgette Heyer, Elizabeth Hoyt, Madeline Hunter, Eloisa James, Isolde Martyn, Candice Procter, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, Kathryn Smith

If you like Tracy Chevalier...try Kate Alcott, Geraldine Brooks, Stephanie Cowell, Daphne du Maurier, Sarah Dunant, Helen Humphreys, Teresa Kishkan, Lucy Pick, Beth Powning, Susan Vreeland

If you like Bernard Cornwell… try Jean M. Auel, T.F. Banks, Bryce Courtenay, Mi-chael Faber, David Gemmell, Amitav Ghosh, C.C. Humpreys, Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, Guy Gavriel Kay, David Liss, Morgan Llywelyn, Colleen McCullough, Mary Renault, Anthony Riches, Wilbur Smith, Jack Whyte, Leon Uris

If you like Margaret Frazer...try Alys Clare, Lindsey Davis, Umberto Eco, Ariana Franklin, C.W. Gortner, Susanna Gregory, Karen Harper, C.S. Harris, Michael Jecks, Edward Marston, Sharon Newman, Sha-ron Kay Penman (Justin de Quincy se-ries), Ellis Peters, C.J. Sansom

If you like Alan Furst...try Robert Harris, Maureen Jennings (Tom Tyler series), Stuart Kaminsky, Philip Kerr, Julian Rathbone, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

If you like Diana Gabaldon...try Sara Donati, Barbara Erskine, Elizabeth Harris, Kate Mosse, Lucinda Riley, Anya Seton

What is Historical Fiction?

Historical fiction features stories set anywhere from Biblical Times to the mid and later 20th century. Defined by The Historical Novel Society as having been: "...written at least fifty years after the events described, or … by someone who was not alive at the time of those events..."*, the genre is rich with variety, including such sub-genres as time-travel, reincarnation, mys-tery, and fantasy as well as bio-graphical, and alternate history fiction. It entertains and educates, taking its readers into the past to experience life in a different time. Many fans of the genre say they hated history in school, but came to love it through reading works of historical fiction.

*Lee, Richard. "Defining the Gen-re." Historical Novel Society. His-torical Novel Society. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

Read Alikes If you like Sandra Gulland...try Patricia Bracewell, Elizabeth Chadwick, Margaret George, C.W. Gortner, Helen Hollick, Su-sanna Kearsley, Michelle Moran, Diana Norman, Edith Pargeter, Sharon Kay Pen-man, Kate Quinn, Eva Stachniak, Reay Tannahill

If you like Cynthia Harrod-Eagles…try Pamela Belle, Winston Graham, Susan Howatch, Norah Lofts, Jean Plaidy, Reay Tannahill

If you like Hilary Mantel...try Peter Ackroyd, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Sarah Dunant, Dorothy Dunnett, Michael Ennis, Margaret Forster, Robert Graves, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally O’Reilly, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Jane Urquhart, Guy Vanderhaeghe

If you like Patrick O’Brian...try David Donachie, C.S. Forester, Dewey Lambdin, Douglas Reeman, S. Thomas Russell, Tim Severin, Julian Stockwin

If you like Elizabeth Peters...try Rhys Bow-en, Barbara Cleverly, Kerry Greenwood, Maureen Jennings, Anne Perry, Victoria Thompson, Jacqueline Winspear,

If you like Jennifer Robson...try Jennifer Donnelly, Hazel Gaynor, Daisy Goodwin, Sarah Harrison, Linda Holeman, Brenda Jagger, Ami McKay, Linda Spalding, M. K. Tod If you like Edward Rutherfurd...try Michael Ennis, Ken Follett, Robert Harris, John Jakes, James Michener, Gore Vidal