Best Historical Fiction

lewbs : Events in the book are contemporary to the author. Good book though.

elkiedee : I absolutely loved this when I read it but it was over 30 years ago now. I should reread, and would recommend to people who love historical fiction. I am thumbing it down because it's not a historical novel, it is a dual narrative story with a large part set in the past, but also a novel largely set in the author's present at the time of writing (late 1980s, published 1990).

lewbs : Events in the book are contemporary to the author. Excellent book though.

lewbs : Events in the book are contemporary to the author. Good book though.

lewbs : Events in the book are contemporary to the author.

elkiedee : I love this novel - but it's not historical fiction - it's a mostly contemporary novel with historical appeal. The main character is a 20th century police detective convalescing in bed and "investigating" the case of Richard III and the Princes in the Tower, but it's set in the author's present day.

longway: It is a thriller novel about an attempt to kill French President De Gaulle, written aroud ten years later the real attempt which inspire the novel

Matteocalosi : Not historical fiction

RobPoulton : contemporary adventure fiction