Best Historical Fiction

lamotamant: This book made historical fiction multi-POVs a complete addiction for me.

RuMuse: England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but lacks an heir, which creates ongoing crises. Told from POV of Thomas Cromwell.

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).

sturlington : DNF

RuMuse: Set in southern England from 1880 to post-WWI, it's a vivid account of 3 families and their friends, most of them liberal, artistic and unconventional, and how their world changed forever during the Great War.

dara85 : Too much fantasy for historical fiction.

sturlington : Alternate history or allegory.

RuMuse: Set in Maine, from pre-WWI into 1950's, a very well-written novel showing how the events and social mores of those times affected the characters.

sturlington : DNF