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0:00 Introduction
0:50 {AD} The History Quill Book Club
01:51 What is historical fiction?
05:13 Key tropes, themes and subgenres
08:14 Book recommendations for every era
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books mentioned (affiliate links used)
ANCIENT ERA (PRE 500 AD)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781408891384
Circe by Madeline Miller: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781408890042
The Wolf's Den by Elodie Harper: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781838933531
Sister song by Lucy Hounsom: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781529039030
Fire From Heaven (Alexander the Great series) by Mary Renault: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780349010298
MIDDLE AGES (500 – 1500)
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780857207487
The War of the Roses Stormbird by Conn Igulden: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780718196349
The Girl Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781529043389
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780099466031
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781509848492
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780368263163
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780007218011
EARLY MODERN PERIOD (1500 – 1760)
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780006514008
The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781471133077
Six Queens series by Alison Weir: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781472227515
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781472223821
Hall of Wolves by Hilary Mantel: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780008381691
INDUSTRIAL ERA (1760 – 1840)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781784871949
Poldark by Winston Graham: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781447281528
Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9780007425792
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes-Gowar: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4768/9781784705992
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videos mentioned
Beginner's Guide to Regency Romance: https://youtu.be/yXIZRTm2s4o
Historical romance book recommendations: https://youtu.be/y2CtOa-tYqY
Historical fiction book recommendations: https://youtu.be/MXCQwfWam7E
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