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This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of
historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period .
For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see
Category:Historical novels by setting , which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger
List of historical novels , which is organized by country, as well as the more general
Category:Historical novels and
Category:Historical fiction .
Novels
Set in Prehistory (c. 30,000 BC – 3000 BC)
Set in Classical Antiquity (c. 3000 BC – 500 AD)
Pharaoh by
Bolesław Prus
The Egyptian and
The Secret of the Kingdom by
Mika Waltari
River God by
Wilbur Smith
Child of the Morning by
Pauline Gedge
Men of Bronze by
Scott Oden
Death Comes as the End by
Agatha Christie
The Song of Achilles by
Madeline Miller
Troy Series by
David Gemmel
Homer's Daughter by
Robert Graves
Creation by
Gore Vidal
Gates of Fire ,
Last of the Amazons ,
The Virtues of War ,
The Afghan Campaign and
Tides of War by
Steven Pressfield
Hannibal by
Ross Leckie
Salammbô by
Gustave Flaubert
Fire from Heaven ,
The Persian Boy , and
Funeral Games by
Mary Renault
Child of a Dream ,
The Sands of Ammon , and
The Ends of the Earth (Alexander Trilogy) by
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Memnon by
Scott Oden
The Source by
James A. Michener
The Red Tent by
Anita Diamant
The Madonna Secret by Sophie Strand
Lavinia by
Ursula K. Le Guin
Masters of Rome series by
Colleen McCullough
Roma Sub Rosa series by
Steven Saylor
Imperium ,
Lustrum , and
Dictator (Cicero Trilogy) by
Robert Harris
Emperor series by
Conn Iggulden
Kleopatra Pharaoh by
Karen Essex
The Memoirs of Cleopatra by
Margaret George
The Ides of March by
Thornton Wilder
Augustus by
John Williams
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by
Lew Wallace
King Jesus by
Robert Graves
The Bronze Bow by
Elizabeth George Speare
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by
Anne Rice
The Gospel According to the Son by
Norman Mailer
The Gospel According to Lazarus by
Richard Zimler
The Last Temptation of Christ by
Nikos Kazantzakis
The Robe by
Lloyd C. Douglas
I, Claudius and
Claudius the God by
Robert Graves
Eagles of the Empire series and
Gladiator series by
Simon Scarrow
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Last Days of Pompeii by
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Pompeii by
Robert Harris
Memoirs of Hadrian by
Marguerite Yourcenar
The Eagle of the Ninth by
Rosemary Sutcliff
Helena by
Evelyn Waugh
Judge Dee by
Robert Van Gulik
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by
Luo Guanzhong and retold by
Eiji Yoshikawa
Julian by
Gore Vidal
Raptor by
Gary Jennings
A Struggle for Rome by
Felix Dahn
Set in the Middle Ages (c. AD 500 – 1500)
A Dream of Eagles (aka
Camulod Chronicles ) by
Jack Whyte (4th–6th)
The Warlord Chronicles by
Bernard Cornwell (6th)
Count Belisarius by
Robert Graves (6th)
Pope Joan by
Donna Woolfolk Cross (9th)
The Saxon Stories by
Bernard Cornwell (9th–10th)
Corban Loosestrife series by
Cecelia Holland (10th)
The Whale Road ,
The Wolf Sea and others (Oathsworn series) by
Robert Low (late 10th)
The Long Ships (Röde Orm ) by
Frans G. Bengtsson (late 10th)
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge series) by
Ken Follett (late 10th)
Lion of Ireland and
Pride of Lions by
Morgan Llywelyn (late 10th–early 11th)
Vinland by
George Mackay Brown (early 11th)
The Physician by
Noah Gordon (11th)
Samarkand by
Amin Maalouf (11th)
The Jester by
James Patterson and
Andrew Gross (11th)
The Last English King by
Julian Rathbone (mid-11th)
The Wake by
Paul Kingsnorth (late 11th)
King Raven series (Hood , Scarlet , and Tuck ) by
Stephen R. Lawhead (late 11th)
When Christ and His Saints Slept ,
Time and Chance , and
Devil's Brood (Plantagenet series) by
Sharon Kay Penman (12th)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge series) by
Ken Follett (12th)
The Walking Drum by
Louis L'Amour (12th)
The Cadfael Chronicles by
Ellis Peters (mid-12th)
The Ruby in Her Navel by
Barry Unsworth (12th)
Kay the Left-Handed by
Leslie Barringer (12th)
Anna of Byzantium by
Tracy Barrett (12th)
Gertrude and Claudius by
John Updike (12th)
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum by
Katherine Paterson (12th)
Witiko by
Adalbert Stifter
New Tale of the Heike by
Eiji Yoshikawa (late 12th)
Ivanhoe ,
The Talisman and others (
Waverley Novels ) by
Sir Walter Scott (late 12th)
Insurrection by
Robyn Young (13th)
Wolf of the Plains ,
Lords of the Bow and others (
Conqueror series ) by
Conn Iggulden (13th)
Here Be Dragons , Falls the Shadow , and
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes series) by
Sharon Kay Penman (13th)
Brethren ,
Crusade , and
Requiem (Brethren Trilogy) by
Robyn Young (13th)
Poland by
James A. Michener (mid-13th–early 15th)
The Journeyer by
Gary Jennings (late 13th–early 14th)
The Lion of Flanders by
Hendrik Conscience (late 13th–early 14th)
The Name of the Rose by
Umberto Eco (early 14th)
Valperga by
Mary Shelley (early 14th)
Harlequin ,
Vagabond ,
Heretic and
1356 (
The Grail Quest series) by
Bernard Cornwell (14th)
The Accursed Kings (Les Rois maudits ) by
Maurice Druon (14th)
Katherine by
Anya Seton (14th)
World Without End (Kingsbridge series) by
Ken Follett (14th)
The Knights of the Cross (Krzyżacy ) by
Henryk Sienkiewicz (14th–early 15th)
Cathedral of the Sea (La catedral del mar ) by
Ildefonso Falcones (late 14th)
Morality Play by
Barry Unsworth (late 14th)
L'Anneau du pêcheur by
Jean Raspail (late 14th–early 15th)
Azincourt by
Bernard Cornwell (early 15th)
The Sunne in Splendour by
Sharon Kay Penman (15th)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by
Victor Hugo
The House of Niccolò series by
Dorothy Dunnett (mid-15th)
Quentin Durward by
Walter Scott (15th)
The Birth of Venus by
Sarah Dunant (late 15th)
The Family by
Mario Puzo (late 15th)
Romola by
George Eliot (late 15th)
I, Mona Lisa by
Jeanne Kalogridis (late 15th)
Set in the Early Modern Period (c. 1500 – 1760)
Set during the Industrial Revolution and Napoleonic era (c. 1760 – 1850)
Set during recent history (c. 1850 – 1950)
Theatre
Set 2000 BC – 600 AD
Set 600 AD – 1550
Set after 1550
Opera
Set 3000 BC – 600 AD
Set 600 AD – 1800
Films and television
Set in
Prehistory (c. 30,000 BC – 3000 BC)
Poetry
The Destruction of Sennacherib by
Lord Byron :
Assyrian siege of Jerusalem , 8th century BC
The Light of Asia by
Sir Edwin Arnold : life of
Gautama Buddha , 6th or 5th century BC
The Rape of Lucrece by
William Shakespeare : reign of
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus in Rome, 6th century BC
Horatius by
Thomas Babington Macaulay :
Horatius Cocles vs
Lars Porsena , Rome, 6th century BC
Roderick the Last of the Goths by
Robert Southey : reign of
Roderic , 8th century Hispania
King Alfred by
John Fitchett : reign of
Alfred the Great , 9th century England
The Ballad of the White Horse by
G. K. Chesterton : reign of
Alfred the Great , 9th century England
The Saga of King Olaf by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : reign of
Olaf Tryggvason , 10th century Norway
Madoc by
Robert Southey : legend of
Madoc , 12th century Wales
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil and
The Eve of St. Agnes by
John Keats : European Middle Ages
Marmion by
Sir Walter Scott : reign of
Henry VIII of England & the
Battle of Flodden , 1513
The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson :
Battle of Flores , 1591
Bonnie Dundee by
Sir Walter Scott :
Viscount Dundee and the
Jacobite rising of 1689
Evangeline by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : the
Expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764)
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: American Revolutionary War (1775)
Battle of Niagara by
John Neal : War of 1812
Comics
Prehistoric
Ancient
Wuxia manhua
Samurai manga
See also
External links