James Clavell
Asian Saga series:
Shogun
Tai-pan
Gai-jin
Rat King
Noble House
Whirlwind
Dorothy Dunnett
(Renaissance Europe, mid 15th century)
The House of Niccolo’ series:
Niccolo Rising
The Spring of the Ram
Race of Scorpions
Scales of Gold, more in series...
Nicholas Guild
(Ancient Assyria, Babylon & Egypt)
Blood Star
Assyrian
Morgan Llywelyn
(Celtic history and myth)
Druids
Finn McCool
Lion of Ireland
The Last Prince of Ireland
Red Branch
Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome series:
The Grass Crown
First Man in Rome
Caesar’s Women
Steven Pressfield
(Ancient Greece)
Tides of War: a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
Gates of Fire: an epic novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Edward Rutherfurd
(Various histories)
The Forest: a novel
London
Princes of Ireland
Russka: the novel of Russia
Sarum: the novel of England
Wilbur Smith
(Ancient Egypt)
River God
Warlock
A few titles by Nigel Tranter
(Scottish history)
James, by the grace of God: a novel
Land of the Scots
Lord in Waiting
Unicorn Rampart
The Wallace
Still want more? Try Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Takashi Matsuoka, Gilbert Morris and Sharon Kay Penman.
Asian Saga series:
Shogun
Tai-pan
Gai-jin
Rat King
Noble House
Whirlwind
Dorothy Dunnett
(Renaissance Europe, mid 15th century)
The House of Niccolo’ series:
Niccolo Rising
The Spring of the Ram
Race of Scorpions
Scales of Gold, more in series...
Nicholas Guild
(Ancient Assyria, Babylon & Egypt)
Blood Star
Assyrian
Morgan Llywelyn
(Celtic history and myth)
Druids
Finn McCool
Lion of Ireland
The Last Prince of Ireland
Red Branch
Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome series:
The Grass Crown
First Man in Rome
Caesar’s Women
Steven Pressfield
(Ancient Greece)
Tides of War: a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
Gates of Fire: an epic novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Edward Rutherfurd
(Various histories)
The Forest: a novel
London
Princes of Ireland
Russka: the novel of Russia
Sarum: the novel of England
Wilbur Smith
(Ancient Egypt)
River God
Warlock
A few titles by Nigel Tranter
(Scottish history)
James, by the grace of God: a novel
Land of the Scots
Lord in Waiting
Unicorn Rampart
The Wallace
Still want more? Try Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Takashi Matsuoka, Gilbert Morris and Sharon Kay Penman.