History through Novels: 1000-1899 Western Europe

1.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,402 ratings
2.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,483 ratings
3.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,500 ratings
4.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 268,976 ratings
5.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
6.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,657 ratings
7.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,736 ratings
8.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,372 ratings
9.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,594 ratings
10.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,179 ratings
11.
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers 4.26 avg rating — 28,697 ratings
12.
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 94,354 ratings
13.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
14.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,694 ratings
15.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,209 ratings
16.
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 9,983 ratings
17.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,864 ratings
18.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 60,124 ratings
19.
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
20.
The Red Queen
The Red Queen 3.82 avg rating — 76,900 ratings
21.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,439 ratings
22.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,954 ratings
23.
Courage
Courage 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
24.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,353 ratings
25.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,453 ratings
26.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating — 140,063 ratings
27.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,571 ratings
28.
An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating — 26,659 ratings
29.
The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1/Arthurian Saga, #1)
The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1/Arthurian Saga, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 47,928 ratings
30.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,203 ratings
31.
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 58,389 ratings
32.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,929 ratings
33.
The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1)
The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 7,982 ratings
34.
Three Hills (The Borderer Chronicles, #1)
Three Hills (The Borderer Chronicles, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings
34.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating — 45,604 ratings
36.
The Blue (Genevieve Planché, #1)
The Blue (Genevieve Planché, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 3,838 ratings
37.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,628 ratings
38.
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 58,575 ratings
39.
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5) 4.36 avg rating — 22,226 ratings
40.
The Glass-Blowers
The Glass-Blowers 3.71 avg rating — 3,045 ratings
41.
Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating — 6,653 ratings
42.
The Last Templar (Knights Templar, #1)
The Last Templar (Knights Templar, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
43.
A Rose for Lancaster
A Rose for Lancaster 4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings
44.
The Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15)
The Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15) 4.13 avg rating — 5,978 ratings
45.
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I 3.97 avg rating — 6,897 ratings
46.
A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,444 ratings
47.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,124 ratings
48.
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 32,090 ratings
49.
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 31,749 ratings
50.
Within the Hollow Crown
Within the Hollow Crown 3.84 avg rating — 698 ratings
51.
I, Elizabeth
I, Elizabeth 4.02 avg rating — 13,543 ratings
51.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,428 ratings
53.
The Poyson Garden (Elizabeth I, #1)
The Poyson Garden (Elizabeth I, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
54.
The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1)
The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
55.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,354 ratings
56.
Pope Joan
Pope Joan 4.10 avg rating — 73,849 ratings
57.
The Sanctuary Seeker (Crowner John Mystery #1)
The Sanctuary Seeker (Crowner John Mystery #1) 3.92 avg rating — 2,052 ratings
58.
The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mysteries, #3)
The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mysteries, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 599 ratings
59.
Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2)
Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
60.
Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1)
Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,368 ratings
61.
The Borgia Bride
The Borgia Bride 3.86 avg rating — 11,135 ratings
62.
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1)
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
63.
Cat and Mouse
Cat and Mouse 4.11 avg rating — 368 ratings
64.
Devotion and the Devil (The Borderer Chronicles, #2)
Devotion and the Devil (The Borderer Chronicles, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
64.
The Borgia Confessions
The Borgia Confessions 3.82 avg rating — 914 ratings
66.
Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 13,363 ratings
67.
Drood
Drood 3.54 avg rating — 17,353 ratings
68.
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 17,191 ratings
69.
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating — 46,856 ratings
70.
The Hangman's Hymn (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #5)
The Hangman's Hymn (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #5) 4.28 avg rating — 501 ratings
71.
Cathedral of the Sea
Cathedral of the Sea 4.17 avg rating — 61,944 ratings
72.
Ghostly Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #4)
Ghostly Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 487 ratings
73.
A Tapestry of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #2)
A Tapestry of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 502 ratings
74.
A Tournament of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #3)
A Tournament of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 442 ratings
75.
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 3.87 avg rating — 3,616 ratings
76.
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake #4)
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake #4) 4.37 avg rating — 26,665 ratings
77.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo 4.09 avg rating — 93,727 ratings
78.
The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1)
The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
79.
The Queene's Cure (Elizabeth I, #4)
The Queene's Cure (Elizabeth I, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 536 ratings
80.
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1)
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
81.
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1)
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 3,692 ratings
82.
The Dress Lodger
The Dress Lodger 3.56 avg rating — 8,047 ratings
83.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,477 ratings
84.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating — 99,470 ratings
85.
The Astrologer
The Astrologer 3.85 avg rating — 72 ratings
85.
Master of Illusion, Book One
Master of Illusion, Book One 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
85.
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1)
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings
88.
Hangman Blind (Abbess of Meaux, #1)
Hangman Blind (Abbess of Meaux, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
89.
Nobody's Slave
Nobody's Slave 3.90 avg rating — 993 ratings
90.
Lucretia
Lucretia 3.93 avg rating — 59 ratings
90.
The Blood upon the Rose
The Blood upon the Rose 3.75 avg rating — 442 ratings
92.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,119 ratings
93.
Juliet's Nurse
Juliet's Nurse 3.55 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
94.
To Dance with Kings
To Dance with Kings 4.11 avg rating — 3,604 ratings
94.
Niccolo Rising (The House of Niccolo, #1)
Niccolo Rising (The House of Niccolo, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 4,602 ratings
96.
Company of Liars
Company of Liars 3.86 avg rating — 16,322 ratings
96.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter 4.22 avg rating — 10,072 ratings
96.
Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)
Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 16,412 ratings
99.
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,599 ratings
100.
The White Company
The White Company 3.89 avg rating — 4,712 ratings
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