Best Historical Fiction Featuring Real People

1.
Longsword: Edward and the Assassin (Return of the son Book 1)
Longsword: Edward and the Assassin (Return of the son Book 1) 4.11 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Oathbreaker (Return of the son Book 2)
Oathbreaker (Return of the son Book 2) 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,510 ratings
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,599 ratings
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,667 ratings
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The Last Days of Night
The Last Days of Night 4.16 avg rating — 43,213 ratings
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,473 ratings
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 508,929 ratings
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The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,483 ratings
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The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,048 ratings
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The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,449 ratings
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Loving Frank
Loving Frank 3.77 avg rating — 100,842 ratings
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The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,896 ratings
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 180,697 ratings
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11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,042 ratings
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Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1)
Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
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The Borgia Confessions
The Borgia Confessions 3.82 avg rating — 914 ratings
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Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 10,013 ratings
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Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
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Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,254 ratings
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Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4)
Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4) 4.34 avg rating — 15,885 ratings
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Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)
Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 9,277 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
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The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,769 ratings
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The Marriage of Opposites
The Marriage of Opposites 3.93 avg rating — 61,917 ratings
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The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia
The Green Phoenix: A Novel of Empress Xiaozhuang, the Woman Who Re-Made Asia 3.96 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,894 ratings
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I Am Madame X
I Am Madame X 3.76 avg rating — 3,067 ratings
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Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1)
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Amarna Book II: Book of Hawara
Amarna Book II: Book of Hawara 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey 3.98 avg rating — 34,673 ratings
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Amarna Book III: Book of Raia
Amarna Book III: Book of Raia 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas 4.04 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
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Imperial Woman
Imperial Woman 4.09 avg rating — 9,080 ratings
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Dodger
Dodger 3.94 avg rating — 27,642 ratings
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The Course of Honor
The Course of Honor 4.15 avg rating — 1,908 ratings
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Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,867 ratings
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Doc
Doc really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,358 ratings
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An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy 4.22 avg rating — 32,174 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
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A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,444 ratings
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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici 3.99 avg rating — 10,731 ratings
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The Source
The Source 4.30 avg rating — 45,002 ratings
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Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2)
Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) 4.30 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
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Queen Margot
Queen Margot 4.16 avg rating — 14,268 ratings
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries, #1)
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 7,398 ratings
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The Winthrop Woman
The Winthrop Woman 4.12 avg rating — 6,700 ratings
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The Sword of Attila: A Novel Of The Last Years Of Rome
The Sword of Attila: A Novel Of The Last Years Of Rome 3.92 avg rating — 788 ratings
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Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror, #1)
Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 36,857 ratings
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Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1)
Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1) 3.70 avg rating — 11,524 ratings
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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 — 17,210 ratings
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The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
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The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter 3.96 avg rating — 2,989 ratings
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Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 10,557 ratings
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Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,737 ratings
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Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1)
Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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Drood
Drood 3.54 avg rating — 17,353 ratings
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The Midnight Watch
The Midnight Watch 3.81 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
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Time and Time Again
Time and Time Again
by: Ben Elton
4.09 avg rating — 15,071 ratings
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The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 21,402 ratings
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The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
The Grand Duchess of Nowhere 4.06 avg rating — 799 ratings
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter 4.09 avg rating — 19,025 ratings
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And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis 4.19 avg rating — 5,626 ratings
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Lucretia
Lucretia 3.93 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The White Rose
The White Rose really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings
66.
Rebekah (Women of Genesis, #2)
Rebekah (Women of Genesis, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
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The White Rajah
The White Rajah 3.85 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Extracted (The Lost Imperials, #1)
Extracted (The Lost Imperials, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 576 ratings
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,304 ratings
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The Pirate's Daughter
The Pirate's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
66.
Chang and Eng
Chang and Eng 3.30 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
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Antonio's Will
Antonio's Will 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Rest without peace
Rest without peace 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,331 ratings
66.
Désirée
Désirée 4.16 avg rating — 12,202 ratings
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The Sherlockian
The Sherlockian 3.66 avg rating — 14,891 ratings
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Fall of the House of Queens (The Shattered Rose #1)
Fall of the House of Queens (The Shattered Rose #1) 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Jennie Wade: A Girl from Gettysburg (Founding of America Series)
Jennie Wade: A Girl from Gettysburg (Founding of America Series) 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Tsarina
Tsarina 3.90 avg rating — 6,255 ratings
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Into the Unbounded Night
Into the Unbounded Night 4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Your Story, My Story
Your Story, My Story 3.84 avg rating — 6,312 ratings
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Finding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu
Finding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu
by: Wayne Ng
4.07 avg rating — 67 ratings
66.
Leaving Coy's Hill
Leaving Coy's Hill 4.18 avg rating — 805 ratings
66.
Half Life
Half Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,384 ratings
66.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
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The Old Lion
The Old Lion 4.23 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
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Forgotten Courage
Forgotten Courage it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Anima Rising
Anima Rising 4.09 avg rating — 1,883 ratings
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Nevermore
Nevermore 3.27 avg rating — 473 ratings
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Rachel & Leah (Women of Genesis, #3)
Rachel & Leah (Women of Genesis, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 6,420 ratings
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You Are My Sunshine (All My Love, Detrick, #2)
You Are My Sunshine (All My Love, Detrick, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 5,175 ratings
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Temple of a Thousand Faces
Temple of a Thousand Faces 3.84 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
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The Love-Artist
The Love-Artist 3.34 avg rating — 678 ratings
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Moon Over Tangier (Francis Bacon #3)
Moon Over Tangier (Francis Bacon #3) 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Doomed Queen Anne (Young Royals, #3)
Doomed Queen Anne (Young Royals, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,317 ratings
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A Day of Signs and Wonders
A Day of Signs and Wonders 3.59 avg rating — 181 ratings
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The Cry and the Covenant
The Cry and the Covenant 4.54 avg rating — 325 ratings
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The Letter
The Letter 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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