Best Historical Fiction Featuring Real People

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Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa
Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa 3.25 avg rating — 890 ratings
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The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.92 avg rating — 1,981 ratings
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Woman Of Many Names
Woman Of Many Names 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis 4.27 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
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Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1)
Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 12,136 ratings
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The Voyage
The Voyage 4.11 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
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The Winship Family: The Children (The Winship Family Trilogy #2)
The Winship Family: The Children (The Winship Family Trilogy #2) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Look Who's Back
Look Who's Back 3.43 avg rating — 40,256 ratings
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33 A.D. (Bachiyr, #1)
33 A.D. (Bachiyr, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
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Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory 4.02 avg rating — 20,194 ratings
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Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1)
Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1) 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Mr. Dickens and His Carol
Mr. Dickens and His Carol 3.78 avg rating — 20,447 ratings
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The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.92 avg rating — 1,981 ratings
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Let Me Live In Peace: The Life of Col. Charles Cessna
Let Me Live In Peace: The Life of Col. Charles Cessna liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Flicker of Light
A Flicker of Light 3.95 avg rating — 1,670 ratings
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In the Shadow of Lady Jane
In the Shadow of Lady Jane 3.83 avg rating — 236 ratings
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The Winship Family: Independence (The Winship Family Trilogy #3)
The Winship Family: Independence (The Winship Family Trilogy #3) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,529 ratings
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We Speak No Treason
We Speak No Treason 4.09 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals, #5)
Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals, #5) 3.72 avg rating — 1,689 ratings
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Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller 4.06 avg rating — 3,439 ratings
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A Sudden Dawn
A Sudden Dawn 4.30 avg rating — 128 ratings
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Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1)
Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,017 ratings
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Oil and Marble
Oil and Marble 4.08 avg rating — 11,198 ratings
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The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose 4.19 avg rating — 15,763 ratings
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The Winship Family: Father and Son (The Winship Family Trilogy #1)
The Winship Family: Father and Son (The Winship Family Trilogy #1) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,302 ratings
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Priam's daughter
Priam's daughter 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals, #6)
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals, #6) 3.94 avg rating — 2,108 ratings
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Ride the Wind
Ride the Wind 4.39 avg rating — 6,242 ratings
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The hope of Tibet: A Novel
The hope of Tibet: A Novel 4.27 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
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The Empress
The Empress 3.84 avg rating — 3,866 ratings
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To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis (Nowhere Series #2)
To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis (Nowhere Series #2) 4.10 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance 3.64 avg rating — 3,829 ratings
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Crippen
Crippen 3.98 avg rating — 3,768 ratings
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The Night of the Ripper
The Night of the Ripper 3.60 avg rating — 605 ratings
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The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)
The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) 3.60 avg rating — 14,374 ratings
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Loving Will Shakespeare
Loving Will Shakespeare 3.49 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
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The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 17,989 ratings
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The Kosambi Intrigue; A Tale in the Time of the Buddha
The Kosambi Intrigue; A Tale in the Time of the Buddha 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The First Mrs. Rothschild
The First Mrs. Rothschild 3.92 avg rating — 6,767 ratings
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,915 ratings
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At the Mercy of the Queen
At the Mercy of the Queen 3.91 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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The Pony Express (More Bright Sparks, 7)
The Pony Express (More Bright Sparks, 7) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage 3.10 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Faraday & Frankenstein (Warnings to the Curious #1)
Faraday & Frankenstein (Warnings to the Curious #1) 3.57 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Patience, Princess Catherine (Young Royals, #4)
Patience, Princess Catherine (Young Royals, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
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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 — 28,700 ratings
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A King's Ransom (Plantagenets #5; Richard the Lionheart #2)
A King's Ransom (Plantagenets #5; Richard the Lionheart #2) 4.37 avg rating — 3,818 ratings
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Chojun: A Novel
Chojun: A Novel 4.27 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Vanessa and Her Sister
Vanessa and Her Sister 3.77 avg rating — 6,179 ratings
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The Only Woman in the Room
The Only Woman in the Room 3.87 avg rating — 102,842 ratings
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The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn 3.33 avg rating — 2,192 ratings
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A June of Ordinary Murders (Joe Swallow, #1)
A June of Ordinary Murders (Joe Swallow, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 517 ratings
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Chernobyl
Chernobyl 3.86 avg rating — 536 ratings
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Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 8,018 ratings
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Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1)
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 3,692 ratings
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Lust for Life
Lust for Life 4.27 avg rating — 30,950 ratings
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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn 3.84 avg rating — 7,631 ratings
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Ruled Britannia
Ruled Britannia 3.71 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights 3.83 avg rating — 6,771 ratings
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Mutiny's Daughter
Mutiny's Daughter 3.55 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Creation
Creation 4.22 avg rating — 4,935 ratings
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Mademoiselle Boleyn
Mademoiselle Boleyn 3.97 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
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In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
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Love Disguised
Love Disguised 3.17 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 16,356 ratings
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The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar 3.92 avg rating — 15,671 ratings
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Gob's Grief
Gob's Grief 3.74 avg rating — 608 ratings
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Ophelia's Muse
Ophelia's Muse 3.67 avg rating — 284 ratings
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Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1)
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating — 7,729 ratings
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The Romanov Bride
The Romanov Bride 3.57 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
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Hitler's Niece
Hitler's Niece 3.25 avg rating — 1,278 ratings
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Newes from the Dead
Newes from the Dead 3.76 avg rating — 2,329 ratings
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The King's Shadow
The King's Shadow 3.92 avg rating — 874 ratings
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Rasputin's Daughter
Rasputin's Daughter 3.48 avg rating — 3,792 ratings
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Memoirs of an English officer (the military memoirs of Capt. George Carleton);: With, The history of the remarkable life of John Sheppard; and, The ... a Highland officer;
Memoirs of an English officer (the military memoirs of Capt. George Carleton);: With, The history of the remarkable life of John Sheppard; and, The ... a Highland officer; 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary Queen of Scots (Young Royals, #7)
The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary Queen of Scots (Young Royals, #7) 3.72 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 179,760 ratings
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The Invention of Fire (John Gower, #2)
The Invention of Fire (John Gower, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
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The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.39 avg rating — 2,618 ratings
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Clara
Clara 3.69 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Crown of Aloes
Crown of Aloes 3.68 avg rating — 242 ratings
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The Stolen One
The Stolen One 3.54 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
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Roma (Roma, #1)
Roma (Roma, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 8,665 ratings
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The Eagle's Claw
The Eagle's Claw 4.35 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
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See You Later Alligator
See You Later Alligator 3.78 avg rating — 388 ratings
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The King's Rose
The King's Rose 3.56 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
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The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker 3.50 avg rating — 31,331 ratings
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Julie
Julie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,462 ratings
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The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia
The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia 3.91 avg rating — 5,362 ratings
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Cleopatra's Moon
Cleopatra's Moon 4.01 avg rating — 4,514 ratings
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Arms of Nemesis (Roma Sub Rosa, #2)
Arms of Nemesis (Roma Sub Rosa, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 4,830 ratings
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Girl in a Blue Dress
Girl in a Blue Dress 3.57 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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Fanny and Sue
Fanny and Sue 3.55 avg rating — 132 ratings
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The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance
The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance 3.81 avg rating — 3,246 ratings
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Burke - Now and Then
Burke - Now and Then 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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