Fictionalized accounts of real people

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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 — 508,933 ratings
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The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,770 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,515 ratings
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Loving Frank
Loving Frank 3.77 avg rating — 100,843 ratings
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The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,852 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,008 ratings
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The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife 3.91 avg rating — 75,929 ratings
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,668 ratings
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Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,479 ratings
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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,599 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 — 90,450 ratings
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Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,740 ratings
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The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,965 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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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 3.86 avg rating — 58,101 ratings
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Half Broke Horses
Half Broke Horses 4.09 avg rating — 171,092 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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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,600 ratings
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Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,064 ratings
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,450 ratings
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Chang and Eng
Chang and Eng 3.30 avg rating — 2,049 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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Homer & Langley
Homer & Langley 3.64 avg rating — 11,319 ratings
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The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,483 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 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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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 Interpretation of Murder
The Interpretation of Murder 3.57 avg rating — 15,839 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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The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13) 3.88 avg rating — 99,889 ratings
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The Painted Girls
The Painted Girls 3.61 avg rating — 36,173 ratings
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The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)
The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 9,609 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 — 30,895 ratings
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Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
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Drood
Drood 3.54 avg rating — 17,353 ratings
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The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker 3.50 avg rating — 31,330 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 Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating — 93,728 ratings
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Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln
Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln 4.01 avg rating — 4,293 ratings
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Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,932 ratings
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,125 ratings
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Doc
Doc really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,358 ratings
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Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
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The Powell Expeditions (Jubilee Walker Book 1)
The Powell Expeditions (Jubilee Walker Book 1)
by: Tim Piper
4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Blonde
Blonde 3.93 avg rating — 16,750 ratings
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Sarah
Sarah 3.74 avg rating — 9,944 ratings
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Alice I Have Been
Alice I Have Been 3.65 avg rating — 15,353 ratings
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker 3.54 avg rating — 32,350 ratings
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Sally Hemings
Sally Hemings 3.98 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
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The King's Concubine
The King's Concubine 3.98 avg rating — 3,307 ratings
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb 3.72 avg rating — 10,846 ratings
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Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Becoming Mrs. Lewis 4.05 avg rating — 48,059 ratings
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The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating — 592,975 ratings
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Anything for Billy
Anything for Billy 3.60 avg rating — 3,797 ratings
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Tidewater: A Novel
Tidewater: A Novel 4.22 avg rating — 3,104 ratings
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 331,895 ratings
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The Lost Queen
The Lost Queen 3.71 avg rating — 838 ratings
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The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel 3.85 avg rating — 5,846 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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Girl in a Blue Dress
Girl in a Blue Dress 3.57 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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Lust for Life
Lust for Life 4.27 avg rating — 30,947 ratings
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The Women
The Women 3.56 avg rating — 11,478 ratings
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Stealing Heaven
Stealing Heaven 4.20 avg rating — 294 ratings
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Flight of Dreams
Flight of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 9,335 ratings
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The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 21,405 ratings
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The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
The Grand Duchess of Nowhere 4.06 avg rating — 800 ratings
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The Gown
The Gown 4.14 avg rating — 58,369 ratings
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The World as I Found It
The World as I Found It 4.22 avg rating — 661 ratings
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Diva
Diva 3.87 avg rating — 6,660 ratings
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The Stolen One
The Stolen One 3.54 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
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Immortalised to Death
Immortalised to Death 4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank 3.68 avg rating — 1,904 ratings
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Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath
Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath 3.78 avg rating — 1,442 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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A Well-Behaved Woman
A Well-Behaved Woman 3.93 avg rating — 21,438 ratings
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The Countess
The Countess 3.55 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
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The Empress of Bright Moon (Empress of Bright Moon, #2)
The Empress of Bright Moon (Empress of Bright Moon, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 4,072 ratings
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Newes from the Dead
Newes from the Dead 3.76 avg rating — 2,329 ratings
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Pretty Boy Floyd
Pretty Boy Floyd 3.69 avg rating — 1,427 ratings
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The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)
The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 7,970 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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Sylvia and Ted
Sylvia and Ted 3.01 avg rating — 207 ratings
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The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville 3.69 avg rating — 6,747 ratings
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The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1)
The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 16,580 ratings
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The Last of the Wine
The Last of the Wine 4.05 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
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Rest without peace
Rest without peace 4.17 avg rating — 12 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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When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra
When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra 4.05 avg rating — 4,462 ratings
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 4,323 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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The Wolves of Andover
The Wolves of Andover 3.55 avg rating — 4,485 ratings
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The Taste of Sorrow
The Taste of Sorrow 3.83 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
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Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray 4.02 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
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Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn, 5)
Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn, 5) 4.14 avg rating — 4,303 ratings
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The Concubine
The Concubine 3.97 avg rating — 3,214 ratings
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Tsarina
Tsarina 3.90 avg rating — 6,255 ratings
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The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,630 ratings
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One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America's First Witch Hanging
One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America's First Witch Hanging 4.03 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,472 ratings
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