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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

The Custom of the Army

by Diana Gabaldon • 2010

The Custom of the Army

by Diana Gabaldon 2010 76 pages

by William Boyd • 2025

by William Boyd 2025 256 pages

by Alexandra Bracken • 2017

by Alexandra Bracken 2017 544 pages

by Matthew Richardson • 2023

by Matthew Richardson 2023 567 pages

by C.F. Iggulden • 2017

by C.F. Iggulden 2017 352 pages

by Karen Joy Fowler • 2022

by Karen Joy Fowler 2022 470 pages

by June Hur • 2024

by June Hur 2024 363 pages

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope • 1875

Society's Mirror: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Society's Mirror: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages

Murder in the White House

by Margaret Truman • 1980

Murder in the White House

by Margaret Truman 1980 262 pages

by Steve Berry • 2021

by Steve Berry 2021 426 pages

by Jacquelyn Benson • 2024

by Jacquelyn Benson 2024 498 pages

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

by Adriana Herrera • 2025

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

by Adriana Herrera 2025 432 pages

by Alexandra Bracken • 2016

by Alexandra Bracken 2016 496 pages

by Mary Renault • 2001

by Mary Renault 2001 400 pages

by Marguerite de Angeli • 1949

by Marguerite de Angeli 1949 128 pages

by Augusto Roa Bastos • 1974

by Augusto Roa Bastos 1974 433 pages

The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz

by Ellie Midwood • 2021

The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz

by Ellie Midwood 2021 334 pages

by Cherie Priest • 2010

by Cherie Priest 2010 400 pages

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

by Diana Gabaldon • 2017

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

by Diana Gabaldon 2017 526 pages

by Bridget Collins • 2019

by Bridget Collins 2019 437 pages

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall 2019 350 pages

by Jean-Philippe Stassen • 2000

by Jean-Philippe Stassen 2000 80 pages

by Frederick Forsyth • 1972

by Frederick Forsyth 1972 334 pages

The Sheik by E. M. Hull

by Edith Maude Hull • 1919

The Sheik by E. M. Hull

by Edith Maude Hull 1919

The Silvered Serpents

by Roshani Chokshi • 2020

The Silvered Serpents

by Roshani Chokshi 2020 406 pages

by Rebecca Roanhorse • 2022

by Rebecca Roanhorse 2022 201 pages

by Jennifer Anne Davis • 2013

by Jennifer Anne Davis 2013

by Kathryn Hughes • 2019

by Kathryn Hughes 2019 395 pages

by Julia Quinn • 2005

by Julia Quinn 2005 384 pages

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010 296 pages

by Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

by Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 pages

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

by Diana Gabaldon 2007 494 pages

by S.E. Grove • 2014

by S.E. Grove 2014 493 pages

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

by Elizabeth Arnott • 2026

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives

by Elizabeth Arnott 2026 320 pages

by Tessa Dare • 2019

by Tessa Dare 2019 369 pages

by Adrienne Young • 2018

by Adrienne Young 2018 340 pages

by Sena Jeter Naslund • 2006

by Sena Jeter Naslund 2006 556 pages

The Golden Age of Magic

by Luanne G. Smith • 2025

The Golden Age of Magic

by Luanne G. Smith 2025 248 pages

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

by Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 pages

by E.E. Ottoman • 2021

by E.E. Ottoman 2021 168 pages

by Brianna Sugalski • 2020

by Brianna Sugalski 2020 456 pages

The Last Year of the War

by Susan Meissner • 2019

The Last Year of the War

by Susan Meissner 2019 389 pages

The Second Mrs. Astor

by Shana Abe • 2021

The Second Mrs. Astor

by Shana Abe 2021 323 pages

The Devil's Concubine

by Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

The Devil's Concubine

by Ángeles Goyanes 2011 460 pages

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

by C.J. Sansom 2008 550 pages

by Bernard Cornwell • 2002

by Bernard Cornwell 2002 320 pages

by Roshani Chokshi • 2021

by Roshani Chokshi 2021 385 pages

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon • 2007

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

by Diana Gabaldon 2007 302 pages

by Phil Melanson • 2025

by Phil Melanson 2025 368 pages

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018 528 pages

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