KCLS BookMatch: Epic Historical FictionLike this list

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• The Eight

  a Novel

  Neville, Katherine, 1945-

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  When two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, they recognize its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world. But in 1972,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Chord

  a Novel

  Brooks, Geraldine,

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  Based on the story of King David, the novel traces his journey from an obscure shepherd to a hero and king before his fall.

• The Face of a Stranger

  Perry, Anne

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  William Monk, a 19th century London police detective, wakes up in a hospital after an accident involving a hansom cab has broken both his body and his memory. Trying as best he can to hide this fact, Monk returns to work to continue a murder…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• Outlander

  a Novel

  Gabaldon, Diana

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  Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to 1743 Scotland, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for a young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolf Hall

  a Novel

  Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022

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  A detailed look into the life and times of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII in the 1520s, in particular the events leading up to the King's marriage to Anne Boleyn and the role Cromwell played in those events. (Description from NoveList)

• Bring Up the Bodies

  a Novel

  Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022

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  Hilary Mantel will captivate you for a long winter's read on this fascinating subject. Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, and Henry VIII provide all the intrigue, double dealing, and suspense. Sequel to 'Wolf Hall'.

• Fall of Giants

  Follett, Ken

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  Five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. First in Follet's 'Century' trilogy

• The Seven Wonders

  a Novel of the Ancient World

  Saylor, Steven, 1956-

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  In the year 92 B.C., Gordianus is just 18 and he sets off with his teacher to visit the seven wonders of the world. Along the way they encounter murder, witchcraft, ghostly hauntings, and romance. #1 of the Roma Sub Rosa series

• Roma

  the Novel of Ancient Rome

  Saylor, Steven, 1956-

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  Author of the critically acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series of historical mysteries, Saylor (The Judgment of Caesar ) breaks out on an epic scale in this sprawling novel tracing Rome's extraordinary development over five centuries, as seen through the…Read moreRead more of this annotation