KeithD
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The first author who sprang to my mind was Barbara Tuchman, but she wrote nonfiction. Its appeal was that it read like good fiction.
From earliest reading times, Thomas Costain was memorable ("The Silver Chalice," "The Black Rose,"
Son of a Hundred Kings," and "The Three Edwards.") Also Allen Drury ("Advice and Consent" et. al.) and Victoria Holt ("House of a Thousand Lanterns," et. al.) and Helen MacInnis ("The Venetian Affair," et. al.) and C.P. Snow ("Strangers and Brothers," et. al.)
Certainly James Michener, who I knew and did some research for (my favorite book of all: "The Source").
Currently, I'm reading everything of the following history fiction authors, as they produce: Lindsey Davis, Steven Saylor (both writing about Rome). Sharon Kay Penmen (the English monarchs), and Anne Perry (who I've met, who has a jazzy background, including murder, who wrote about Victorian England, and whose books I'm now tiring of.)
From earliest reading times, Thomas Costain was memorable ("The Silver Chalice," "The Black Rose,"
Son of a Hundred Kings," and "The Three Edwards.") Also Allen Drury ("Advice and Consent" et. al.) and Victoria Holt ("House of a Thousand Lanterns," et. al.) and Helen MacInnis ("The Venetian Affair," et. al.) and C.P. Snow ("Strangers and Brothers," et. al.)
Certainly James Michener, who I knew and did some research for (my favorite book of all: "The Source").
Currently, I'm reading everything of the following history fiction authors, as they produce: Lindsey Davis, Steven Saylor (both writing about Rome). Sharon Kay Penmen (the English monarchs), and Anne Perry (who I've met, who has a jazzy background, including murder, who wrote about Victorian England, and whose books I'm now tiring of.)