Best historical novel?

[nemesisenforcer]

I don’t know if it’s the best, but I’ve always love Day of the Jackal by Forsyth.

What’s everyone else’s favorite piece of historical fiction?

[DonaldBaker]

How about Hermann Wouk’s Winds of War?

[Nomad]

I would have to go with Killer Angels so Donnie will like me. (Not really). Its a great one.

[Phidippides]

I’m currently reading A Tale of Two Cities. So far, so good.

[nemesisenforcer]

Dickens was never really my bag. He wrote the same novel over and over.

[Phidippides]

I haven’t read much of his work – only the one I’m reading and A Christmas Carol, which is almost like a short story. From the notes in the book, though, it appears that he does include certain themes in more than one novel.

I find historic British literature to be interesting, and so I’ve been reading that for a number of months now. Perhaps some time I will move on to Russian literature, but it seems like there are an awful lot of British novels to get through first.

[Stumpfoot]

I liked John Jakes. Also I am a big Jeff Shaara fan as well.

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