Any recommendations?
I happen to be re-reading (read it years and years ago) Grandmother and the Priests.
Some of my favorite Taylor Caldwell books are:
-A Pillar of Iron--about Cicero
-The Earth is the Lord's--about Ghengis Khan (don't tell Kerry)
-The Arm and the Darkness--about the Hugenots and Catholics
-Several novels set in 1800s America---The Trilogy starting with Dynasty of Death is very good. Also
-This Side of Innocence.
-Dear and Glorious Physician--about St.Luke
-Great Lion of God--about St. Paul
-I, Judas---about Judas
-two of her works that are not historical fiction but I like are
-Wicked Angel--a bad seed story and
-The Devil's Advocate--that I think some freepers might like--a story of a future America that has fallen under totalitarian rule and how some are fighting against it.
She really did write many novels set in or beginning in America that I can't name off the top of my head but the detail of the country during that time has always interested me.
Taylor Caldwell's "Great Lion of God"--about St. Paul--was one of the best historical novels I'd ever read. It's a shame the publisher has stopped printing her stuff.
Have you ever tried any of Agnes Sligh Turnbull's historical romances? They have incredibly well-researched details about early American hardships.