[BarbM]

I like historical fiction. Besides Dickens, how about 3-4 recommendations?

Thanks. I’ve been looking for you for a long time!

[KamperKen]

“I, Claudius” and “Claudius the God” by Robert Graves. I rate these the finest historical novels I’ve ever read.

[jonascord]

"Besides Dickens, how about 3-4 recommendations"

The Sharpe series, by Bernard Cornwell.
The Hornblower series, by C. S. Forester.
Anything by Ernest K. Gann
Anything by Adm. Danial V. Gallery

[arrogantsob]

Historical fiction is not a field I have read much in. I love History and can give you ideas there.

For H.f. “All the Kings Men” by Robert Penn Warren is a great one. “Burr” by Gore Vidal; “Ragtime” E.L. Doctrow; “The Conqueror” Gertrude Atherton (this is an old book and contains more history than fiction. But Hamilton’s life reads more like fiction than fiction itself.)

[Moltke]

This may not be well-known, but it is a truly excellent read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost