History and Historical Fiction Books by Time Period


Ancient Times -- Up to 1000 B.C.
1000 B.C. - 1 B.C.
1 A.D. - 300 A.D.
301 A.D. - 500 A.D.
Early Middle Ages (501 A.D. - 1000 A.D.)
High Middle Ages (1000 A.D. - 1300 A.D.)
Late Middle Ages (1301 A.D. - 1500 A.D.)
1501 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
1601 A.D. - 1700 A.D.
1701 A.D. - 1800 A.D.
1801 A.D. - 1900 A.D.
1901 A.D. - 1970 A.D.


Ancient Times -- Up to 1000 B.C.

Lion of Judah   (Gilbert Morris) Heart of a Lion (Noah)
No Woman So Fair
(Sarah)
The Gate of Heaven (Jacob)
Till Shiloh Comes (Joseph)

Legacies of the Ancient River (Angela Elwell Hunt) -- Egypt Dreamers
Brothers
Journey



 


1000 B.C. - 1 B.C.

Chronicles of the Kings (Lynn Austin) – Kings of Israel
    Gods and Kings

    Song of Redemption

    The Strength of His Hand

    Faith of My Fathers

    Among the Gods

Hadassah: One Night With the King (Tommy Tenney) (480 B.C., Queen Esther story)
The Hadassah Covenant (Tommy TenneySequel to Queen Esther story

Gates of fire: an epic novel of the Battle of Thermopylae -- by Steven Pressfield
The ten thousand: a novel of ancient Greece -- by Michael Curtis Ford.
Pompeii: A Novel -- by Robert Harris
The virtues of war:  a novel of Alexander the Great -- by Steven Pressfield

 


 1 A.D. - 300 A.D.

The Mark of the Lion (Francine Rivers)

A Voice in the Wind
An Echo in the Darkness
As Sure As the Dawn

The Flames of Rome (Paul L. Maier)
Pontius Pilate (Paul L. Maier) 

Perpetua: A Bride, A Passion, A Martyr (Amy Rachel Peterson)



301 A.D. - 500 A.D.

The Twelfth Vulture of Romulus (Boris Raymond)

 


Early Middle Ages (500 A.D. - 1000 A.D.)

God's Hammer  (Eric Schumacher)   




High Middle Ages (1000 A.D. - 1300 A.D.)

Norman Trilogy (Jean Plaidy)
The Bastard King (William the Conqueror)
The Lion of Justice
The Passionate Enemies

Queens of England (Jean Plaidy):

Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine


Plantagenet Saga (Jean Plaidy), Books 1 through 7:

The Plantagenet Prelude
The Revolt of the Eaglets
The Heart of the Lion
The Prince of Darkness
The Battle of the Queens
The Queen from Provence
Hammer of the Scots (Edward Longshanks)

Series about Henry II and Thomas Becket (Margaret Butler)

The Lion of England
The Lion of Justice
The Lion of Christ

Henry & Eleanor Trilogy (Sharon Kay Penman)

When Christ And His Saints Slept
Time And Chance
Devil's Brood

The Theyn Chronicles (Angela Elwell Hunt)

Afton of Margate Castle
The Troubadour's Quest
Ingram of the Irish

Mark of the Cross (Judith Pella)

The Queen's Man (Sharon Kay Penman)

Cruel As The Grave (Sharon Kay Penman)

Welsh Trilogy (Sharon Kay Penman)

Here Be Dragons
Falls The Shadow
The Reckoning


Late Middle Ages (1301 A.D. - 1500 A.D.)

Plantagenet Saga (Jean Plaidy), Books 8 through 14:

The Follies of the King
The Vow on the Heron
Passage to Pontefract
The Star of Lancaster
Epitaph for Three Women
Red Rose of Anjou
The Sun in Splendor

The Sunne In Splendour (Sharon Kay Penman)

Glimpses of Truth (Jack Cavanaugh)

Queens of England (Jean Plaidy):

The Queen's Secret: A Novel
Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York



Early Modern Era (1501 A.D. - 1600 A.D.)
Beyond the Sacred Page (Jack Cavanaugh)
Margaret's Print Shop: A Novel of the Anabaptist Reformation   (Elwood Yoder)
The Sword of Truth -- Gilbert Morris, Wakefield Dynasty #1
The Winds of God -- Gilbert Morris, Wakefield Dynasty #2

These Highland Hiills (16th century Scotland)  (Kathleen Morgan) ·
Child of the Mist Wings of Morning

The Tudor Novels (Jean Plaidy)

Uneasy Lies the Head
Katharine, The Virgin Widow
The Shadow of the Pomegranate
The King's Secret Matter
Murder Most Royal
St. Thomas' Eve
The Sixth Wife
The Thistle and the Rose
Mary, Queen of France: a novel
The Spanish Bridegroom
Gay Lord Robert

Mary, Queen of Scots (Jean Plaidy)

Royal Road to Fotheringay: The Story of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Captive Queen of Scots

Queens of England (Jean Plaidy):

In the shadow of the crown: The Tudor Queens
Lady in the tower
Rose without a thorn: The Wives of Henry VIII
Queen of this realm: the story of Elizabeth I


1601 A.D. - 1700 A.D.

The Stuart Saga (Jean Plaidy):

The Murder in the Tower
The Wandering Prince
A Health Unto His Majesty
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord
The Three Crowns
The Haunted Sisters
The Queen's Favorites

Queens of England (Jean Plaidy):

Myself my enemy
Pleasures of love: the story of Catherine of Braganza


Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague   (Geraldine Brooks)

The Redemption  (17th century, Caribbean) (M. L. Tyndall)

The Pride and the Passion (Jack Cavanaugh)



1701 A.D. - 1800 A.D.
The Georgian Saga (Jean Plaidy):

The Princess of Celle
Queen in Waiting
Caroline, The Queen
The Prince and the Quakeress
The Third George
Perdita's Prince
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill
Indescretions of the Queen
The Regent's Daughter
Goddess of the Green Room
Victoria in the Wings

Mozart's Sister  (Nancy Moser)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

Heart of India (Linda Chaikin):

Silk
Under Eastern Stars
Kingscote

Dawn's Early Light (Williamsburg Novels, vol. 1, Elswyth Thane)


1801 A.D. - 1900 A.D.

Queens of England (Jean Plaidy):

Victoria Victorious

Queen Victoria (Jean Plaidy):

The Captive of Kensington Palace
The Queen and Lord M
The Queen's Husband
The Widow of Windsor

Quest for the Promised Land  (Jack Cavanaugh)

The Galway Chronicles (Bodie and Brock Thoene):

Only the River Runs Free
Of Men and Angels
Ashes of Remembrance
All Rivers to the Sea

Farewell Rhilochan  (Verna MacLean)

Gracelin O'Malley (1840s Ireland) and
Leaving Ireland (sequel to Gracelin O'Malley)   (Ann Moore)

Roots of Faith (Denise Williamson)

The Dark Sun Rises
When Stars Begin to Fall

Williamsburg Novels (Elswyth Thane) Books 2 through 4:

Yankee Stranger
Ever After
The Light Heart

The Russians (Michael Phillips and Judith Pella):

The Crown and the Crucible
A House Divided
Travail and Triumph
Heirs of the Motherland



1901 A.D. - 1970 A.D.

The Russians (Judith Pella):
The Dawning of Deliverance
White Nights, Red Morning
Passage Into Light
 
Blue Ridge Legacy (Gary Parker):
Highland Hopes
Highland Mercies
Highland Grace

Williamsburg Novels (Elswyth Thane) Books 5 through 7:
Kissing Kin
This Was Tomorrow
Homing


Shiloh Legacy (Bodie Thoene)
:

In My Father's House
A Thousand Shall Fall
Say to this Mountain


Zion Covenant (Bodie Thoene):

Vienna Prelude
Prague Counterpoint
Munich Signature
Jerusalem Interlude
Danzig Passage
Warsaw Requiem

Zion Chronicles (Bodie Thoene):
Gates of Zion
A Daughter of Zion
The Return to Zion
A Light in Zion
The Key to Zion

Zion Legacy (Bodie Thoene):
Jerusalem Vigil
Thunder from Jerusalem
Jerusalem's Heart
The Jerusalem Scrolls
Stones of Jerusalem
Jerusalem's Hope

Songs in the Night (Jack Cavanaugh):
While Mortals Sleep
His Watchful Eye
Above All Earthly Powers

Women of Valor (Elyse Larson):
For Such a Time
So Shall We Stand
The Hope Before Us

An American Family Portrait, Books 6-8 (Jack Cavanaugh):
The Allies
The Victors
The Peacemakers

I'll Watch the Moon (Ann Tatlock)

The Swan House (Elizabeth Musser)

The Scent of Lilacs (Ann H. Gabart)