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29. WWII, WESTERN

Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:19 PM

Feb 2022

James Benn's Billy Boyle mystery series, if you're interested in historically based WWII era novels. The author includes afterwards clarifying the history from the fiction. Well researched by the author.

A.B.Guthrie's The Big Sky and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man series about the changing American west. The latter two I referenced in a college History paper exploring historicity in fiction. I found that one of the author's reference an old book I found in the library stacks describing how plains peoples drove wildlife into a slaughter pen. The author lifted the description word-for-word.

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Historical Fiction Frustrations. [View all] hippywife Feb 2022 OP

Agree! RockCreek Feb 2022 #1

I'm not entirely sure Diamond_Dog Feb 2022 #2

That might be interesting. Thanks! nt hippywife Feb 2022 #19

Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series was excellent eShirl Feb 2022 #3

I can't believe I forgot that one! hippywife Feb 2022 #6

Excellent series kimbutgar Feb 2022 #23

Bernard Cornwell has a lot -- a LOT- of well-researched historical series viva la Feb 2022 #4

A lot of them, including Michener hippywife Feb 2022 #9

That's the problem with British historical fiction... viva la Feb 2022 #15

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, One Hundred Years of Solitude Ocelot II Feb 2022 #5

I've read Wolf Hall hippywife Feb 2022 #8

But at least they're not romance novels! Ocelot II Feb 2022 #11

Wolf Hall is wonderful-- viva la Feb 2022 #18

Just read The Silence of the Girls and was pleasantly surprised despite the weird title. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #7

Thanks, I'll check it out. nt hippywife Feb 2022 #12

I love The Circle of Ceridwen series for its historical vanlassie Feb 2022 #10

Thanks for the rec. hippywife Feb 2022 #13

Yea, it's not, actually. vanlassie Feb 2022 #24

That was the impression I got hippywife Feb 2022 #26

I totally agree! CrispyQ Feb 2022 #14

I'd be against hippywife Feb 2022 #16

They're old, but Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #17

How about Edward Rutherford? He does big fabulous books Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #20

Thanks, hippywife Feb 2022 #21

Have you read any Gary Jennings books? kimbutgar Feb 2022 #22

Yes, I read Aztec because a friend sent it to me after she finished. hippywife Feb 2022 #25

Good stuff! madamesilverspurs Feb 2022 #27

I've re-read a few of Michener's. hippywife Feb 2022 #30

You could try Dorothy Dunnett... malthaussen Feb 2022 #28

WWII, WESTERN werdna Feb 2022 #29

I love good historical fiction I just re-read, The Little Book, Selden Edwards, have you read it? ShazamIam Feb 2022 #31

Here are some authors that I like quite a bit. You might enjoy some of them. japple Feb 2022 #32

Thank you. hippywife Feb 2022 #33

The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek - about the blue people of Kentucky. patricia92243 Sep 2022 #34