We haven't had one of these posts for a while, but as Kate asked in a comment the other day for suggestions of good historical fiction, how about it? Lets cast the net widely in terms of period and genre, so if you can recommend a book for this broad category, please do so.
One I haven't read but which I've added to my wishlist on the basis of very good reviews (including a mention by P.D. James) is Dissolution (and the others in that series) by C.J. Sansom, a mixture of murder mystery and Tudor history. I'm particularly interested in reading this having loved Wolf Hall
What historical fiction do you rate highly?
