I've taken the comments on the last post together with contributions on Twitter and Instagram and listed the books/authors mentioned so that we have any easily viewable list which might guide our future historical fiction reading:
The Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett (3 votes)
The House of Niccolo series, Dorothy Dunnett
King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett
The White Company, Arthur Conan Doyle
The Aubrey/Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian (2 votes)
Hild, Nicola Griffiths
The Morland Dynasty series, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Wolf Hall & Bring up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel (4 votes)
A Place of Greater Safety, Hilary Mantel
The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff (3 votes)
The Silver Branch, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Lantern Bearers, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Woolpack, Cynthia Harnett
Stars of Fortune, Cynthia Harnett
Cue for Treason, Geoffrey Trease
Fire over England, AEW Mason
A Traveller in Time, Alison Uttley
The Norman Pretender, Valerie Anand
Heart of Midlothian, Walter Scott
Treasure Island, RL Stevenson
Georgette Heyer
Nicola Upson
Frances Brody
If any more nominations come in I'll add them here.
Great list, thanks for sharing this!
Anika | chaptersofmay.com
Posted by: Anika | 23 November 2019 at 06:41 PM
You're welcome, Anika.
Posted by: Cornflower | 23 November 2019 at 06:49 PM
I am getting some reading ideas from your list. My current post is admitting I am a bookaaholic so you can see your list is dangerous for me, ha ha. My favorite series on your list is the Patrick O'Brian series, they have everything. I have read 17 in the series. Now the Lymond Chronicles has caught my attention.
Posted by: Terra | 24 November 2019 at 05:10 PM
Thanks, Terra. I'd say that as a lover of the O'Brian books you'd enjoy Lymond!
Posted by: Cornflower | 24 November 2019 at 05:47 PM
Thank you for the list - I think...
I have finally managed to read (and enjoy) Wolf Hall and have Bring up the Bodies to look forward to.
Posted by: Toffeeapple | 24 November 2019 at 06:13 PM
Very good.
Posted by: Cornflower | 25 November 2019 at 11:14 AM
Not only Eagle of the Ninth (certainly gets my vote) but the other two members of the trilogy The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers.
Posted by: Dark Puss | 25 November 2019 at 11:16 AM
I'll add them to the list - thank you, DP.
Posted by: Cornflower | 25 November 2019 at 12:27 PM
I'll also add Heart of Midlothian by Scott, which any inhabitant of Edinburgh should certainly read. A little prolix by modern standards perhaps.
Posted by: Dark Puss | 26 November 2019 at 08:34 AM
So embarrassed not to have suggested already the wonderful Treasure Island by Stevenson!
Posted by: Dark Puss | 27 November 2019 at 05:50 PM
I missed the deadline sorry but would have given another vote for Hilary Mantel. She has set the bar so high on historical fiction
Posted by: Bookertalk | 02 December 2019 at 06:00 PM
I still have my copy of The Woolpack! Loved that book.
Posted by: Gillie | 09 December 2019 at 02:31 AM