Some romance is ok, but not the theme of it, in passing is ok. I'm really not a fan of royals, anyones royals.
I liked Clan of the Cave Bear but it turned into a soap opera after book 1. Sharpes was good but not keen on famous wars but it was mostly about him and not the 2 in charge which was a plus.
Not looking for murder mysteries set in the past.
Hild was good, the parts about daily life that is, so no priests, nuns and religion please.
Goshawk Squadron was great – not the usual sort of war book.
I liked Fagin the Thief too, being the how he came to teach children stealing. More my thing than Dickens books in fact.
Year of Wonders I liked,- except a bit too much romance.
The physician was pretty good, but for the romance part.
So any suggestions? As you see not too fussy about time period. I'd like a plot, not books following some family through the ages.
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Great Maria by Cecelia Holland.
There’s a great series written by Anne Perry. They are mysteries set in Victorian England. The series is complete. There are about 20 books, they are not super long, and should be read in order. The first book, The Cater Street Hangman was the authors first book. It’s good, but her writing gets better and better. Feminist perspective during a very patriarchal time period.
*Doomsday Book* by Connie Willis. It is meticulously researched historical fiction, the premise of which is that time travel exists and historians use it to study the past first-hand. This particular story (one of several in the Oxford Time Travel series) takes place in the 1300s and is “a record of life in the middle ages” ‐- with a twist.
*Slammerkin* by Emma Donoghue. Fantastic story that’s based off of the existing facts of a young woman’s life in the 1700s.
The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Antidote by Karen Russell