Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Hello everyone, please recommend your favorite historical fiction, non fiction , or fantastical historical fiction books set during the French Revolution through Napoleonic wars. For fantasy, I have read Powdermage. by DS2isGoated
sneaky_imp on February 20, 2026 6:41 pm I think War and Peace is probably the obvious answer here. NOTE: it’s *very* long.
drucifer271 on February 20, 2026 6:45 pm Jonathan Strange & Mister Norrell takes place during and in the years after the Napoleonic Wars.
berwigthefirst on February 20, 2026 6:49 pm Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian. There’s at least twenty books so if you like it you’ve got lots of enjoyment ahead.
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I think War and Peace is probably the obvious answer here. NOTE: it’s *very* long.
Jonathan Strange & Mister Norrell takes place during and in the years after the Napoleonic Wars.
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian. There’s at least twenty books so if you like it you’ve got lots of enjoyment ahead.