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Originally Posted by Akai
I've just picked up Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, which will be my first foray into the historical fiction genre. (My usual adventures with the 'historical' tag involve coffee-table encyclopaedias of warfare - most especially maps and artillery.) It'll be my first foray into romance, too, but the focus here is on the time and the place.
Would you folks be willing to suggest some of the 'best of the best' historical fiction, in your opinions? I'm most interested in the time period of 1900 - 1950. (Does that count as 'historical enough'? It does to me; I'm an early '90s child.) However, that doesn't rule out anything earlier - it only serves to highlight my main area of interest.
Thank you for any and all suggestions. I look forward to abusing my already-too-large collection of unread books.  |
If you are interested in WW2, then Herman Wouk's
The Winds of War and
War and Remembrance are excellent for WW2 and the immediate pre-war period from a U.S. perspective