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rkomar · 12-19-2025, 06:17 PM

If you are okay with YA books, I remember really liking Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle trilogy (The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers) set in the time of the Roman colonization of Britain. It looks like she wrote many other historical novels in various periods, but I haven't read any of them myself.

I will second The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco if you want something more for adults.

12-19-2025, 06:17 PM	#9
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,116 Karma: 18944169 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	If you are okay with YA books, I remember really liking Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle trilogy (The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers) set in the time of the Roman colonization of Britain. It looks like she wrote many other historical novels in various periods, but I haven't read any of them myself. I will second The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco if you want something more for adults. Last edited by rkomar; 12-19-2025 at 06:20 PM.