10 More Superb Historical Novels!

Some more oldies but goodies for your consideration!

Julian by Gore Vidal

I, Cleopatra by William Bostock

That Egyptian Woman by Noel Gerson

The Alexandrian by Martha Rofheart

The Physician by Noah Gordon

The Journal of Kitty Adair by RT Lawrence

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

The Pendragon by Catherine Christian

Ovid by David Wishart

God is an Englishman by RL Delderfield

[blessOTMA]

Lord! I love vintage historical novels! Thank you!

[LittleArtisticNook]

Nice finds! Nothing better than old books. Love em!

[seriela]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed thanks to the historical fiction videos. Saved them to my playlist to jot down all your references and the promised authors and themes. Saludos desde Puerto Rico.

[muskndusk]

Some of these books are available from Amazon in print or e-format. I bought I, Cleopatra for my kindle at a low price.

[AllanArmstrong]

I loved "I, Cleopatra." Read it as a teenager and looked for it in vain every now and then--up through my 40"s! Just got it on Kindle. Hooray. Have you read Nemesis, by Peter Evans, about Ari Onasis, Jackie O, Maria Callas? So good.

[Aramsam-Sam]

Yay to more Arthurian novels! I absolutely adore The Once and Future King.

[browngirlreading]

This was interesting Steve. Trying to get the guys to read historical novels. lol! Nice video!

[bookgirl]

Great recommendations! I actually picked up a copy of God is an Englishman just a few weeks ago for 50¢! I wasn't sure about it when I purchased it but you've made me excited to get to it! Thanks!

[beckf]

Lovely recommendations. I have a first printing of Renault's The King Must Die on my shelf, but am too scared to read it due to its condition. You also sold me on Delderfield with 'sweeping family saga' as those tend to be my favorite reads. Thanks for the great video.

[silkemaria]

That was interesting and a lot of fun! Ovid and God is an Englishman sounds like something I want to read as soon as possible, thank you for the recommendation!

[cozycomfy]

Read ALL of Delderfield's novels. Loved all.

[mosreads]

Very much looking forward to you talking about Arthurian fiction, but for now I'll go add some of these to my to read list.

[claudianowakowski]

I just discovered your channel. I am going to look for the books you recommend at the library and through ILL. I am a huge fan of historical fiction. The Physician is one of my all time favs. Thanks for the great recommendations.

[gemma]

Oh, Steve, you mentioned Robert Graves's "I, Claudius". It was such a wonderful book and the ending...I was laughing out loud at Claudius's priorities. Have you read "Wife to Mr Milotn"? I picked it up at used bookstore recently solely on the fact that I loved "I, Claudius", but I haven't had the chance to read it yet.

[lisasstitchingandsuch]

I found Delderfield at Book Depository and wow the covers they did for the last reprint are a bit scary. Would never have looked at them without your recommendation. Ebook might be the way if they are available.

[lindseyreads]

Love the recommendations. I'd really be interested in seeing your recommendations on nonfiction history books.

[theGillybean_Chronicle]

An entire video on Arthurian fiction. Yes!

[shawnburnham]

Julian and Burr are my favorite Gore Vidal novels

[MarieBergCarlsen]

Hahah this was great - 'The Lusty Adventures...' - love it! :P

[arashshiri]

The Physician is about the boy who goes from England to Persia to learn medicine from the famous physician of that time called "Avicenna". It's not about arabic world. Instead, It's about the Middle ages in England and Persia.